An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to modify the operation of the Kortes unit, Missouri River Basin project, Wyoming, for fishery conservation
PL 92-146 (S.123), enacted 10/29/1971

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PUBLIC LAW 92-146-OCT. 29, 1971 
[85 STAT. 
84 Stat. 20. 
Camp Pendletorii 
Calif., prohibi-
tion. 
Military Con-
struction Authori-
zation Act, 1972. 
ments which are to be replaced in kind at the expense of the city of 
El Paso, Texas, under such section, shall be constructed on land con-
veyed to the State of Texas under subsection (a) of this section instead 
of on the site designated in Public Law 91-202, but all other provisions 
of that law" shall remain in full force and effect. 
SEC. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
lands constituting Camp Pendleton, California, may be sold, leased, 
transferred, or otherwise disposed of by the Department of Defense 
unless hereafter authorized by law. 
SEC. 710. Titles I, II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of this Act may be 
cited as the "^Military Construction Authorization Act, 1972". 
TITLE V I I I 
70A Stat. 
10 u s e 2 
120. 
231. 
Reserve 
Facilities 
thorization 
1972. 
Forces 
Au-
Act, 
RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 
SEC. 801. Subject to chapter 13S of title 10, United States Code, the 
Secretary of Defense may establish or develop additional facilities for 
the Reserve Forces, including the acquisition of land therefor, but the 
cost of such facilities shall not exceed— 
(1) For the Department of the Army: 
(a) Army National Guard of the United States, $25,686,000. 
(b) Army Reserve, $30,300,000. 
(2) For the Department of the Navy; Naval and Marine Corps 
Reserves, $10,090,000. 
(3) For the Department of the Air Force: 
(a) Air National Guard of the United States, $9,000,000. 
(b) Air Force Reserve, $5,250,000. 
SEC. 802. The Secretary of Defense may establish or develop instal-
lations and facilities under this title without regard to section 3648 of 
the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 529), and sections 4774(d) 
and 9774(d) of title 10, United States Code. The authority to place 
permanent or temporary improvements on lands includes authority for 
surveys, administration, overhead, planning, and supervision incident 
to construction. That authority may be exercised before title to the 
land is approved under section 355 of the Revised Statutes, as amended 
(40 U.S.C. 255), and even though the land is held temporarily. The 
authority to acquire real estate or land includes authority to make sur-
veys and to acquire land, and interests in land (including temporary 
use), by gift, purchase, exchange of Government-owned land, or 
otherwise. 
SEC. 803. This title may be cited as the "Resen^e Forces Facilities 
Authorization Act, 1972." 
Approved October 27, 1971. 
Public Law 92-146 
October 29, 1971 
[S. 123] 
Missouri River 
Basin project, 
Wyo. 
Kortes unit. 
33 u s e 701-1. 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to modify the operation of the 
Kortes unit, Missouri River Basin project, Wyoming, for fishery conservation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Reiwesentatices 
of the 
United /States of America In Congress aMemhled, That the Secretary 
of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to modify the opera-
tion of the Kortes unit, Missouri River Basin project, Wyoming, 
authorized by the Act of December 22,1944 (58 Stat. 887), to provide 
for the conservation of fishery resources. 
85 STAT. J 
PUBLIC LAW 92-148-OCT. 29, 1971 
415 
SEC. 2. The Secretary sliall operate tlie Kortes unit so as to maintain 
a minimum streamfiow of five hundred cubic feet per second in the 
reach of the Xorth Platte River between Kortes Dam and the normal 
headwaters of Patlifinder Reservoir: Provided^ That sufficient water 
is available to maintain such minimum flow, without a resultant 
adverse elfect on other water users AVIIO have valid rights to the use 
of this water: Provided further^ That when sufficient water is not 
available to operate in this manner, water will be reserved for hydro-
electric peaking power opei-ations on a four-hour daily, five-day-week 
basis and any remaining water will be released for conservation of 
the fishery resources. 
Approved October 29, 1971. 
October 29, 1971 
[S.1151] 
Public Law 92-147 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Intex'ior to revise a repayment contract with 
the San Angelo Water Supply Corporation, San Angelo project, Texas, and 
for other purposes. 
Be It etutcted by the Senate and Hou>ie of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, in order to ^^^°^ sup?iy° 
assist the San Angelo Water Supply Corporation in overcoming Corp., Tex. 
liardships resulting from developing and financing an alternate water costTrl'^^a^mrnt 
supply to overcome the effect of an unprecedented drought on the extension.^™ 
San Angelo project, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 
revise the repayment contract numbered 14—06-500-368 dated April 28, 
1959, as amended, by extending the period authorized for repayment 
of reimbursable construction costs of the San Angelo project from 
forty years to fifty years. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary is authorized to credit annually against the 
corporation's repayment obligation that portion of the year's joint 
operation and maintenance costs which, if the United States had 
continued to operate the project, would have been allocated to con-
trolling floods and providing fisli and wildlife benefits. 
SEC. 8. The Secretary of the Interior may use any funds that are 
otherwise available to him to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
Approved October 29, 1971. 
Public Law 92-148 
AN ACT 
To provide for the conveyance of certain real property of the United States to 
the University of North Dakota, State of North Dakota. 
October 29, 197 1 
[S. 74] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary of 
the Interior is authorized and directed to convey to the University of 
N^orth Dakota, State of North Dakota, that tract of land situated on the 
campus of the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks, North 
Dakota, which is a portion of a tract of land which was heretofore 
deeded to the United States by the University Memorial Corporation. 
The tract being hereby conveyed is more particularly described as 
follows: 
University of 
N. Dak. 
Land convey-
ance.