An Act to provide for the optimum development of the Nations natural resources through the coordinated planning of water and related land resources, through the establishment of a water resources council and river basin commissions, and by providing finance
PL 89-80 (S.21), enacted 07/22/1965

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PUBLIC LAW 89-79-JULY 21, 1965 
[79 STAT. 
July 21, 1965 
[H. R. 5306] 
Public Law 89-79 
AN ACT 
To continue the authority of domestic banks to pay interest on time deposits 
of foreign governments at rates differing from those applicable to domestic 
depositors. 
Banks. 
Time deposits. 
49 Stat. 715; 
76 Stat. 953. 
64 Stat. 893; 
76 Stat. 953. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the last sentence 
of the fourteenth paragraph (12 U.S.C. 37lb) of section 19 of the 
Federal Reserve Act is amended by changing "the elffective date of 
this sentence and ending upon the expiration of three years after such 
date," to read "October 15, 1962, and ending on October 15, 1968,". 
SEC. 2. The last sentence of section 18(g) of the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1828(g)) is amended by changing "the 
effective date of this sentence and ending upon the expiration of three 
years after such date," to read "October 15,1962, and ending on Octo-
ber 15,1968,". 
Approved July 21, 1965. 
July 22, 1965 
[S. 21] 
Public Law 89-80 
AN ACT 
To provide for the optimum development of the Nation's natural resources 
through the coordinated planning of water and related land resources, through 
the establishment of a water resources council and river basin commissions, 
and by providing financial assistance to the States in order to increase State 
participation in such planning. 
Water Resources 
Planning Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
SHORT TITLE 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Water Resources Planning 
Act". 
STATEMENT OF POLICY 
SEC, 2. In order to meet the rapidly expanding demands for water 
throughout the Nation, it is hereby declared to be the policy of 
the Congress to encourage the conservation, development, and utiliza-
tion of water and related land resources of the United States on a com-
prehensive and coordinated basis by the Federal Government, States, 
localities, and private enterprise with the cooperation of all affected 
Federal agencies, States, local governments, individuals, corporations, 
business enterprises, and others concerned. 
Federal or state 
jurisdiction. 
Federal offi-
cials. 
EFFECT ON EXISTING LAWS 
SEC. 3. Nothing in this Act shall be construed— 
(a) to expand or diminish either Federal or State jurisdiction, 
responsibility, or rights in the field of water resources planning, 
development, or control; nor to displace, supersede, limit or 
modify any interstate compact or the jurisdiction or responsibility 
of any legally established joint or common agency of two or more 
States, or of two or more States and the Federal Government; nor 
to limit the authority of Congress to authorize and fund projects; 
(b) to change or otherwise affect the authority or responsibility 
of any Federal official in the discharge of the duties of his office 
except as required to carry out the provisions of this Act with 
respect to the preparation and review of comprehensive regional 
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or river basin plans and the formulation and evaluation of Federal 
water and related land resources projects; 
(c) as superseding, modifying, or repealing existing laws 
applicable to the various Federal agencies which are authorized 
to develop or participate in the development of water and related 
land resources or to exercise licensing or regulatory functions in 
relation thereto, except as required to carry out the provisions of 
this Act; nor to affect the jurisdiction, powers, or prerogatives of 
the International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, 
the Permanent Engineering Board and the United States Oper-
ating Entity or Entities established pursuant to the Columbia 
Kiver Basin Treaty, signed at Washington, January 17, 1961, or 
the International Boundary and Water Commission, United 
States and Mexico; 
(d) as authorizing any entity established or acting under the 
provisions hereof to study, plan, or recommend the transfer of 
waters between areas under the jurisdiction of more than one 
river basin commission or entity performing the function of a 
river basin commission. 
Federal agen-
cies and interna-
tional commis-
sions. 
15 UST 1555. 
River basin 
commissions. 
TITLE I—WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL 
SEC. 101. There is hereby established a Water Resources Council 
(hereinafter referred to as the "Council") which shall be composed of 
the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec-
retary of the Army, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 
and the Chairman of the Federal Power Commission. 
The Chairman 
of the Council shall request the heads of other Federal agencies to 
participate with the Council when matters affecting their responsi-
bilities are considered by the Council. 
