An Act to amend the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956
PL 89-553 (S.602), enacted 09/02/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-553-SEPT. 2, 1966 
[80 STAT. 
the whole number of at-large candidates to be elected, and every elector 
residing in a legislative district shall be permitted to vote for the whole 
number of candidates to be elected within that district. 
"(c) The laws of Guam shall not alter the manner in which members 
of the legislature are to be elected as provided in subsection (b) of this 
section more often than at ten-year intervals: Provided^ That any dis-
tricting and related apportionment pursuant to this section shall be 
based upon the then most recent Federal population census of Guam, 
and any such districting and apportionment shall be reexamined fol-
lowing each successive Federal population census of Guam and shall be 
modified, if necessary, to be consistent with that census. 
"(d) General elections to the legislature shall be held on the Tues-
day next after the first Monday in November, biennially in even-
numbered years. The legislature in all respects shall be organized 
and shall sit according to the laws of Guam." 
SEC. 2. As soon as practicable after enactment of this Act, and sub-
ject to the conditions and requirements of section 10 of the Organic 
Act of Guam, as amended by section 1 hereof, the laws of Guam shall 
be amended to make provision for the manner of the election of mem-
bers of the legislature. Until the laws of Guam shall make such pro-
vision, the method of electing the legislature shall remain as it is 
upon the date of enactment or this Act. 
Approved September 2, 1966. 
September 2, 19 66 
[S. 60 2] 
Small Reclama-
tion Projects Act 
of 19 56, amend-
ments. 
43 u s e 422b. 
43 u s e 422d. 
Contents of 
proposals. 
Intra, 
Loans and 
grants. 
Limitations, 
Public Law 89-553 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956. 
Be it enacted hy the SeTiate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Small 
Keclamation Projects Act of 1956 (70 Stat. 1044), as amended (43 
U.S.C. 422a et seq.) is hereby further amended as follows: 
(1) In section 2, by striking out the second sentence of subsec-
tion (d) and the first two provisos thereto and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following: "The term 'project' shall not include any such under-
taking, unit, or program the cost of which exceeds $10,000,000, and no 
loan, grant, or combination thereof for any project shall be in excess 
of $6,500,000:" and by striking out ^^And provided 
further,^'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof '•''Provided,^''; 
(2) In section 4, by adding at the end of subsection (a) the follow-
ing : "The costs of means and measures to prevent loss of and damage 
to fish and wildlife resources shall be considered as project costs and 
allocated as may be appropriate among project functions."; 
(3) In section 4, subsection (b), by striking out the word "construc-
tion" from the phrase which now reads "and willing to finance other-
wise than by loan and grant under this Act such portion of the cost of 
construction" and inserting in lieu thereof "the project"; by inserting 
at the end of the parenthetical phrase which follows thereafter 
", except as provided in subsection 5(b)(2) hereof,"; and by changing 
the colon (:) to a period (.) and striking out the remainder of said 
subsection; 
(4) In section 5, by striking out the present text of items (a), (b), 
and (c) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
" (a) the maximum amount of any loan to be made to the organiza-
tion and the time and method of making the same available to the 
organization. Said loan shall not exceed the lesser of (1) $6,500,000 
or (2) the estimated total cost of the project minus the contribution of 
provisions. 
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the local organization as provided in section 4(b) and the amount of 
the grant approved; 
" (1)) the maximum amount of any grant to be accorded the organiza-
tion. Said grant shall not exceed the sum of the following: (1) the 
costs of investigations, surveys, and engineering and other services 
necessary to the preparation of proposals and plans for the project 
allocable to fish and wildlife enhancement or public recreation; (2) 
one-half the costs of acquiring lands or interests therein for a reservoir 
or other area to be operated for fish and wildlife enhancement or 
public recreation purposes; (3) one-half the costs of basic public 
outdoor recreation facilities or facilities serving fish and wildlife 
enhancement purposes exclusively; (4) one-half the costs of construc-
tion of joint use facilities properly allocable to fish and wildlife 
enhancement or public recreation; and (5^ that portion of the esti-
mated cost of constructing the project which, if it were constructed 
as a Federal reclamation project, would be properly allocable to func-
tions, other than recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement, which 
are nonreimbursable under general provisions of law applicable to 
such projects; 
"(c) a plan of repayment by the organization of (1) the sums lent to 
Repayment 
it m not more than fifty years from the date when the principal benefits 
of the project first become available; (2) interest, as determined by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, as of the beginning of the fiscal year 
in which the contract is executed, 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, and by adjusting such average 
rate to the nearest one-eighth of 1 per centum, on that portion of the 
loan which is attributable to furnishing irrigation benefits in each 
particular year to land held in private ownership by any one owner 
m excess oi one hundred and sixty irrigable acres; and (3) in the case 
of any project involving an allocation to domestic, industrial, or 
municipal water supply, or commercial power, interest on the unam-
ortized balance of an appropriate portion of the loan at a rate as 
determined in (2) above;"; 
(5) In section 8, by striking out "Act of August 14, 1946 (60 Stat. 
1080)" and inserting in lieu thereof "Fish and Wildlife Coordination 
Act (48 Stat. 401), as amended (16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.)"; 
(6) In section 10, by striking out "$100,000,000" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "$200,000,000". 
SEC. 2. Nothing contained in this Act shall be applicable to or affect 
in any way the terms on which any loan or grant has been made prior to 
the effective date of this Act. 
Approved September 2, 1966. 
43 u s e 
16 u s e 
666c. 
72 Stat. 
43 Stat. 
422h. 
661-
5 63. 
422j.