Thatcher, H. K., Little Rock, Ark....... Thompson, O. W., Big Sandy Valley Association, Pikeville, Ky............... RIVERS AND HARBORS MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1946 UNITED STATES SENATE, The committee met at 10:30 a. m., in the committee room, Capitol, Senator John H. Overton presiding. Present: Senators Overton (presiding), Bilbo, McClellan, Robertson, Cordon, Hart, and Brooks." Senator OVERTON (presiding). The committee will come to order. We have under consideration H. R. 6407, an act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. The official reporter will reproduce the bill in the hearings at this point. (H. R. 6407 is as follows:) [H. R. 6407, 79th Cong., 2d sess.] AN ACT Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following works of improvement of rivers, harbors, and other waterways are hereby adopted and authorized to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of War and supervision of the Chief of Engineers, in accordance with the plans and subject to the conditions recommended by the Chief of Engineers in the respective reports hereinafter designated: Provided, That penstocks or other similar facilities adapted to possible future use in the development of hydroelectric power shall be installed in any dam herein authorized when approved by the Secretary of War upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers and of the Federal Power Commission, and such recommendations shall be based upon consideration of the proper utilization and conservation in the public interest of the resources of the region: Provided, That the provisions of section 1 of the River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945 (Public, Numbered 14, Seventy-ninth Congress, first session), shall govern with respect to projects herein authorized; and the procedures therein set forth with respect to plans, proposals, or reports for works of improvement for navigation or flood control and for irrigation and purposes incidental thereto shall apply as if herein set forth in full: Portland Harbor, Maine; House Document Numbered 510, Seventy-ninth Congress; Fall River Harbor, Massachusetts; House Document Numbered 628, Seventyninth Congress; Wickford Harbor, Rhode Island, Senate Document Numbered 141, Seventyninth Congress; New Haven Harbor, Connecticut; House Document Numbered 517, Seventyninth Congress; Bridgeport Harbor, Connecticut; in accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers dated April 26, 1946; Stamford Harbor, Connecticut; in accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers dated May 3, 1946; 88555 HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE SEVENTY-NINTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. R. 6407 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, WORKS ON RIVERS AND HARBORS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE JOSIAH W, BAILEY, North Carolina, Chairman JOHN H. OVERTON, Louisiana PAT MCCARRAN, Nevada JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington CHARLES C. GOSSETT, Idaho ARTHUR H. VANDENBERG, Michigan OWEN BREWSTER, Maine ALEXANDER WILEY, Wisconsin EDWARD V. ROBERTSON, Wyoming GUY CORDON, Oregon C. WAYLAND BROOKS, Illinois THOMAS C. HART, Connecticut WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND, California PIERCE O. BREWER, Clerk ELOISE PORTER, Assistant Clerk II |