An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Nebraska Mid-State division, Missouri River Basin project, and for other purposes
PL 90-136 (H.R.845), enacted 11/14/1967

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PUBLIC LAW 90-136-NOV. 14, 1967 
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TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS PEOVISIONS 
SEC. 301. This Act does not modify in any manner the j)rovisions 
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SEC. 302. There are anthorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
of Defense such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisioiis 
of this Act. 
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To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain 
the Nebraska Mirt-State diA'ision, Missouri River Basin project, and for otlier 
purposes. 
Missouri River 
Basin project. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houne of Representatives 
of the 
United iStaten of Ameriea in Congress assembled, That tlie Secretary 
of the Interior is hereby authorized to construct, operate, and maintain 
in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 
43use 391 note. 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary 
thereto) the Nebraska Mid-State division, Missouri River Basin proj-
ect, Nebraska, for the principal purposes of furnishing a surface 
irrigation water supply for approximately one hundred and forty 
thousand acres of land, aiding in the replenishment of the ground 
water supply of the area for domestic and agricultural use, controlling 
floods, conserving and developing fish and wildlife, enhancing recrea-
tion opportunities, and producing hydroelectric power. The principal 
works of the project shall consist of a diversion dam on the Platte 
River, a main supply canal, an interconnected reservoir system, hydro-
electric power facilities, wasteways, pumps, drains, canals, laterals, 
distribution facilities, and related works. 
SEC. 2. The Nebraska Mid-State division shall be integrated, phys-
ically and financially, with the other Federal works in the Missouri 
River Basin constructed or authorized to be constructed under the com-
prehensive plans approved by section 9 of the Act of December 22,1944 
(58 Stat. 891), as amended and supplemented, and shall be a division 
of the Missouri River Basin project therein approved and authorized. 
SEC. 3, The interest rate used for computing interest during con-
struction and interest (m the unpaid balance of the capital costs allo-
cated to interest-bearing features of the Nebraska Mid-State divi-
sion shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury as of the 
beginning of the fiscal year in which construction is initiated, on the 
basis of the computed average interest rate payable by the Treasury 
upon its outstanding marketable public obligations, which are neither 
due nor callable for redemption for fifteen years from date of issue. 
SEC. 4. For a period of ten years from the date of enactment of this 
Act, no water from the project authorized by this Act shall be delivered 
to any water user for the production on newly irrigated lands of any 
basic agricultural commodity, as defined in the Agricultural Act of 
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1949, or any amendment thereof, if the total supply of such commodity 
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for the marketing year in which the bulk of the crop would normally 
be marketed is in excess of the normal supply as defined in section 
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301(b) (10) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, 
unless the Secretary of Agriculture calls for an increase in production 
of such commodity in the interest of national security. 
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SEC. 5. The proA'ision of land, facilities, and project modifications 
which fnniish outdoor recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement 
benefits in connection with the Nebraska Mid-State division shall be in 
accordance with the provisions of the Federal Water Project Eecrea-
tion Act (79 Stat. 213). 
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SEC. 6. There is authorized to be appropriated for construction of the 
Appropriation. 
Nebraska Mid-State division as authorized in this Act, the sum of 
$106,185,000 (January 1967 price levels) plus or minus such amounts, 
if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in con-
struction costs as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to 
the types of construction involved herein. There are also authorized to 
be appropriated such additional sums as may be required for operation 
and maintenance of the division 
SEC. 7. In order to assure rei)ayment of the irrigation portion of this 
project, no funds shall he appropriated for construction nor shall any 
c(mstructi(m he started until firm and binding contracts have been 
signed by the ownei-s of the f\dl one hundred and forty thousand acres 
of land to be irrig'^ated from waters furnished by the Mid-State 
reclamation project, said contracts to be certified by the Mid-State 
Board of Directoi's. 
Approved November 14, 1967. 
Public Law 90-137 
A N A C T 
November 14, 1967 
To amend further the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and for 
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other purposes. 
Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1967. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Foreign Assistance xlct of 1967". 
P A E T I 
CHAPTER 1—POLICY 
SEC. 101. Section 102 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
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amended, which relates to the statement of policy, is amended to read 
as follows: 
"SEC. 102. STATEMENT OF POLICY.—The Congress declares that the 
freedom, security, and prosperity of the United States are best sus-
tained in a community of free, secure, and prospering nations. In 
particular, the Congress recognizes the threat to world peace posed by 
aggression and subversion wherever they occur, and that ignorance, 
want, and despair breed the extremism and violence which lead to 
aggression and subversion. The Congress declares therefore that it is 
not only expressive of our sense of freedom, justice, and compassion 
but also important to our national security that the United States, 
through private as well as public etl'orts, assist the people of less 
developed countries in their efforts to acquire the knowledge and 
resources essential for development and to build the economic, political, 
and social institutions which will meet their aspirations for a better 
life, with freedom, and in peace.