An Act to provide for the disposal of certain Federal property on the Minidoka project, Idaho, Shoshone project, Wyoming, and Yakima project, Washington, and for other purposes.
PL 87-151 (S.1085), enacted 08/17/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-151-AUG. 17, 1961 
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initiated under the public land laws: lots 14 and 15, section 30, town-
ship 9 south, range 24 west; and lots 3, 4, and 5, section 25, township 
9 south, range 25 west, Gila and Salt Eiver meridian, Arizona, 
containing 81.64 acres. 
Approved August 17, 1961. 
Public Law 87-151 
August 17, 1961 
AN ACT 
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To provide for the disposal of certain Federal property on the Minidoka project, 
Idaho, Shoshone project, Wyoming, and Yakima project, Washington, and 
for other purposes. 
P r o p e r t y 
Be it enacted hy the Semite and House of Representatives 
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of the Interior is authorized to sell the following described lands, 
together with any improvements located thereon: 
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(^) Block 67 of the reclamation townsite of Rupert, Minidoka 
project, Idaho, containing 1.64 acres, more or less; 
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(^) ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^' ^lo'^k 48, of the reclamation townsite of Powell, 
Shoshone project, Wyoming, containing 0.48 acre, more or Jess; and 
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(c) Block 23, town of Zillah, Washington, containing 1.65 acres, 
more or less; a parcel located in the south half northeast quarter south-
west quarter southwest quarter of section 25, township 9 north, range 
24 east, Willamette meridian, Washington, lying below the Sunny-
side main canal, containing 4.36 acres, more or less, and that part of 
the northwest quarter southeast quarter of section 12, township 8 
north, range 22 east, Willamette meridian, Washington, containing 
1.16 acres, more or less, beginning at the northwest corner of the 
southeast quarter of said section 12, township 8 north, range 22 east, 
Willamette meridian, 
thence north 89 degrees 44 minutes east 337.9 feet; thence south 9 
degrees 58 minutes west 35 feet; thence south 14 degrees 18 minutes 
west 25 feet; thence south 19 degrees 23 minutes west 25 feet; 
thence south 24 degrees 46 minutes west 25 feet; thence south 34 
degrees 46 minutes west 25 feet; thence south 53 degrees 13 minutes 
west 25 feet; thence south 64 decrees 13 minutes west 20.8 feet; 
thence north 87 degrees 22 minutes west 253.3 feetj more or less, 
to the north-south line of the centerline of said section 12; thence 
north 00 degrees 22 minutes west along said north-south centerline 
136.3 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, all located on the 
Yakima project, Washington. 
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Sales shall be by public auction to the highest qualified bidder, but 
in no event shall any sale be for less than the appraised valuation, as 
approved by the Secretary. 
Any of the lands described above, 
together with improvements located thereon, which are not sold after 
being offered for sale at public auction, shall remain available for sale 
at not less than the appraised valuation, until withdrawn from sale 
by the Secretary. 
Proceeds from 
§^0. 2. The proc^ds from the sale of the property described in 
^^Disposition. 
section 1(a) of this Act shall be available for expenditure by the 
Secretary for the construction of an operation and maintenance head-
quarters and related facilities, as determined by the Secretary to be 
necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Gravity division 
of the Minidoka project, Idaho. 
The proceeds from the sale of the 
property described in section 1(b) of this Act shall be available for 
expenditure by the Secretary for the construction of an operation 
and maintenance headquarters and related facilities, as determined by 
the Secretary to be necessary for the operation and maintenance of the 
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Shoshone project, Wyoming. 
The proceeds from the sale of the 
property described in section 1(c) of this Act shall be available for 
expenditure by the Secretary for the construction of an operation and 
maintenance headquarters and related facilities, as determined by the 
Secretary to be necessary for the operation and maintenance of the 
Sunnyside division, Yakima project, Washington. 
SEC. 3. Any of the proceeds from the sales which are authorized 
by section 1 of this Act and which are not required for the construction 
of operation and maintenance headquarters and related facilities, as 
authorized by section 2 of this Act, shall be applied as provided by 
subsection I, section 4, Act of December 5,1924 (43 Stat. 703). 
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SEG. 4. The Secretary is hereby authorized, subject only to the provi- aufhOTi"^**' °*^" ° 
sions of this Act, to perform such acts, to delegate such authority, and 
to prescribe such rules and regulations and establish such terms and 
conditions as he may deem necessary and proper for the purpose of 
carrying the provisions of this Act into full force and effect: 
Provided, 
however, That nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
authorizing additional appropriations in carrying out the provisions 
of this Act. 
Approved August 17, 1961. 
Public Law 87-152 
AN ACT 
August 17, 1961 
To authorize the use of Commodity Credit Corporation owned surplus grain by 
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the States for emergency use in the feeding of resident game birds and other 
resident wildlife; to authorize the use of such surplus grain by the Secretary 
of the Interior for emergency use in the feeding of migratory birds, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That for the purpose 
Agriculture. 
of meeting emergency situations caused by adverse weather conditions ga^^bh-ds'tt".^"' 
or other factors destructive of important wildlife resources, the States 
are hereby authorized, upon the request of the State fish and game 
authority or other State agency having similar authority and a finding 
by the Secretary of the Interior that any area of the United States is 
threatened with serious damage or loss to resident game birds and 
other resident wildlife from starvation, to requisition from the Com-
modity Credit Corporation grain acquired by the Corporation through 
price support operations. 
Such grain may thereafter be furnished to 
the particular State for direct and sole utilization by the appropriate 
State agencies for purposes of this Act in such quantities as mutually 
agreed upon by the State and the Commodity Credit Corporation 
ai^4 subject to such regulations as may be considered desirable by the 
Corporation. 
The Corporation shall be reimbursed by the particular 
State in each instance for the expense of the Corporation in packaging 
and transporting such grain for purposes of this Act. 
SEC. 2. Upon a finding by the Secretary of the Interior that migra- • Migratory birds, 
tory birds are threatened with starvation in any area of the United 
States, the Secretary is authorized to requisition from the Commodity 
Credit Corporation grain acquired by that Corporation through price 
support operations in such quantities as may be mutually agreed upon. 
The Corporation shall be reimbursed by the Secretary for its expense 
in packaging and transporting of such grain for purposes of this Act. 
SEO. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation 
>^proprisition. 
for its investment in grain transferred pursuant to this Act. 
Approved August 17, 1961.