An Act to authorize the Secretary of Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Oroville-Tonasket unit of the Okanogan-Similkameen division. Chief Joseph Dam project, Washington, and for other purposes
PL 87-762 (S.1060), enacted 10/09/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-762-OCT. 9, 1962 
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Public Law 87-762 
A N A C T 
October 9, 1962 
To authorize the Secretary of Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the 
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Oroville-Tonasket unit of the Okanogan-Similkameen division. Chief Joseph 
Dam project, Washington, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hoiise of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled., That for the purpose 
interior oepart-
of furnishing a new and a supplemental water supply for the irriga- ""^hi^f Joseph 
tion of approximately eight thousand four hundred and fifty acres of D
a
m project, wash, 
land in Okanogan County, Washington, for the purpose of under-
taking the rehabilitation and betterment of existing works serving a 
major portion of these lands and for conservation and development of 
fish and wildlife resources, the Secretary of Interior is authorized to 
construct, operate, and maintain the Oroville-Tonasket unit of the 
Okanogan-Similkameen division of the Chief Joseph Dam project, in 
accordance with the provisions of the Federal reclamation laws (Act 
of June 17,1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supple-
mentary thereto). 
The principal works of the unit shall consist of: 
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facilities to permit enlargement and utilization of Palmer Lake stor- "***•• 
age; related canal, diversion damj pumping plants, and distribution 
systems; and necessary works incidental to the rehabilitation of the 
existing irrigation system. 
SEC. 2. The basic period provided in subsection (d), section 9, 
construction 
of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, as amended (43 U.S.C. 485h), ^"Jj"^ repayment 
for repayment of the construction cost properly chargeable to any 
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block of lands may be extended to fifty years, exclusive of any develop- 72 stat. 542. 
ment period, from the time water is first delivered to that block. 
Power and energy required for irrigation pumping for the Oroville-
Tonasket unit shall be made available by the Secretary from the Chief 
Joseph Dam powerplant and other Federal plants interconnected 
therewith at rates not to exceed the cost of such power and energy 
from the Chief Joseph Dam taking into account all costs of the dam, 
reservoir, and powerplant which are determined by the Secretary 
under the provisions of the Federal reclamation laws to be properly 
allocable to such irrigation pumping power and energy. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary may mane such provisions for fish and wild- 
Fish and wild-
life conservation, including the installation, operation and mainte- "'* conservation, 
nance of fish screens at the pump plants and diversion dam, and pro-
vision for sufficient flows in the rivers below Palmer Lake, as he finds 
to be required for the mitigation of losses or damages to existing 
fishery and wildlife resources, and, if he determines that it is practi-
cable and desirable to reestablish anadromous fish runs in the Similka-
meen River, may make such provisions, including the construction, 
operation, and maintenance 01 fish ladders and other control works, 
and downstream flow releases as he finds to be required to accomplish 
that purpose. 
The Secretary is further authorized to make provisions 
for access to project areas for the general public, including fishermen 
and hunters. An appropriate portion of the construction costs of the 
unit shall be allocated as provided in the Fish and Wildlife Coordina-
tion Act (48 Stat. 401, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), which, 
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together with the portion of the operation, maintenance, and replace- ''^ ^*"*- ^®^-
ment costs allocated to this function or the equivalent capitalized 
value thereof, shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable under the 
Federal reclamation laws. 
SEC. 4. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for,con- 
Appropriation, 
struction of the works authorized by this Act not to exceed $3,210,000, 
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plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of 
ordinary fluctuations from January 1961 construction costs as indi-
cated by engineering cost indices applicable to the type of construc-
tion involved herein, and not to exceed $400,000 for carrying out the 
provisions of section 3 of this Act, in addition to the cost of fish 
screens, when the Secretary finds that conditions justify such expendi-
tures. There are also authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be required for the operation and maintenance of said works. 
Approved October 9, 1962. 
October 9,1962 
[S. 3120] 
Public Law 87-763 
AN ACT 
To amend section 6 of the Act of May 29,1884. 
Agriculture. 
Diseased l i v ^ 
stock and poultry. 
biterstate fliov*-
ment. 
44 Stat. 774. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 6 of the 
Act of May 29, 1884 (23 Stat. 32), as amended (21 U.S.C. 115), is 
further amended by changing the period at the end of such section 
to a colon and inserting immediately thereafter the following: 
'•''Provided^ That,such livestock or poultry may be so delivered and 
received for such transportation and so transported and moved if 
the Secretary of Agriculture determines that such action will not 
endanger the livestock or poultry of the United States and authorizes 
such action, and such delivery, receipt, transportation, and movement 
are made in strict compliance with such rules and regulations as the 
Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe to protect the livestock and 
poultry of the United States." 
Approved October 9, 1962. 
October 9, 1962 
[S.3156] 
Public Law 87-764 
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AN ACT 
To amend section 142 of title 28, United States Code, with regard to furnishing 
court quarters and accommodations at places where regular terms of court 
are authorized to be held, and for other purposes. 
District courts. 
Quarters and ac-
commodations. 
62 Stat. 898. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That section 142 of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end of such 
section the following: "The foregoing restrictions shall not, however, 
preclude the Administrator of General Services, at the request of the 
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 
from providing such court quarters and accommodations as the 
Administrator determines can appropriately be made available at 
places where regular terms of court are authorized by law to be held, 
but only if such court quarters and accommodations have been 
approved as necessary by the judicial council of the appropriate 
circuit." 
Approved October 9, 1962. 
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