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BOISE AND PAYETTE NATIONAL FORESTS

1487 3 of this Act and which, in his judgment, are excess to the needs of the project. The lands so listed shall be divided into two classes: those which are now or are likely, within ten years, to become chiefly valuable as home, cabin, recreation, or business sites (hereinafter referred to as class A lands), and all other lands (hereinafter referred to as class B lands). Lands of either class shall hereafter be sold or exchanged only in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(b) The Secretary may exchange lands of either class for non-Federal lands of not less than approximately equal value situated within three hundred feet of the shoreline established by the normal water surface elevation of four thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight feet of the Cascade Reservoir and outside the exterior boundaries of the Boise and Payette National Forests as extended by this Act.

(c) The Secretary may sell by competitive bidding, at not less than their appraised fair market value, lands of either class. Class A lands shall be sold in tracts of not more than five acres, with such reservations or dedications to public use of rights-of-way for roads, streets and public utilities and upon such terms and conditions as he may deem appropriate. The former owner of lands so offered for sale shall have a personal nontransferable preference right to reacquire, within thirty days after the highest bid is declared, any class B lands which were formerly owned by him and one tract of class A lands which were formerly owned by him at, in either case, a price equal to the highest bid received for such lands. But in no case shall the former owner be required to pay more than three times the appraised fair market value of the lands. Where the ownership of lands at the time of their acquisition by the Government was in more than one person, and two or more such former owners assert a preference right for the same tract, the preference right applicants shall be given a period of thirty days in which to file a joint purchase application or otherwise to compose their conflict. If they fail to do so, the Secretary shall determine the order of preference among them by lot. Any lands remaining unsold after competitive bids have been solicited may be sold by the Secretary in such manner as he shall deem proper but at not less than their appraised fair market value. The Secretary may at any time withdraw from sale any unsold lands and reoffer them at a reappraised fair market value.

(d) As used in this section, the term "lands" includes interests in land, and the term "former owner" includes the surviving spouse of a deceased former owner. (73 Stat. 219; 16 U.S.C. §§ 486a-486w, note)

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Background. In its report on H.R. 2497 (which when approved became this Act), the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs stated: "The principal purposes of H.R. 2497, as amended, are (1) to modify the boundaries of the Boise and Payette National Forests, Idaho, to include about 2,400 acres of land acquired for the Cascade Reservoir of the Boise Federal reclamation project, and (2) to provide

that the former owners of other surplus lands which were acquired for this reservoir (also about 2,400 acres) shall have a limited preference right to repurchase them when they are disposed of by the Government. H.R. Rept. No. 273 on H.R. 2497, 86th Cong., 1st Sess.

Editor's Note, Annotations. Annotations of opinions are not included because none were found dealing primarily with the ac

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tivities of the Bureau of Reclamation under this statute.

Legislative History. H.R. 2497, Public Law 86-92 in the 86th Congress. Reported in House from Interior and Insular Affairs

Apr. 15, 1959; H.R. Rept. No. 273. Passed House May 4, 1959. Reported in Senate from Interior and Insular Affairs June 9, 1959; S. Rept. No. 371. Passed Senate July 6, 1959.

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RED RIVER, TEXAS, STUDIES

An act to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct studies and render a report on the feasibility of developing the water resources of the Salt Fork and the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River in the State of Texas. (Act of August 18, 1959, Public Law 86-167, 73 Stat. 383)

[Studies authorized to determine feasibility of developing water resources of Salt Fork and Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River, Texas.]-The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to conduct the necessary studies and render a report to the Congress on the feasibility of developing the water resources of that portion of the drainage area of the Salt Fork of the Red River lying in the State of Texas and that portion of the drainage area of the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River lying in the State of Texas for furnishing municipal and industrial water and for other purposes. (73 Stat. 383)

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code.

Legislative History. H.R. 4405, Public Law 86-167 in the 86th Congress. Reported in House from Interior and Insular Affairs

Mar. 5, 1959; H.R. Rept. No. 177. Passed House Apr. 8, 1959. Reported in Senate from Interior and Insular Affairs Aug. 4, 1959. S. Rept. No. 611. Passed Senate Aug. 6, 1959.

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PATTERSON LAKE

An act to designate the lake to be formed by the waters impounded by the Dickinson Dam in the State of North Dakota as "Edward Arthur Patterson Lake." (Act of August 25, 1959, Public Law 86-185, 73 Stat. 417)

[Designation of Edward Arthur Patterson Lake.]—The lake to be formed by the waters impounded by the Dickinson Dam in the State of North Dakota shall hereafter be known as "Edward Arthur Patterson Lake", and any law, regulation, document or record of the United States in which such lake is desig nated or referred to shall be held to refer to such lake under and by the name of "Edward Arthur Patterson Lake". (73 Stat. 417)

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code.

Legislative History. S.J. Res. 16, Public Law 86-185 in the 86th Congress. Reported

in Senate from Public Works Apr. 13, 1959; S. Rept. No. 183. Passed Senate April 29, 1959. Reported in House from Interior and Insular Affairs July 30, 1959; H.R. Rept. No. 737. Passed House Aug. 17, 1959.

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WAPATO INDIAN WATER SUPPLY COSTS, YAKIMA PROJECT

An act to provide for the apportionment by the Secretary of the Interior of certain costs of the Yakima Federal reclamation project, and for other purposes. (Act of August 25, 1959, Public Law 86-204, 73 Stat. 429)

[Yakima Federal reclamation project costs assignable to furnishing water to the Wapato Indian irrigation project.]-The Secretary of the Interior shall determine the portion of the cost of constructing the water supply works of the Yakima Federal reclamation project which is properly assignable to the furnishing of water, as provided by the Acts of August 1, 1914 (38 Stat. 582, 604), and July 1, 1940 (54 Stat. 707), to the Wapato Indian irrigation project. The difference between the amounts previously authorized by such 1914 and 1940 statutes to be appropriated and credited to the reclamation fund and the amount of the cost assigned to the Wapato Indian irrigation project pursuant to this Act is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to be credited to the reclamation fund. Such difference shall be made available in amounts not to exceed $20,000 annually. If the amount not assigned to the Wapato Indian irrigation project pursuant to this Act is less than the sum of the obligations heretofore undertaken with respect to water supply construction costs by the water users' organizations of the Yakima project, including the obligation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs with respect to two hundred and fifty thousand acre-feet of water for the "B" lands of the Wapato Indian irrigation project, the Secretary shall make such reduction in the obligation of those organizations as he finds to be proper to carry out the provisions of their contracts relating to reductions to conform the obligation to the Secretary's final determination of the cost of constructing said facilities. (73 Stat. 429)

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code.

Authorization: Yakima Project. The initial divisions of the Yakima project were authorized by the Secretary of the Interior on December 12, 1905. Additional divisions of the project were approved by the President on January 5, 1911, and November 6, 1935. The last division of the project, Kennewick, was authorized by the Act of June 12, 1948. The 1948 Act appears herein in chronological order.

References in the Text. Extracts from the Act of August 1, 1914, (38 Stat. 582, 604)

including the provision found at 38 Stat. 604, and the Act of July 1, 1940 (54 Stat. 707); referred to in the text, appear herein in chronological order.

Legislative History. H.R. 3335, Public Law 86-204 in the 86th Congress. Reported in House from Interior and Insular Affairs Apr. 27, 1959; H.R. Rept. No. 302. Passed House May 4, 1959. Reported in Senate from Interior and Insular Affairs Aug. 4, 1959; S. Rept. No. 615. Passed Senate, amended, Aug. 7, 1959. House agrees to Senate amendments Aug. 18, 1959.

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