Joint resolution to modify the authorized project for Ferrells Bridge Reservoir, Texas, and to provide for the local cash contribution for the water supply feature of that reservoir
PL 84-160 (S.J.Res.77), enacted 07/14/1955

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section of this Act, to (1) make grants-in-aid to State and local gov-
ernment air pollution control agencies, and other public and private 
agencies and institutions, and to individuals, for research, training, 
and demonstration projects, and (2) enter into contracts with public 
and private agencies and institutions and individuals for research, 
training, and demonstration projects. 
Such grants-in-aid and con-
tracts may be made without regard to sections 3648 and 3709 of the 
Revised Statutes. 
Sums appropriated for such grants-in-aid and con-
tracts shall remain available until expended, and shall be allotted by 
the Surgeon General in accordance with regulations prescribed by 
the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. 
SEC. 6. When used in this Act— 
(a) The term "State air pollution control agency" means the State 
health authority, except that in the case of any State in which there 
is a single State agency other than the State health authority charged 
with responsibility for enforcing State laws relating to the abatement 
of air pollution, it means such other State agency; 
(b) The term "local government air pollution control agency" 
means a city, county, or other local government health authority, 
except that in the case of any city, county, or other local government 
in which there is a single agency other than the health authority 
charged with responsibility for enforcing ordinances or laws relating 
to the abatement of air pollution, it means such other agency; and 
(c) The term "State" means a State or the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 7. Nothing contained in this Act shall limit the authority of 
any department or agency of the United States to conduct or make 
grants-in-aid or contracts for research and experiments relating to 
air pollution under the authority of any other law. 
Approved July 14, 1955. 
Grants-in-aid 
and contracts. 
60 Stat. 809. 
31 use 529; 41 
use 5. 
Definitions. 
Public Law 160 
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JOINT RESOLUTION 
To modify the authorized project for Ferrells Bridge Reservoir, Texas, and to 
provide for the local cash contribution for the water supply feature of that 
reservoir. 
July 15,1955 
[S. J. Res. 77] 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the general plan for 
flood control on Red River below Denison Dam, authorized by the 
Flood Control Act of 1946 (Public Law 526, Seventy-ninth Congress) 
is hereby modified to include in Ferrells Bridge Reservoir approxi-
mately two hundred and fifty thousand acre-feet of increased storage 
for water supply: Provided^ That local interests shall contribute the 
increased cost, including appropriate interest charges, of planning, 
constructing, operating, and maintaining such added storage as deter-
mined by the Chief of Engineers: Provided further^ That this con-
tribution may be made on a percentage basis as construction of the 
project progresses or in a lump sum as soon as a reasonably certain 
date of completion can be given: And provided further^ That pay-
ment of such contribution, irrespective of the method selected, shall 
be made no later than at such time as may be determined by the Chief 
of Engineers that will assure orderly construction to proceed to com-
pletion without interruption or delay. 
Approved July 15, 1955. 
Ferrells Bridge 
Reservoir, Tex. 
60 Stat. 647. 
Local 
tion. 
contribu-