The Chairman of the Council 
shall be designated by the President. 
SEC. 102. The Council shall— 
(a) maintain a continuing studj^ and prepare an assessment 
biennially, or at such less frequent intervals as the Council may 
determine, of the adequacy of supplies of water necessary to meet 
the water requirements in each water resource region in the 
United States and the national interest therein; and 
(b) maintain a continuing study of the relation of regional 
or river basin plans and programs to the requirements of larger 
regions of the Nation and of the adequacy of administrative and 
statutory means for the coordination of the water and related land 
resources policies and programs of the several Federal agencies; 
it shall appraise the adequacy of existing and proposed policies 
and programs to meet such requirements; and it shall make recom-
mendations to the President with respect to Federal policies and 
programs. 
SEC. 103. The Council shall establish, after such consultation with 
other interested entities, both Federal and non-Federal, as the Council 
may find appropriate, and with the approval of the President, prin-
ciples, standards, and procedures for Federal participants in the 
preparation of comprehensive regional or river basin plans and for 
the formulation and evaluation of Federal water and related land 
resources projects. 
Such procedures may include provision for Coun-
cil revision of plans for Federal projects intended to be proposed 
in any plan or revision thereof being prepared by a river basin 
planning commission. 
SEC. 104. Upon receipt of a plan or revision thereof from any river 
basin commission under the provisions of section 204(3) of this Act, 
the Council shall review the plan or revision with special regard to— 
(1) the efficacy of such plan or revision in achieving optimum 
use of the water and related land resources in the area involved: 
Duties. 
Federal projects 
procedures. 
Review of plans. 
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Report to Presi-
dent and Congre s s. 
Administrative 
provisions. 
63 Stat, 954; 
78 Stat. 400. 
5 u s e 1071 
note. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Oaths. 
Records, public 
inspection. 
(2) the effect of the plan on the achievement of other programs 
for the development of agricultural, urban, energy, industrial, 
recreational, fish and wildlife, and other resources of the entire 
Nation; and 
(3) the contributions which such plan or revision will make in 
obtaining the Nation's economic and social goals. 
Based on such review the Council shall— 
(a) formulate such recommendations as it deems desirable in 
the national interest; and 
(b) transmit its recommendations, together with the plan or 
revision of the river basin commission and the views, comments, 
and recommendations with respect to such plan or revision sub-
mitted by any Federal agency, Governor, interstate commission, 
or United States section of an international commission, to the 
President for his review and transmittal to the Congress with his 
recommendations in regard to authorization of Federal projects. 
SEC. 105. (a) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this 
Act, the Council may: (1) hold such hearings, sit and act at such times 
and places, take such testimony, receive such evidence, and print or 
otherwise reproduce and distribute so much of its proceedings and 
reports thereon as it may deem advisable; (2) acquire, furnish, and 
equip such office space as is necessary; (3) use the United States mails 
in the same manner and upon the same conditions as other departments 
and agencies of the United States; (4) employ and fix the compensa-
tion of such personnel as it deems advisable, in accordance with the 
civil service laws and Classification Act of 1949, as amended; (5) pro-
cure services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $100 per diem for individuals; 
(6) purchase, hire, operate, and maintain passenger motor vehicles; 
and (7) incur such necessary expenses and exercise such other powers 
as are consistent with and reasonably required to perform its functions 
under this Act. 
(b) Any member of the Council is authorized to administer oaths 
when it is determined by a majority of the Council that testimony shall 
be taken or evidence received under oath. 
(c) To the extent permitted by law, all appropriate records and 
papers of the Council may be made available for public inspection 
during ordinary office hours. 
(d) Upon request of the Council, the head of any Federal depart-
ment or agency is authorized (1) to furnish to the Council such infor-
mation as may be necessary for carrying out its functions and as may 
be available to or procurable by such department or agency, and (2) 
to detail to temporary duty with such Council on a reimbursable basis 
such personnel within his administrative jurisdiction as it may need or 
believe to be useful for carrying out its functions, each such detail to 
be without loss of seniority, pay, or other employee status. 
(e) The Council shall be responsible for (1) the appointment and 
supervision of personnel, (2) the assignment of duties and responsi-
bilities among such personnel, and (3) the use and expenditures of 
funds. 
