An Act authorizing additional appropriations for the prosecution of comprehensive plans for certain river basins
PL 88-253 (H.R.8667), enacted 12/30/1963

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PUBLIC LAW 88-253_-DEC. 30, 1963 
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108) '. Provided. 'Jliat notliiug contained in this section shall be con-
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strued as modifj'ing or affecting the provisions of paragraph 3, 
subsection (c) of section 11 of title X I I of the District of Columbia 
70 Stat, 78, 
Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947, as amended. 
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^^^' ^^' Except as otherwise provided herein, limitations and legis-
lative provisions contaiiied in the District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act, 1961, shall be continued for the fiscal year 1964: Provided, That 
the limitation for "Construction Services, Department of Buildings 
and Grounds'" contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation 
74 Stat, 23, 
Act, 1961, sliall be increased from 6 to 7 |)er centum of appropriations 
for construction projects. 
Short title. 
This Act uiav be cited as flie "District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act, 1964"'. 
Approved December 30, 1963. 
Public Law 88-253 
December 30,1963 
AN ACT 
[H. R, 8667] 
Authorizing additional appropriations for the prosecution of comprehensive 
plans for certain river basins. 
Be if enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
CENTRAL AND SOXJTHERN FLORIDA 
River Basins, 
That the followiug w'orks of improvement for the benefit of naviga-
Fiood control, 
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are hereby adopted and authorized to be prosecuted under the direc-
tion of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief 
of Engineers in accordance with the respective reports hereinafter 
designated and subject to sections 201 and 202 of the Flood Control 
Act of 1962 (Public Law 87-874; 76 Stat. 1180), and the monetary 
authorizations for the following river basin plans, under the juris-
diction of the Secretary of the Army, are hereby increased as pro-
vided in this Act. Penstocks and other similar facilities adapted to 
possible future use in the development of hydroelectric power shall be 
installed in any dam authorized by this Act for construction by the 
Secretary of the Army on recommendation of the Chief of Engineers 
and the Federal Power Commission and apj>roval by such Secretary. 
The projects authorized in this Act shall be initiated as expeditiously 
and prosecuted as vigorously as may be consistent with budgetary 
requirements. 
WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 
An additional sum of $2,000,000 for the prosecution of the compre-
hensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the West Branch 
of the Susquehanna River Basin, authorized by the Flood Control 
68 Stat. 1257, 
Act of September 3, 1954. 
CAPE 
FEAR 
RIVER 
BASIN 
The project for the comprehensive development of the Cape Fear 
River Basm, North Carolina, is hereby authorized substantially in 
accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in 
House Document Numbered 508, Eighty-seventh Congress, at an 
estimated cost of $25,143,000: Provided, That the Secretary of the 
Army and the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct joint investiga-
tions and surveys of the upper tributaries of the Cape Fear River in 
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the interest of watershed protection and flood prevention, and the 
conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water, such 
surveys and investiji^ations and the report thereon to be prepared and 
submitted in compliance with the provisions of Public Law 639, 
Eighty-seventh Congress, and said surveys and investigations are 
76 stat. 438. 
hereby authorized. 
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That in addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby author-
ized to be appropriated the sum of $21,000,000 for the prosecution of 
the comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in central 
and southern Florida, authorized by the Act of June 30, 1948, as 
amended and supplemented. 
62 stat. ine. 
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN, GEORGIA 
The general plan for the comprehensive development of the Flint 
River Basin, Georgia, for flood control and other purposes recom-
mended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 
567, Eighty-seventh Congress, is approved and the construction of the 
Spewrell Bluff Reservoir on the Flint River, Georgia, is hereby 
authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations 'of 
the Chief of Engineers in said report at an estimated cost of 
$63,200,000. 
BRAZOS RIVER BASIN 
In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized 
to be appropriated the sum of $30,000,000 for the prosecution of the 
comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Brazos 
River Basin, authorized by the Flood Control Act of September 3, 
1954, as amended and supplemented. 
es stat. 1259. 
