of the Missouri River Basin proposed by the War Department and the Department of the Interior, as coordinated by the joint report of the Chief of Engineers and the Commissioner of Reclamation (Sc. Doc. No. 247 of the 78th Cong.), and it authorizes the appropriation of $200,000,000 to be expended by the Corps of Engineers and $200,000,000 to be expended by the Secretary of the Interior for the partial accomplishment of the works authorized in this section to be undertaken by the Corps of Engineers and by the Secretary of the Interior. This section replaces the item in the House-approved bill, which expanded the approved general comprehensive plan for flood control in the Missouri River Basin to include the work recommended by the Corps of Engineers and authorized an appropriation of $200,000,000 for the partial accomplishment of that work. The Senate has recently accepted an amendment to the river and harbor bill (H. R. 3961) the effect of which is to provide duplicate authorization for the coordinated comprehensive plans for the Missouri River Basin. Such duplicate authority is undesirable and the Senate conferees have given assurances that if this conference report is approved by the House and Senate the duplicating item will be eliminated from the river and harbor bill.

Amendment No. 19: This amendment of the Senate, as modified, changes the designation of section 7 of the bill passed by the House to section 10 of the bill passed by the Senate; and clarifies the language in the House-approved bill to show that the authority for planning projects and for installation of penstocks applies to all projects authorized in this bill for the War Department and does not exclude War Department projects in the Missouri River Basin contained in an earlier section of the bill.

Amendment No. 20: This amendment of the Senate modifies the existing Waterbury, Wrightsville, and East Barre Dams in the Winooski River Basin to provide adequate spillway capacity for present design floods, at an estimated cost of $2,120,000.

Amendment No. 21: This amendment of the Senate adds a title for an additional river basin; namely, the Blackstone River Basin.

Amendment No. 22: This amendment of the Senate authorizes the construction of the West Hill Reservoir on the West River in Massachusetts for flood control and other purposes, at an estimated cost of $1,070,000.

Amendment No. 23: This amendment of the Senate authorizes a project on the Blackstone River for local flood protection at Worcester, Mass., by means of a diversion conduit and channel, at an estimated cost of $2,232,000.

Amendment No. 24: This amendment of the Senate authorizes a project on the Blackstone River for local flood protection at Woonsocket, R. I., by means of channel improvement, at an estimated cost of $803,000.

Amendment No. 25: This amendment of the Senate authorizes the project for local flood protection on the Seekonk River at Pawtucket, R. I., by means of levees for the protection of the city and adjacent areas, at an estimated cost of $82,000.

Amendment No. 26: This amendment of the Senate authorizes the Army engineers to construct eight reservoirs in the West River Basin in Vermont instead of the flood-control reservoir authorized by existing law at the Williamsville site in the towns of Dummerston or Newfane, in accordance with an alternative plan submitted by the Vermont

State Water Conservation Board as that plan may be modified by agreement between the Board and the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers; provided that the total cost of the alternate plan as determined by the Secretary of War does not exceed the sum of $11,000,000, and that 75 percent of the flood-control can be secured from that plan which may be secured from the Williamsville Reservoir. In the event that the eight-reservoir plan does not satisfy the above requirements, the Army engineers are authorized to proceed with the construction of the Williamsville project for flood control. The amendment also requires a further report and subsequent authorization by Congress before the projects at Cambridgeport, Ludlow, South Tunbridge, and Gaysville can be built. And it prohibits the construction of a dam or reservoir at the Sugar Hill site on the Ammonoosuc River under previous authority or that contained in this bill. It is understood that an alternate site is under study and if found feasible authority exists for initiation of such project.

Amendment No. 27: The conferees recommend that the Senate recede from this amendment which would have required a further report and subsequent authorization prior to the initiation of the House-approved project for the Thomaston Reservoir on the Naugatuck River for flood control in the Housatonic River Basin, Conn., at an estimated cost of $5,151,000. If further study discloses that the project should be abandoned or modified extensively the Chief of Engineers will withhold initiation of construction.