TITLE II—RIVER BASIN COMMISSIONS 
CREATION OF COMMISSIONS 
SEC. 201. (a) The President is authorized to declare the establish-
ment of a river basin water and related land resources commission 
upon request therefor by the Council, or request addressed to the 
Council by a State within which all or part of the basin or basins 
concerned are located if the request by the Council or by a State (1) 
defines the area, river basin, or group of related river basins for which 
a commission is requested, (2) is made in writing by the Governor or 
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in such manner as State law may provide, or by the Council, and (3) 
is concurred in by the Council and by not less than one-half of the 
States within which portions of the basin or basins concerned are 
located and, in the event the Upper Colorado Kiver Basin is involved, 
by at least three of the four States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, 
and Wyoming or, in the event the Columbia River Basin is involved, 
by at least three of the four States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and 
Washington. 
Such concurrences shall be in writing. 
(b) Each such commission for an area, river basin, or group of 
river basins shall, to the extent consistent with section 3 of this Act— 
(1) serve as the principal agency for the coordination of Fed-
eral, State, interstate, local and nongovernmental plans for the 
development of water and related land resources in its area, river 
basin, or group of river basins; 
(2) prepare and keep up to date, to the extent practicable, a 
comprehensive, coordinated, joint plan for Federal, State, inter-
state, local and nongovernmental development of water and 
related resources: Provided^ That the plan shall include an evalua-
tion of all reasonable alternative means of achieving optimum 
development of water and related land resources of the basin or 
basinsj^ and it may be prepared in stages, including recommenda-
tions with respect to individual projects; 
(3) recommend long-range schedules of priorities for the col-
lection and analysis of basic data and for investigation, planning, 
and construction of projects; and 
(4) foster and undertake such studies of water and related land 
resources problems in its area, river basin, or group of river basins 
as are necessary in the preparation of the plan described in clause 
(2) of this subsection. 
Duties, 
MEMBERSHIP OF COMMISSIONS 
SEC. 202. Each river basin commission shall be composed of mem-
bers appointed as follows: 
(a) A chairman appointed by the President who shall also serve as 
chairman and coordinating officer of the Federal members of the com-
mission and who shall represent the Federal Government in Federal-
State relations on the commission and who shall not, during the period 
of his service on the commission, hold any other position as an officer 
or employee of the United States, except as a retired officer or retired 
civilian employee of the Federal Government; 
(b) One member from each Federal department or independent 
agency determined by the President to have a substantial interest in 
the work to be undertaken by the commission, such member to be 
appointed by the head of such department or independent agency and 
to serve as the representative of such department or independent 
agency; 
(c) One member from each State which lies wholly or partially 
within the area, river basin, or group of river basins for which the 
commission is established, and the appointment of each such member 
shall be made in accordance with the laws of the State which he repre-
sents. In the absence of governing provisions of State law, such State 
members shall be appointed and serve at the pleasure of the Governor; 
(d) One member appointed by any interstate agency created hj an 
interstate compact to which the consent of Congress has been ^iven, 
and whose jurisdiction extends to the waters of the area, river basin, or 
group of river basins for which the river basin commission is created; 
(e) When deemed appropriate by the President, one member, who 
shall be appointed by the President, from the United States section of 
any international commission created by a treaty to which the consent 
of the Senate has been given, and whose jurisdiction extends to the 
Federal chaiiv. 
Federal ageri-
cies. 
States. 
Interstate agen. 
International 
Commissions. 
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waters of the area, river basin, or group of river basins for which the 
river basin commission is established. 
Disposition of 
records. 
Vacancies, 
Chairmen, final 
authority. 
ORGANIZATION OF COMMISSIONS 
SEC. 203. (a) Each river basin commission shall organize for the 
performance of its functions within ninety days after the President 
shall have declared the establishment of such commission, subject to 
the availability of funds for carrying on its work. 
A commission 
shall terminate upon decision of the Council or agreement of a major-
ity of the States composing the commission. Upon such termination, 
all property, assets, and records of the commission shall thereafter be 
turned over to such agencies of the United States and the participating 
States as shall be appropriate in the circumstances: Provided^ That 
studies, data, and other materials useful in water and related land 
resources planning to any of the participants shall be kept freely 
available to all such participants. 
