An Act to provide for authorization of a study and report of irrigation works in connection with Chief Joseph Dam
PL 82-577 (H.R.6163), enacted 07/17/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 577-JULY 17, 1952 
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with respect to any bowling alley, billiard table, or pool table main-
tained exclusively for the use of members of the Armed Forces on any 
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SEC. 2. Subsection (a) 
(4) (D) of the Renegotiation Act, as 
amended by section 201 (c) of the Renegotiation Act of 1951 and 
by section 617 of the Revenue Act of 1951, is hereby amended by 
striking out "October 31,1951" and inserting in lieu thereof "Decem-
ber 31, 1952". 
SEC. 3. Section 201 (h) of the Renegotiation Act of 1951 is amended 
by striking out "twelve months" and inserting in lieu thereof "two 1231 
years". 
Approved July 17, 1952. 
65 Stat. 23, 569. 
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1191 (a) (4) (D). 
65 Stat. 24. 
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Public Law 577 
CHAPTER 925 
AN ACT 
To provide for authorization of a study and report of irrigation works in 
connection with Chief Joseph Dam. 
July 17, 1952 
[H. R. 6163] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assetnbled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized to proceed in relation to the Chief Joseph 
Dam project on the Columbia River, Washington, initially authorized 
by section 1 of the Act of July 24, 1946 (60 Stat. 637), in accordance 
with the provisions of this Act to make a study and report to Con-
gress on means of providing financial and other assistance in the rec-
lamation of arid lands in the general vicinity of the project. In mak-
ing such study and report the Secretary shall be guided by the 
provisions of applicable laws. 
SEIO. 2. The report of the Secretary of the Interior shall state, 
among other things, the construction cost of the proposed works, 
including said authorized project and proposed reclamation units; 
the portions of said cost allocable to various functions; the operation 
and maintenance costs of all functions (of the project); the amount 
of the construction cost allocable to irrigation which the irrigators 
may reasonably be expected to repay, together with the proposed 
charges for water service and proposed repayment period upon the 
irrigation allocation; the amount of the cost allocable to irrigation 
in excess of that which the irrigators can repay, which the Secretary 
proposes shall be recovered from power revenues; the proposed 
charges for power, and proposed repayment period on the amount 
allocable to power; the proposed interest rate on the power investment, 
and the disposition which the Secretary proposes to make of the inter-
est component and other components of the power revenues; the unre-
covered cost to the Federal Treasury of the works proposed, in con-
nection with the means of financing recommended by the Secretary; 
the ratio of net costs to net benefits; the ratio of net benefits per acre 
to irrigators' repayment per acre; and a complete financial analysis 
of repayment program together with all other data reasonably re-
quired to enable the Congress to pass upon the economic feasibility 
of the proposed works. 
SEC. 3. Any such reclamation works proposed to be constructed 
under the study authorized by this Act may be undertaken only after 
the Secretary of the Interior has submitted a report and findings 
thereon under section 2 of this Act and section 9 of the Reclamation 
Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187), and only if the works so reported 
on are thereafter specifically authorized by Act of Congress. 
e h l e f j o s e p h 
Dam project. 
Sttxly and report 
of proposed recla-
mation works. 
43 u s e 485h. 
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SEC. 4, Nothing in this Act shall modify in any way the require-
ments and provisions of existing laws with respect to the availability 
of funds for construction and operation and maintenance of the Chief 
Joseph Dam and power plant. 
Approved July 17, 1952. 
July 17, 1952 
[H. R. 6723] 
Public Law 578 
CHAPTER 926 
AN ACT 
To approve contracts negotiated with the Gering and Fort Laramie Irrigation 
District, the Goshen Irrigation District, and the Pathfinder Irrigation District, 
and to authorize their execution; and to authorize the execution of contracts 
with individual water right contractors on the North Platte Federal reclama-
tion project, and for other purposes. 
Approval of cer-
tain irrigation coi>-
tracts. 
53 Stat. 1192. 
43 u s e 485f. 
N o r t h 
P l a t t e 
Federal r e c l a m a -
tion project. 
Be it sTiacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the contract 
with the Gering and Fort Laramie Irrigation District, which was 
approved by the district electors on November 15, 1951; the contract 
with the Goshen Irrigation District, which was approved by the dis-
strict electors on November 15, 1951; and the contract with the Path-
finder Irrigation District, which was approved by the district electors 
on November 15, 1951, all of which have been negotiated by the 
Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the Secretary), 
pursuant to subsection (a) of section 7 of the Reclamation Project 
Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187; 43 U. S. C. 485), are hereby approved and 
the Secretary is hereby authorized to execute them on behalf of the 
United States. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary is hereby authorized to execute on behalf of 
the United States— 
(a) contracts with individual water right contractors on the 
North Platte Federal reclamation project whose lands are not 
included within the boundaries of a project irrigation district 
which contracts shall provide, among other things, (i) that said 
water user shall relinquish his interest in the present and poten-
tial power revenues of or related to the North Platte project; 
(ii) that the power acquisition consideration for each contrac-
tor, which shall be the proportionate part of $6,636,873 repre-
sented by the ratio of the contractor's irrigable acreage to the 
total irrigable acreage of the project, as determined by the Secre-
tary, shall be applied as a credit upon the water user s obligation 
to the United States for construction charges and for future 
charges for operation and maintenance of project 
works; 
(iii) that the miscellaneous revenues accruing to the benefit of 
the water user, pursuant to subsections I and J of section 4 of 
the Act of December 5,1924 (43 Stat. 672, 703), shall be retained 
by the United States for the establishment and maintenance of a 
fund in an amount fixed by the Secretary to be used by the Secre-
tary for replacement and operation and maintenance of project 
works operated and maintained by the United States. 
SEC. 3. The authority granted in section 2 of this Act to make con-
tracts shall continue for five years from the effective date of this Act, 
but the power acquisition consideration provided in section 2 of this 
Act for the individual water right contractors shall be reduced by 
whatever amount of net power revenues shall have accrued to the 
benefit of such individual water right contractors after June 30, 1950, 
by virtue of their not having previously relinquished their respective 
interests in said power revenues.