An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the East Greenacres unit, Rathdrum Prairie project, Idaho, and for other purposes
PL 91-286 (H.R.9854), enacted 06/23/1970

84 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-286-JUNE 23, 1970 
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"DEFINITION 
"SEC. 304. As used in this title the term 'State' includes the District 
"State." 
of Columbia. 
"DEFECTIVE DATE 
"SEC. 305. The provisions of title I I I shall take effect with respect 
to any primary or election held on or after January 1,1971.'' 
Approved June 22, 1970. 
Public Law 91-286 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain 
tlie East Greenacres unit, Rathdrum Prairie project, Idaho, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^semhled^ That, for the pur-
poses of providing irrigation water supplies, providing municipal and 
industrial water, the conservation and enhancement of fish and wild-
life resources, and the enhancement of recreation opportunities, the 
Secretary of the Interior, acting pursuant to the Federal reclamation 
laws (Act of June 17,1902; 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof 
or supplementary thereto), is authorized to construct, operate, and 
maintain the East Greenacres unit, Rathdrum Prairie project, Idaho. 
The principal works of the unit shall consist of wells, regulating reser-
voirs, the necessary water distribution systems, and related works. 
SEC. 2. (a) Irrigation repayment contracts shall provide for repay-
ment of the irrigation construction costs assigned to the irrigators for 
repayment over a period of not more than fifty years, exclusive of any 
development period authorized by law. Construction costs allocated 
to irrigation beyond the ability of irrigators to repay shall be charged 
to and returned to the reclamation fund in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 2 of the Act of June 14, 1966 (80 Stat. 200), as 
amended by section 6 of the Act of September 7,1966 (80 Stat. 707), 
and from surplus municipal and industrial water revenues as provided 
by subsection 2(b) of this Act. 
(b) Municipal and industrial repayment contracts shall provide for 
repayment of the construction costs allocated to municipal and indus-
trial water supply, with interest, by the municipal and industrial water 
users over a period of not more than fifty years from the date that 
water is first delivered for that purpose, pursuant to contracts with 
municipal corporations, organizations, or other entities as defined in 
section 2(g) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187) : 
Provided,, That contracts for municipal and industrial water service 
shall provide that annual payments shall continue at the same rates as 
long as the irrigation repayment contracts are in effect: 
Provided 
further^ That revenues in excess of those required to repay the allocated 
municipal and industrial water supply costs with interest and the por-
tion of the annual operation, maintenance, and replacement costs allo-
cated to municipal and industrial water supply shall be returned to 
the reclamation fund and credited toward the repayment of the con-
struction costs allocated to irrigation which are beyond the ability of 
the irrigators to repay. Such contracts may be entered into with a 
June 23, 1970 
[H. R. 9854] 
East Greenacres 
unit, Rathdrum 
Prairie project, 
Idaho. 
Authorization. 
43 u s e 371 and 
note. 
16 use 835h-
8 35m. 
43 use 485a. 
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53 Stat. 1193. 
43 u s e 485h. 
Interest rate. 
Determination 
by Treasury Secre-
tary. 
16 u s e 
460l-
12 note. 
Agricultural use, 
limitation. 
63 Stat. 1051. 
7 u s e 1421 
note. 
62 Stat. 1251; 
63 Stat. 676, 1057. 
7 u s e 1301. 
Appropriations. 
qualified entity or entities pursuant to the provision of this Act without 
regard to the last sentence of subsection 9(c) of the Reclamation Proj-
ect Act of 1939, supra, and shall be executed before the commencement 
of construction of the unit. 
(c) The interest rate used for purposes of computing interest during 
construction and, where appropriate, interest on the unpaid balance 
of the reimbursable obligations assumed by non-Federal entities 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 Treasur;^ upon its out-
standing marketable public obligations which are neither due nor 
callable for redemption for fifteen years from date of issue. 
SEC. 3. The provision of lands, facilities, and project modifications 
which furnish outdoor recreation and fish and wildlife benefits in 
connection with the East Greenacres unit shall be in accordance 
with the Federal Water Project Recreation Act (79 Stat. 213). 
SEC. 4. Power and energy required for irrigation water pumping for 
the East Greenacres unit shall be made available by the Secretary 
from the Federal Columbia River power system at charges determined 
by him. 
SEC. 5. 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 pix)duction on newly irrigated lands of any 
basic agricultural commodity, as defined in the Agricultural Act of 
1949, or any amendment thereof, if the total supply of such commodity 
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 
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. 
SEC. 6. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for construc-
tion of the works herein authorized and for the acquisition of necessary 
land and rights the sum of $4,965,000 (January 1969 prices), plus or 
minus such amounts, if any, as may be required by reason of changes 
in the cost of construction work of the types involved therein as shown 
by engineering cost indexes. There are also authorized to be appropri-
ated such sums as may be required for the operation and maintenance 
of said unit. 
Approved June 23, 1970« 
June 23, 1970 
[H. R.14300] 
Public Law 91-287 
AN ACT 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to facilitate the disposal of Government 
records without auflScient value to vs^arrant their continued preservation, to 
abolish the Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, and for 
other purposes. 
Government rec-
ords, disposal. 
82 Stat. 1299. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houf^e of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 33 
(relating to disposal of records) of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting immediately after section 3303 thereof the follow-
ing new section: 
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§ 3303a. Examination by Administrator of General Services of 
lists and schedules of records lacking preservation 
value; disposal of records