(b) State members of each commission shall elect a vice chairman, 
who shall serve also as chairman and coordinating officer of the State 
members of the commission and who shall represent the State govern-
ments in Federal-State relations on the commission. 
(c) Vacancies in a commission shall not affect its powers but shall 
be filled in the same manner in which the original appointments were 
made: Provided^ That the chairman and vice chairman may designate 
alternates to act for them during temporary absences. 
(d) In the work of the commission every reasonable endeavor shall 
be made to arrive at a consensus of all members on all issues; but fail-
ing this, full opportunity shall be afforded each member for the pres-
entation and report of individual views: Provided, That at any time 
the commission fails to act by reason 'of absence of consensus, the 
position of the chairman, acting in behalf of the Federal members, and 
the vice chairman, acting upon instructions of the State members, shall 
be set forth in the record: Provided further, That the chairman, in 
consultation with the vice chairman, shall have the final authority, in 
the absence of an applicable bylaw adopted by the commission or in 
the absence of a consensus, to fix the times and places for meetings, to 
set deadlines for the submission of annual and other reports, to estab-
lish subcommittees, and to decide such other procedural questions as 
may be necessary for the commission to perform its functions. 
Report to Presi-
dent and Congress. 
Joint plan, trans-
mission. 
DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONS 
SEC. 204. Each river basin commission shall— 
(1) engage in such activities and make such studies and investi-
gations as are necessary and desirable in carrying out the policy 
set forth in section 2 of this Act and in accomplishing the purposes 
set forth in section 201(b) of this Act; 
(2) submit to the Council and the Governor of each participat-
ing State a report on its work at least once each year. 
Such report 
shall be transmitted through the President to the Congress. After 
such transmission, copies of any such report shall be sent to the 
heads of such Federal, State, interstate, and international agencies 
as the President or the Governors of the participating States may 
direct; 
(3) submit to the Council for transmission to the President and 
by him to the Congress, and the Governors and the legislatures of 
the participating States a comprehensive, coordinated, joint plan, 
or any major portion thereof or necessary revisions thereof, for 
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water and related land resources development in the area, river 
basin, or group of river basins for which, such commission was 
established. Before the commission submits such a plan or major 
portion thereof or revision thereof to the Council, it shall transmit 
the proposed plan or revision to the head of each Federal depart-
ment or agency, the Governor of each State, and each interstate 
agency, from which a member of the commission has been 
appointed, and to the head of the United States section of any 
international commission if the plan, portion or revision deals 
with a boundary water or a river crossing a boundary, or any tribu-
tary flowing into such boundary water or river, over which the 
international commission has jurisdiction or for which it has 
responsibility. Each such department and agency head. Governor, 
interstate agency, and United States section of an international 
commission shall have ninety days from the date of the receipt of 
the proposed plan, portion, or revision to report its views, com-
ments, and recommendations to the commission. The commission 
may modify the plan, portion, or revision after considering the 
reports so submitted. The views, comments, and recommendations 
submitted by each Federal department or agency head. Governor, 
interstate agency, and United States section of an international 
commission shall be transmitted to the Council with the plan, 
portion, or revision; and 
(4) submit to the Council at the time of submitting such plan, 
any recommendations it may have for continuing the functions of 
the commission and for implementing the plan, including means 
of keeping the plan up to date. 
POWERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS OF T H E 
COMMISSIONS 
SEC. 205. (a) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this 
title, each river basin commission may— 
(1) hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take 
such testimony, receive such evidence, and print or otherwise 
reproduce and distribute so much of its proceedings and reports 
thereon as it may deem advisable; 
(2) acquire, furnish, and equip such office space as is necessary; 
(3) use the United States mails in the same manner and upon 
the same conditions as departments and agencies of the United 
States; 
(4) employ and compensate such personnel as it deems advis-
able, including consultants, at rates not to exceed $100 per diem, 
and retain and compensate such professional or technical service 
firms as it deems advisable on a contract basis; 
(5) arrange for the services of personnel from any State or the 
United States, or any subdivision or agency thereof, or any inter-
governmental agency; 
(6) make arrangements, including contracts, with any partici-
pating government, except the United States or the District of 
Columbia, for inclusion in a suitable retirement and employee 
benefit system of such of its personnel as may not be eligible for 
or continuing in another governmental retirement or employee 
benefit system, or otherwise provide for such coverage of its 
personnel; 
(7) purchase, hire, operate, and maintain passenger motor 
vehicles; and 
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Records, public 
inspection. 
