Pub. L. 85-843, tit. II, sec. 201

Sec. 201. That the purpose of this title is— (a) to provide for an integrated and cooperative investigation, study, and survey by a commission created pursuant to this title and composed of representatives of certain departments and agencies of the United States, and of the State of Texas, in connection with, and in promotion of, the conservation, utilization, and development of the land and water resources of the Neches, Trinity, Brazos, Colorado, Guadalupe-San Antonio, Nueces and San Jacinto River Basins (and intervening areas) in the State of Texas in order to formulate a comprehensive and coordinated plan for— (1) flood control and prevention; (2) domestic and municipal water supplies; (3) the improvement and safeguarding of navigation; (4) the reclamation and irrigation of land, including drainage; (5) possibilities of hydroelectric power and industrial development and utilization; (6) soil conservation and utilization; (7) forest conservation and utilization; (8) preservation, protection, and enhancement of fish and wildlife resources; (9) the development of recreation; (10) salinity and sediment control; (11) pollution abatement and the protection of public health; and (12) such other beneficial and useful purposes not herein enumerated; and (b) to formulate, within the time provided for in section 209 of this title, a basic, comprehensive and integrated plan of development of the land water resources within the area described in this section for submission to, and consideration by, the President and the Congress, and to make recommendations, after adequate 72 Stat. 1059study, for executing and keeping current such plan. It is not the purpose of this title to create any continuing or permanent instrumentality of the Federal Government or to take from, or reassign, the duties and powers of any department or agency of the United States represented on the Commission, except as herein provided in this title.