missouri river basin

missouri river basin In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $200,000,000 for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan for the Missouri River Basin, approved in the Act of June 28, 1938, as amended and supplemented by subsequent Acts of Congress: Provided, That, with respect to any power attributable to any dam in such plan to be constructed by the Corps of Engineers, the construction of which has not been started, a reasonable amount of such power as may be determined by the Secretary of Interior, or such portions thereof as may be required from time to time to meet loads under contract made within this reservation, shall be made available for use in the State where such dam is constructed: Provided, That the distribution and sale of such reserved power within the State shall be made first to preference users in keeping with the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944; and provided further that the power so reserved for use within the State shall be not to exceed 50 per centum of the output of such dam. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Corps of Engineers, is authorized and directed to undertake the construction and to provide suitable sewer facilities, conforming to applicable standards of the South Dakota Department of Health, to replace certain existing water or sewer facilities of (1) the Saint Joseph’s Indian School, Chamberlain, South Dakota, by facilities to provide for treatment of sewage or connection to the city system not exceeding $42,000 in cost; (2) Fort Pierre, South Dakota, sewer facilities not exceeding $120,000, and water facilities not exceeding $25,000; and (3) the city of Pierre, South Dakota, sewer facilities not exceeding $210,000; and the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Corps of Engineers, is further authorized and directed to pay to the Chamberlain Water Company, Chamberlain, South Dakota, as reimbursement for removal expenses, not to exceed $5,000, under the provisions of Public Law 534, Eighty-second Congress: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army is authorized to provide the sums necessary to carry out the72 Stat. 312 provisions of this paragraph out of any sums appropriated for the construction of the Oahe and Fort Randall Dam and Reservoir projects, Missouri River. The project for flood protection on the Sun River at Great Falls, Montana, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 343, Eighty-fifth Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,405,000. The project for flood protection on the Cannonball River at Mott, North Dakota, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 35, Eighty-fifth Congress, at an estimated cost of $434,000. The project for flood protection on the Floyd River, Iowa, is hereby authorized substantially as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 417, Eighty-fourth Congress, at an estimated cost of $8,060,000. The project for flood protection on the Black Vermillion River at Frankfort, Kansas, is hereby authorized substantially as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 409, Eighty-fourth Congress, at an estimated cost of $850,000. The project for flood protection in the Gering and Mitchell Valleys, Nebraska, is hereby authorized substantially as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 139, Eighty-fourth Congress, at an estimated cost of $1,214,000. The project for flood control on Salt Creek and tributaries, Nebraska, is hereby authorized substantially as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 396, Eighty-fourth Congress, at an estimated cost of $13,314,000. The project for flood protection on Shell Creek, Nebraska, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 187, Eighty-fifth Congress, at an estimated cost of $2,025,000.