Personnel, 
(8) incur sncli necessary expenses and exercise such other 
powers as are consistent with and reasonably required to perform 
its functions under this Act, 
(b) The chairman of a river basin commission, or any member of 
such commission designated by the chairman thereof for the purpose, 
is authorized to administer oaths when it is determined by a, ma-
jority of the commission that testimony shall be taken or evidence 
received under oath, 
(c) To the extent permitted by law, all appropriate records and 
papers of each river basin commission shall be made available for 
public inspection during ordinary office hours. 
(d) Upon request of the chairman of any river basin commission, 
or any member or employee of such commission designated by the 
chairman thereof for the purpose, the head of any Federal depart-
ment or agency is authorized (1) to furnish to such commission such 
information as may be necessary for carrying out its functions and 
as may be available to or procurable by such department or agency, 
and (2) to detail to temporary duty with such commission on a reim-
bursable basis such personnel within his administrative jurisdiction 
as it may need or believe to be useful for carrying out its functions, 
each such detail to be without loss of seniority, pay, or other employee 
status. 
(e) The chairman of each river basin commission shall, with the 
concurrence of the vice chairman, appoint the personnel employed 
by such commission, and the chairman shall, in accordance with the 
general policies of such commission with respect to the work to be 
accomplished by it and the timing thereof, be responsible for (1) 
the supervision of personnel employed by such commission, (2) the 
assignment of duties and responsibilities among such personnel, and 
(3) the use and expenditure of funds available to such commission. 
Chairmen. 
78 Stat. 400. 
5 use 1113. 
Expenses. 
COMPENSATIOX OF COMMISSION MEMBERS 
SEC. 206. (a) Any member of a river basin commission appointed 
pursuant to section 202 (b) and (e) of this Act shall receive no addi-
tional compensation by virtue of his membership on the commission, 
but shall continue to receive, from appropriations made for the agency 
from which he is appointed, the salary of his regular position when 
engaged in the performance of the duties vested in the commission. 
(b) Members of a commission, appointed pursuant to section 202 
(c) and (d) of this Act, shall each receive such compensation as may 
be provided by the States or the interstate agency respectively, which 
they represent. 
(c) The per annum compensation of the chairman of each river 
basin commission shall be determined by the President, but when 
employed on a full-time annual basis shall not exceed the maximum 
scheduled rate for grade GS-18 of the Classification Act of 1949, as 
amended; or when engaged in the performance of the commission's 
duties on an intermittent basis such compensation shall be not more 
than $100 per day and shall not exceed $12,000 in any year. 
SEC. 207. (a) Each commission shall recommend what share of its 
expenses shall be borne by the Federal Government, but such share 
shall be subject to approval by the Council. The remainder of the 
commission's expenses shall be otherwise apportioned as the commis-
sion may determine. Each commission shall prepare a budget annu-
ally and transmit it to the Council and the States. Estimates of pro-
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posed appropriations from the Federal Government shall be included 
m the budget estimates submitted by the Council under the Budgeting 
and Accounting Act of 1921, as amended, and may include an amount 
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for advance to a commission against State appropriations for which 
delay is anticipated by reason of later legislative sessions. All sums 
appropriated to or otherwise received by a commission shall be credited 
to the commission's account in the Treasury of the United States. 
(b) A commission may accept for any of its purposes and functions 
appropriations, donations, and grants of money, equipment, supplies, 
materials, and services from any State or the United States or any 
subdivision or agency thereof, or intergovernmental agency, and may 
receive, utilize, and dispose of the same. 
(c) The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and 
Annual audit. 
disbursements. 
The accounts shall be audited at least annually in 
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by independ-
ent certified or licensed public accountants, certified or licensed by a 
regulatory authority of a State, and the report of the audit shall be 
included in and become a part of the annual report of the commission. 