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 
In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized 
to be appropriated the sum of $157,000,000 for the prosecution of the 
comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the 
Arkansas River Basin, authorized by the Flood Control Act of June 
28,1938, as amended and supplemented. 
52 stat. 1
2 is. 
That the modification of the existing project for the Dardanelle lock 
and dam, Arkansas, in order to provide for the construction of a sew-
age outfall system for the city of Russellville, Arkansas, as authorized 
by the Flood Control Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1185), is hereby modified 
to provide that the United States shall assume the full cost of con-
structing said facilities, at an estimated additional Federal cost of 
$404,000. 
WHITE RIVER BASIN 
In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized 
to be appropriated the sum of $8,000,000 for the prosecution of the 
comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the White 
River Basin, authorized by the Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938, 
as amended and supplemented. 
RED RIVER BASIN 
The Waurika Dam and Reservoir on Beaver Creek, Oklahoma, is 
hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommenda-
tions of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 33, 
Eighty-eighth Congress, at an estimated cost of $25,100,000: Provided, 
That nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing the acquisi-
tion of additional lands for establishment of a national wildlife refuge 
at the reservoir. 
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MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 
An additional sum of $80,000,000 for the prosecution of the com-
prehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Missouri 
River Basin, authorized by the Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938, 
as amended and supplemented. 
The comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the 
Missouri River Basin, authorized by the Flood Control Act of June 28, 
1938, as amended and supplemented, is further modified to include 
such bank protection or rectification works at or below the Garrison 
Reservoir as in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers and the 
Secretary of the Army may be found necessary, at an estimated cost 
of $3,000,000. 
OHIO BITER BASIN 
In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized 
to be appropriated the sum of $150,000,0()0 for the prosecution of the 
comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Ohio 
River Basin, authorized by the Flood Control Act of June 22, 1936, 
49 Stat. 1586. 
as amended and supplemented. 
The proviso in the second paragraph under the heading "Ohio 
River Basin" in the Flood Control Act of 1960 (Public Law 86-645; 
74 Stat. 496, 
74 Stat. 496) is amended to read as follows: ^''Provided, That construc-
tion of the project shall not be commenced until the power marketing 
agency has informed the Secretary of the Army that the power gen-
erated by the project can be sold at rates which will insure repayment 
within fifty years, with interest, of all costs allocated to power." 
UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN 
An additional sum of $11,000,000 for the prosecution of the com-
prehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Upper 
Mississippi River Basin, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 
52 Stat. 1218. 
Juue 28,1938, as amended and supplemented. 
LOS ANGELES-SAN GABRIEL RIVER BASIN 
In addition to previous authorizations there is hereby authorized 
to be appropriated the sum of $30,000,000, for the prosecution of the 
comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Los 
Angeles-San Gabriel River Basin authorized by the Flood Control 
55 Stat. 647. 
Act of August 18, 1941, as amended and supplemented. 
COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN 
In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized 
to be appropriated the sum of $195,000,000 for the projects and plans 
for the Columbia River Basin, including the Willamette River Basin, 
52 Stat. 1222. 
authorizcd by the Flood Control Acts of June 28, 1938, August 18, 
55 Stat. 648. 
1941, Deccmbcr 22, 1944, July 24, 1946, May 17, 1950, September 3, 
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SEC. 2. In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby 
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authorized to be appropriated the sum of $16,000,000 for the prosecu-
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tion of the comprehensive plan adopted by section 9(a) of the Act 
76 Stat. 1193. 
approvcd December 22, 1944 (Public Law Numbered 534, Seventy-
58 Stat. 891. 
eighth Congress), as amended and supplemented by subsequent Acts 
of Congress, for continuing the works in the Missouri River Basin 
authorized to be undertaken under said plan by the Secretary of the 
Interior. 
Approved December 30, 1963.