An Act to extend for 3 years the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to make indemnity payments to dairy farmers for milk required to be withheld from commercial markets because it contains residues of chemicals registered and approved for use by the Federal Government.
PL 90-484 (S.3638), enacted 08/13/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-484-AUG. 13, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
Citation of title. 
Virgin River, at and in the vicinity of Bunkerville, Mesquite, 
and Riverside, Nevada, in the interest of flood control, bank erosion 
control, and allied purposes. 
Cuyahoga River from Upper Kent to Portage Trail in Cuyahoga 
Falls, Ohio, in the interest of flood control, pollution abatement, 
low flow regulation, and other allied water purposes. 
Kalihi Stream, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii. 
SEC. 220. Title I I of this Act may be cited as the "Flood Control Act 
of 1968". 
TITLE III—RIVER BASIN MONETARY AUTHORIZATIONS 
SEC. 301. That (a) in addition to previous authorizations, there is 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for the prosecution of the com-
prehensive plan of development of each river basin under the jurisdic-
tion of the Secretary of the Army referred to in the first column below, 
which was basically authorized by the Act referred to by date of enact-
ment in the second column below, an amount not to exceed that shown 
opposite such river basin in the third column below: 
Basin 
Act of 
Congress 
Amount 
68 Stat. 1248-
33 u s e 701-1 
note-706. 
Citation of title. 
Alabama-CoosaRiver... 
Mar. 2,1945 
$29,000,000 
Arkansas River 
June 28.1938 
108,000,000 
Brazos River... 
Sept. 3,1954 
2,000,000 
Central and southern Florida 
June 30,1948 
15,000,000 
Columbia River 
June 28,1938 
193,000,000 
Missouri River 
June 28,1938 
38,000,000 
Ohio River 
June 22,1936 
35,000,000 
Ouachita River 
May 17,1950 
10,000,000 
San Joaquin River 
Dec. 22,1944 
17,000,000 
South Platte River 
May 17,1950 
12,000,000 
Upper Mississippi River... 
June 28,1938 
5,000,000 
White River 
June 28,1938 
2,000,000 
(b) The total amount authorized to be appropriated by this section 
shall not exceed $466,000,000. 
SEC. 302, In addition to the previous authorization, the completion of 
the system of flood control reservoirs on the West Branch Susque-
hanna River, Pennsylvania, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 
1954, is hereby authorized at an estimated cost of $3,000,000. 
SEC. 303, Title I I I of this Act may be cited as the "River Basin 
Monetary Authorization Act of 1968". 
Approved August 13, 1968. 
August 13, 1968 
[S.3638] 
Public Law 90-484 
AN ACT 
To provide indemnity payments to dairy farmers. 
Dairy farmers. 
Indemnity pay-
ments. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
Expiration date. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of Agriculture is authorized to make indemnity payments, at a fair 
market value, to dairy farmers who have been directed since January 1, 
1964, to remove their milk from commercial markets because it con-
tained residues of chemicals registered and approved for use by the 
Federal Government at the time of such use. Such indemnity payments 
shall continue to each dairy farmer until he has been reinstated and 
is again allowed to dispose of his milk on commercial markets. 
SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
SEC. 3. The authority granted under this Act shall expire on June 30, 
1970. 
Approved August 13, 1968.