(d) The accounts of the commission shall be open at all reasonable „ Accounts, in-
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which make appropriations, donations, or grants to the commission. 
TITLE III—FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO T H E 
STATES 
F O E COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING GEANT AUTHOEI-
ZATIONS 
SEC. 301. (a) In recognition of the need for increased participation authMTz^uon'" 
by the States in water and related land resources planning to be effec-
t ive, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Council for 
the next fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, 
and for the nine succeeding fiscal years thereafter, $5,000,000 in each 
such year for grants to States to assist them in developing and par-
ticipating in the development of comprehensive water and related land 
resources plans. 
(b) The Council, with the approval of the President, shall prescribe 
such rules, establish such procedures, and make such arrangements 
and provisions relating to the performance of its functions under this 
title, and the use of funds available therefor, as may be necessary in 
order to assure (1) coordination of the program authorized by this 
title with related Federal planning assistance programs, including 
t he program authorized under section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954 
J^ ^^^' ^^^ 
and (2) appropriate utilization of other Federal agencies administer-
ing programs which may contribute to achieving the purpose of this 
Act. 
ALLOTMENTS 
SEC. 302. (a) From the sums appropriated pursuant to section 301 
for any fiscal year the Council shall from time to time make allotments 
to the States, in accordance with its regulations, on the basis of (1) the 
population, (2) the land area, (3) the need for comprehensive water 
and related land resources planning programs, and (4) the financial 
need of the respective States. For the purposes of this section the 
population of the States shall be determined on the basis of the latest 
estimates available from the Department of Commerce and the land 
area of the States shall be determined on the basis of the official 
records of the United States Geological Survey. 
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7 3 Stat. 678. 
40 u s e 461. 
78 Stat. 897. 
16 u s e 460/-4 
note. 
Notice of hear-
ing. 
(b) From each State's allotment under this section for any fiscal 
year the Council shall pay to such State an amount which is not more 
than 50 per centum of the cost of carrying out its State program 
approved under section 303, including the cost of training personnel 
for carrying out such program and the cost of administering such 
program. 
STATE PROGRAMS 
SEC. 303. The Council shall approve any program for comprehensive 
water and related land resources planning which is submitted by a 
State, if such program— 
(1) provides for comprehensive planning with respect to intra-
state or interstate water resources, or both, in such State to meet 
the needs for water and water-related activities taking into account 
prospective demands for all purposes served through or affected 
by water and related land resources development, with adequate 
provision for coordination with all Federal, State, and local 
agencies, and nongovernmental entities having responsibilities in 
affected fields; 
{%) provides, where comprehensive statewide development 
planning is being carried on with or without assistance under sec-
tion 701 of the Housing Act of 1954, or under the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act of 1965, for full coordination between 
comprehensive water resources planning and other statewide plan-
ning programs and for assurances that such water resources plan-
ning will be in conformity with the general development policy in 
such State; 
(3) designates a State agency (hereinafter referred to as the 
"State agency") to administer the program; 
(4) provides that the State agency will make such rej)orts in 
such form and containing such information as the Council from 
time to time reasonably requires to carry out its functions under 
this title; 
(5) sets forth the procedure to be followed in carrying out the 
State program and in administering such program; and 
(6) provides such accounting, budgeting, and other fiscal 
methods and procedures as are necessary for keeping appropriate 
accountability of the funds and for the proper and efficient admin-
istration of the program. 
The Council shall not disapprove any program without first giving 
reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing to the State agency 
administering such program. 
Noncompliance, 
eurtailing of 
payment. 
REVIEW 
SEC. 304. Whenever the Council after reasonable notice and oppor-
tunity for hearing to a State agency finds that— 
(a) the program submitted by such State and approved under 
section 303 has been so changed that it no longer complies with a 
requirement of such section; or 
(b) in the administration of the program there is a failure to 
comply substantially with such a requirement, 
the Council shall notify such agency that no further payments will be 
made to the State under this title until it is satisfied that there will no 
longer be any such failure. 
Until the Council is so satisfied, it shall 
make no further payments to such State under this title. 