Amendment No. 28: This amendment of the Senate eliminates the Raystown Reservoir on the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River, Pa., for flood control and other purposes, for which the Houseapproved bill authorized $2,000,000 for the initiation and partial accomplishment.

Amendment No. 29: This amendment of the Senate approves a general plan for the long-range, comprehensive development of the Roanoke River Basin for flood control and other purposes, and authorizes the construction of the Buggs Island Reservoir on the Roanoke River in Virginia and North Carolina and the Philpott Reservoir on the Smith River in Virginia, at an estimated cost of $36,140,000.

Amendment No. 30: The conferees recommend that the Senate recede from this amendment, thereby eliminating the Yadkin-Pee Dee project from the bill. It is expected that a restudy of the basin may be authorized by committee resolutions at a later date.

Amendment No. 31: This amendment of the Senate authorizes a project for the Edisto River Basin in South Carolina, consisting of channel and bank clearing along 43 miles of Edisto River and its north and south forks, at an estimated cost of $139,000.

Amendment No. 32: This amendment of the Senate approves the general plan for the long-range, comprehensive development of the Savannah River Basin for flood control and other purposes and authorizes the construction of the Clark Hill Reservoir on the Savannah River in South Carolina and Georgia, at an estimated cost of $35,300,000. The river and harbor bill, H. R. 3961, as passed by the House contains an item for the Savannah River, the effect of which is to provide duplicate authorization for the Clark Hill Reservoir project. Such duplicate authority is undesirable and the Senate

conferees have given assurances that if this conference report is approved by the House and Senate the duplicating item will be eliminated from the river and harbor bill.

Amendment No. 33: Under the laws of the State of Louisiana and existing Federal laws, local interests in acquiring easements and levee rights-of-way may not pay more than the assessed value of the property, and the assessed value is usually lower than the actual market value. This amendment of the Senate establishes a construction of existing law to allow reimbursements for levee rights-of-way at actual market value regardless of State laws, limiting payments to local tax assessment valuations, thereby placing Louisiana and other States on the same basis for reimbursement.

Amendment No. 34: This amendment of the Senate authorizes local flood control and bank protection in the vicinity of Shreveport, La., at an estimated cost of $3,000,000.

Amendment No. 35: This amendment of the Senate authorizes the Blakely Mountain Dam and Reservoir on the Ouachita River for flood control and other purposes, at an estimated cost of $11,080,000. Amendment No. 36: The conferees recommend that the Senate recede from this amendment, thereby eliminating the authority for modifying the project to include reservoirs upstream from Trinidad. The conferees agree that a modification of this magnitude should be undertaken only after full report by the Chief of Engineers and authorization by Congress. The appropriate investigation and report to Congress are now in progress.

Amendment No. 37: This amendment of the Senate as modified incorporates a project for the construction of the Red Rock Dam on the Des Moines River for flood control and other purposes into the approved general comprehensive plan for flood control in the upper Mississippi River Basin. The estimated cost of the Red Rock Dam and Reservoir on the Des Moines River is $15,000,000. The modification agreed to by the conferees removes the rigid restriction on elevation of spillway crest. The Chief of Engineers will, within existing authority, make any modifications in the design needed to protect existing sewers and public facilities.

Amendment No. 38: This amendment of the Senate authorizes a project for local flood protection on the Des Moines River at the city of Des Moines, Iowa, by means of levees, at an estimated cost of $270,000.

Amendment No. 39: The conferees recommend that the Senate recede from this amendment, thereby restoring the estimated cost of the project as contained in the bill passed by the House.

Amendment No. 40%: This amendment of the Senate as modified authorizes five small detention reservoirs for local flood control on Farm Creek, Ill. and for the protection of East Peoria, in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, at an estimated cost of $3,017,900.

Amendment No. 40: This amendment of the Senate authorizes the construction of the Bald Hill Reservoir on the Sheyenne River for flood control and other purposes at an estimated cost of $810,000.

Amendment No. 41: This amendment of the Senate authorizes the construction of one reservoir on the Pembina River and one on the Tongue River for flood control and other purposes in the Pembina River Basin in North Dakota, at an estimated cost of $333,800.

