An Act to authorize the transmission and disposition by the Secretary of the Interior of electric energy generated at Falcon Dam on the Rio Grande
PL 83-406 (S.3090), enacted 06/18/1954

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SEC. 2. The reclassifications of the lands of the Hermiston Irrigation 
District and the West Extension Irrigation District of the Umatilla 
project, Oregon, made in accordance with the provisions of section 8 
of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 and approved by the boards of 
directors of the irrigation districts, are approved. 
The Secretary, 
upon execution of said contracts, is authorized to charge off as a per-
manent loss to the reclamation fund all costs of the Umatilla project 
except the amounts provided for return to the United States in the 
contracts approved in section 1 of this Act or in other outstanding 
contracts, but no adjustment shall be made by the United States by 
reason thereof with any individual by way of refund of or credit on 
sums heretofore paid, repaid, returned, or due or payable to the 
United States. 
Approved June 18, 1954. 
Land reclassifi-
cation. 
43 u s e 485g. 
Public Law 405 
CHAPTER 309 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the transportation and 
distribution of mails on motor-vehicle routes", approved July 11, 1940 (54 
Stat. 756). 
June 18, 1954 
[S.2773] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 1 of the 
Act entitled "An Act to provide for the transportation and distribution 
of mails on motor-vehicle routes", approved July 11, 1940 (54 Stat. 
756), is hereby amended by striking out that part which precedes the 
first proviso and by inserting, in lieu thereof, the following: "The 
Postmaster General is authorized to use Government-owned motor 
vehicles or contract for carrying the mails and postal transportation 
clerks on routes between points where, in his judgment, conditions 
justify the operation of such service in motor vehicles especially 
designed and equipped for the distribution of mail en route:". 
Approved June 18, 1954. 
Postal service. 
Motor- v e h i c l e 
routes. 
39 u s e SOS. 
Public Law 406 
CHAPTER 310 
AN ACT 
To authorize the transmission and disposition by the Secretary of the Interior of 
electric energy generated at Falcon Dam on the Rio Grande. 
June 18, 19S4 
[S. 3090] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the electric 
Falcon Dam. 
power and energy generated at Falcon Dam, an international storage and'dispS'sition°of 
reservoir project constructed on the Rio Grande pursuant to the treaty *
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of February 3, 1944, between the United States and Mexico (Treaty 
Series 994), which is made available to the United States under the 
59 stat. 1219. 
provisions of said treaty and under such special agreements as may 
be concluded between the two Governments pursuant to the provisions 
of said treaty and not required in the operation of such international 
project, all as determined by the Commissioner of the United States 
Section, International Boundary and Water Commission, shall be 
delivered to the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as 
the Secretary) who shall transmit and dispose of such power and 
energy in such manner as to encourage the most widespread use thereof 
at the lowest possible rates to consumers consistent with sound business 
principles, the rate schedules to become effective upon confirmation and