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PAYMENTS 
SEC. 305. The method of computing and paying amounts pursuant 
to this title shall be as follows: 
(1) The Council shall, prior to the beginning of each calendar 
quarter or other period prescribed by it, estimate the amount to be 
paid to each State under the provisions of this title for such 
period, such estimate to be based on such records of the State and 
information furnished by it, and such other investigation, as the 
Council may find necessary. 
(2) The Council shall pay to the State, from the allotment 
available therefor, the amount so estimated by it for any period, 
reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any sum (not pre-
viously adjusted under this paragraph) by which it finds that its 
estimate of the amount to be paid such State for any prior period 
under this title was greater or less than the amount which should 
have been paid to such State for such prior period under this title. 
Such payments shall be made through the disbursing facilities of 
the Treasury Department, at such times and in such installments 
as the Council may determine. 
DEFINITION 
SEC. 306. For the purpose of this title the term "State" means a 
State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Eico, or the Virgin Islands. 
RECORDS 
SEC. 307. (a) Each recipient of a grant under this Act shall keep 
such records as the Chairman of the Council shall prescribe, including 
records which fully disclose the amount and disposition of the funds 
received under the grant, and the total cost of the project or under-
taking in connection with which the grant was made and the amount 
and nature of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking 
supplied by other sources, and such other records as will f 
aclitate an 
effective audit. 
(b) The Chairman of the Council and the Comptroller General of 
the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall 
have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, 
documents, papers, and records of the recipient of the grant that are 
pertinent to the determination that funds granted are used in accord-
ance with this Act. 
Maintenance. 
Audit. 
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 401. There are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed 
$300,000 annually, to carry out the provisions of title I of this Act, 
not to exceed $6,000,000 annually to carry out the provisions of title 
II, and not to exceed $400,000 annually for the administration of title 
I I I : Provided^ That, with respect to title II, not more than $750,000 
annually shall be available for any single river basin commission. 
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[79 STAT. 
RULES AND REGULATIONS 
^ SEC. 402. The Council is authorized to make such rules and regula-
tions as it may deem necessary or appropriate for carrying out those 
provisions of this Act which are administered by it. 
DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS 
SEC. 403. The Council is authorized to delegate to any member or 
employee of the Council its administrative functions under section 
105 and the detailed administration of the grant program under title 
III. 
UTILIZATION OF PERSONNEL 
SEC. 404. The Council may, with the consent of the head of any other 
department or agency of the United States, utilize such officers and 
employees of such agency on a reimbursable basis as are necessary to 
carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved July 22, 1965. 
July 23, 1965 
[S. 2080] 
Public Law 89-81 
AN ACT 
To provide for the coinage of the United States. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Coinage Act of 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may be 
cited as the "Coinage Act of 1965". 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL COINAGE 
1965 
Specifications, 
SEC. 101. (a) The Secretary may coin and issue pursuant to this 
section half dollars or 50-cent pieces, quarter dollars or 25-cent pieces, 
and dimes or 10-cent pieces in such quantities as he may determine 
to be necessary to meet the needs of the public. Any coin minted 
under authority of this section shall be a clad coin the weight of whose 
cladding is not less than 30 per centum of the weight of the entire coin, 
and which meets the following additional specifications: 
(1) The half dollar shall have— 
(A) a diameter of 1.205 inches; 
(B) a cladding of an alloy of 800 parts of silver and 
200 parts of copper; and 
(C) a core of an alloy of silver and copper such that the 
whole coin weighs 11.5 grams and contains 4,6 grams of silver 
and 6,9 grams of copper. 
(2) The quarter dollar shall have— 
(A) a diameter of 0.955 inch; 
(B) a cladding of an alloy of 75 per centum copper and 
25 per centum nickel; and 
(C) a core of copper such that the weight of the whole 
coin is 5.67 grams. 
(3) The dime shall have— 
(A) a diameter of 0.705 inch; 
(B) a cladding of an alloy of 75 per centum copper and 
25 per centum nickel; and 
(C) a core of copper such that the weight of the whole 
coin is 2.268 grams. 
(b) Half dollars, quarter dollars, and dimes may be minted from 
900 fine coin silver only until such date as the Secretary of the Treasury 
determines that adequate supplies of the coins authorized by this Act