An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to execute an amendatory repayment contract with the Pine River Irrigation District, Colo., and for other purposes.
PL 83-533 (H.R.7466), enacted 07/27/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 533-JULY 27, 1954 
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Conunissioner of 
Education. 
Meetings. 
Re c o m m e n d a -
tions. 
Consultants 
Report to C o n -
gress. 
Per d i e m 
ments. 
60 Stat. 808. 
of three years, except that (1) any member appointed to fill a vacancy 
occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor 
was appointed, shall be appointed for the remainder of such term, and 
(2) the terms of the members first taking office shall expire as follows: 
three shall expire with the close of the first calendar year which 
begins after the enactment of this Act, three shall expire with the close 
of the second such calendar year, and three shall expire with the close 
of the third such calendar year, as designated by the Secretary at the 
time of appointment. ^ The Commissioner of Education shall be, ex 
officio, a nonvoting member of the Committee. 
SEC. 3. The Committee shall meet at the call of the Secretary, but 
not less often than three times each calendar year. 
SEC. 4. The Committee shall, from time to time, recommend to the 
Secretary the initiation of studies of national concern in the field of 
education. 
Consultants may be appointed without regard to civil-
service laws to assist in the conduct of such studies. 
The Committee 
shall propose to the Secretary appropriate action indicated by such 
studies and shall also, from time to time, advise the Secretary on the 
progress being made in carrying out its recommendations. 
The 
Secretary shall transmit to the Congress annually a report concerning 
the studies initiated under this Act, the recommendations made 
by the Committee, and any action taken with respect to such 
recommendations. 
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SEC. 5. Members of the Committee shall receive no compensation 
for their services, but while traveling to or from or attending meetings 
of the Committee shall be paid travel expenses, including per diem in 
lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 73b-2) for persons 
in the Government service employed intermittently. 
Approved July 26, 1954. 
July 27, 1954 
[H. R. 7466] 
Public Law 533 
CHAPTER 578 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to execute an amendatory repay-
ment contract with the Pine River Irrigation District, Colorado, and for other 
purposes. 
, , ^ . 
Pine River Irri-
gation D i s t r i c t , 
Colo. 
Repayment con-
tract. 
43 u s e 485f. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the reimburs-
able construction cost of the Pine River reclamation project, Colorado, 
is hereby fixed at $1,500,000, and the Secretary of the Interior is author-
ized to execute, on behalf of the United States, the amendatory repay-
ment contract negotiated pursuant to section 7 of the Reclamation 
Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1192) and approved at an election 
of the district held November 30, 1953, under which contract the 
unpaid balance of five-sixths of the reimbursable construction cost of 
the Pine River project (the remaining one-sixth being properly charge-
able to the lands of the Pine River Indian (Southern Ute) project as 
set out in a memorandum of understanding between the Bureau of 
Reclamation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs dated January 3,1940) 
is repayable by the district in thirty fixed annual installments or, if 
the district elects to use a variable payment formula as set forth in 
said contract, in as many installments as may be required to return the 
portion of the aforesaid balance then remaining unpaid. 
Approved July 27, 1954.