An Act to amend the act of June 29, 1935 (the Bankhead Jones Act), as amended, to strengthen the conduct of research of the Department of Agriculture
PL 83-545 (S.2367), enacted 07/28/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 545-JULY 28, 1954 
[68 ST A T . 
Rules and regu-
lations. 
P o w e r market-
ing a g e n c y dis-
agreement. 
FPC 
determina-
tion. 
P o w e r surplus. 
Bonneville P r o j -
ect. 
SO Stat. 731. 
16 u s e 832-832/. 
Effectivity. 
16 u s e 791a. 
64 Stat. 179. 
project, including acquisition of lands, easements, rights-of-way, or 
other interest in land in accordance with Federal laws and procedures 
governing flood-control projects and subsequent conveyance thereof 
to the licensee. 
SEC. 6. The operation and maintenance of a project under license 
pursuant to this Act shall be subject to reasonable rules and regula-
tions by the Secretary of the Army in the interest of flood control and 
navigation. 
To assure that there shall be no discrimination between 
States in the area served by the project, such license shall provide that 
the licensee shall offer a reasonable portion of the power capacity and 
a reasonable portion of the power output of the project for sale within 
the economic market area in neighboring States and shall cooperate 
wdth agencies in such States to insure compliance with this require-
ment : Provided^ That in the event of disagreement between the licensee 
and the power marketing agencies (public or private) in any of the 
other States within the economic market area, the Federal Power 
Commission may determine and fix the applicable portion of power 
capacity and power output to be made available hereunder and the 
terms applicable thereto. 
Power surplus to the requirements of the 
licensee and other non-Federal marketing agencies (public or private) 
within the economic marketing area, as may be economically usable 
to the Federal system, may be made available to and may be purchased 
by the Bonneville Power Administrator at rates not higher than the 
rates charged such non-Federal marketing agencies, and under such 
terms and conditions as shall be mutually agreeable to the licensee and 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
Such power may be co-mingled with 
power from Federal dams in the Columbia River system lor which 
the Bonneville Power Administrator has been designated marketing 
agent and shall be sold by the Administrator in accordance with the 
provisions of the Bonneville Project Act at established rate schedules. 
SEC. 7. If an application for a preliminary permit for a license 
under the Federal Power Act to authorize the development of the 
Priest Rapids site is not prosecuted with reasonable diligence before 
the Federal Power Commission and in any event if the license applica-
tion is not filed with the Federal Power Commission prior to the date 
which is two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the pro-
visions of this Act shall not be effective after such date and the authori-
zation for the development of the Priest Rapids site contained in the 
Flood Control Act of 1950 shall have the same status it would have 
had if this Act had not been enacted. In the event an application for 
a license is made and denied by the Federal Powder Commission, or if 
construction under a license is not carried out in a reasonable period 
of time as determined by the Federal Power Commission, the authori-
zation in the Flood Control Act of 1950 will have the same status it 
would have had if this Act had not been enacted. 
Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Federal Power Commission shall act, 
on any such application filed with it prior to such date, within one year 
after the date on which such application is filed. 
Approved July 27, 1954. 
July 28, 1954 
[S. 2367] 
Public Law 545 
CHAPTER 591 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of June 29, 1935 (the Bankhead-Jones Act), as amended, to 
strengthen the conduct of research of the Department of Agriculture. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Act of June 
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PUBLIC LAW 547-JULY 28, 1954 
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29,1935 (the Bankhead-Jones Act), as amended (7 U. S. C. 427-427J), 
is amended by adding at the end of section 10 thereof the following: 
"(e) Appropriations for research work in the Department of Agri-
culture shall be available for accomplishing such purposes by contract 
through the means provided in subsection (a) hereof." 
Approved July 28, 1954. 
60 Stat. 1085. 
7 u s e 4271. 
Public Law 546 
CHAPTER 592 
AN ACT 
To provide for the conveyance of certain lands by the United States to the city of 
Muskogee, Olilahoma. 
July 28, 1954 
[H. R. 891 
J 983] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Adminis-
trator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized and directed to convey by 
quitclaim deed to the city of Muskogee, Oklahoma, all the right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to a tract of land containing 
approximately five and four-tenths acres, together with all buildings 
and improvements thereon, being a portion of the Veterans' Adminis-
tration hospital reservation situate in Muskogee County, State of 
Oklahoma, likewise being a portion of certain lands conveyed to the 
United States by the city of Muskogee, Oklahoma, by warranty deed 
dated March 17, 1945, recorded in the office of the clerk of Muskogee 
County on June 23, 1945, in book 839, pages 432 to 434, the exact 
courses and distances of the perimeter of which shall be determined 
and approved by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. 
The city 
of Muskogee shall pay the cost of surveys as may be required by the 
Administrator of Veterans' Affairs in determining the required legal 
description. 
SEC. 2. There shall be reserved to the United States all minerals, 
including oil and gas, in the lands authorized for conveyance by sec-
tion 1, and the deed of conveyance shall contain such additional terms, 
conditions, reservations, and restrictions as may be determined by 
the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to be necessary to protect the 
interests of the United States. 
SEC. 3. The deed of conveyance shall provide that the tract of land 
authorized to be conveyed by section 1 of this Act shall be used by the 
city of Muskogee, Oklahoma, for such purposes as will not, in the 
judgment of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs or his designate, 
interfere with the care and treatment of patients in the Veterans' 
Administration Hospital, Muskogee, Oklahoma, and that if such pro-
vision is violated, title to the tract shall revert to the United States. 
Approved July 28, 1954. 
Muskogee, Okla. 
Conveyance. 
Survey cost. 
Mineral reserva-
tion, etc. 
Use. 
Public Law 547 
CHAPTER 593 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct facilities to provide water 
for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa 
Margarita River, California, and for other purposes. 
July 28, 1954 
[H. R. 5731] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Ainerica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Interior, acting pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws (Act 
of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388), and Acts amendatory thereof or sup-
plementary thereto, as far as those laws are not inconsistent with the 
De L u z 
Dam, 
Calif. 
C o n s t r u e tion, 
etc. 
43 u s e 371 note.