Amendment No. 42: This amendment of the Senate authorizes the construction of a reservoir on the south branch of Park River for flood control and other purposes, at an estimated cost of $358,610.

Amendment No. 43: This amendment of the Senate eliminates the language in the House-approved bill for the Missouri River Basin, which has been superseded by Senate amendment No. 18.

Amendment No. 44: The conferees recommend that the Senate recede from this amendment, thereby eliminating the language which would have removed the Tuttle Creek project from the comprehensive plan for the Missouri River Basin. The Chief of Engineers is now making an investigation of possible alternate projects and if feasible will recommend them as substitutes for Tuttle Creek. The conferees, however, in eliminating the amendment recognize the necessity for adequate reservoir control in the plan for protecting the Kansas Citys and leave the way open for selection of Tuttle Creek Reservoir if alternates are found to be infeasible.

Amendment No. 45: This amendment of the Senate authorizes a project for local flood protection on the Chariton River, Mo., consisting of channel and levee improvements, at an estimated cost of $1,610,300.

Amendments Nos. 46, 47, 48, and 49. These amendments of the Senate expand the approved general comprehensive plan for flood control in the Ohio River Basin adopted by the act approved June 28, 1938, as modified by the act approved August 18, 1941, to include: (a) Improvement in the Kentucky River Basin, consisting of the construction of a cut-off at the north fork of Kentucky River at Jackson and local flood protection at that community, and the modification of the plan for the Jessamine Creek, and Booneville projects to include the development of hydroelectric power at these sites, all at an estimated cost of $23,822,000; (b) local flood protection at Middlesborough on Yellow Creek, Ky., by means of supplemental levees, at an estimated cost of $205,200; (c) local flood protection on the Rough River and tributaries, Kentucky, by means of clearing of the channel banks of the lower Rough River and channel improvement in the lower portion of Barnett Creek, a tributary of the Rough River, all at an estimated cost of $360,000; and (d) the construction of the Turtle Creek Reservoir on Turtle Creek, Pa., for local flood protection in the lower Turtle Creek Valley, at an estimated cost of $2,613,000.

Amendments Nos. 50 and 51: These amendments of the Senate eliminate from the bill the Rowlesburg Reservoir on the Cheat River and the improvement of the Youghiogheny River Basin which the House-approved bill placed into the comprehensive plan for flood control in the Ohio River Basin.

Amendment No. 52: This amendment of the Senate as modified provides that neither this authorization nor previous authorizations shall be construed to authorize the construction of the Shoals Dam on the east fork of the White River, Ind., pending congressional action subsequent to submission by the Chief of Engineers of the report on the Wabash River and tributaries now in progress under authority of the Flood Control Act of August 11, 1939.

Amendment No. 53: This amendment of the Senate authorizes the construction of the Mount Morris Reservoir on the Genesee River, N. Y., at an estimated cost of $5,360,000.

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Amendment No. 54: This amendment of the Senate authorizes the construction of local protection works at Redmond, Utah, on the Sevier River, by the construction of a leveed channel, at an estimated cost of $281,000.

Amendment No. 55: This amendment of the Senate adds a title for an additional river basin; namely, the Colorado River Basin.

Amendment No. 56: This amendment of the Senate authorizes the construction of the Alamo Reservoir on the Bill Williams River in Arizona, at an estimated cost of $3,202,000.

Amendment No. 57: This amendment of the Senate authorizes the project on Little Colorado River for local flood protection at Holbrook, Ariz., by means of levees, at an estimated cost of $258,000.

Amendment No. 58: This amendment of the Senate authorizes the construction of local flood protection on the Pajaro River and tributaries, California, by means of levees and bank protection works along the lower Pajaro River and on Carnadero Creek at Gilroy, at an estimated cost of $511,160.

Amendment No. 59: This amendment of the Senate modifies the language of the House-approved item, based on the report of the Board of Engineers for River and Harbors, to reflect the views and recommendations of the Chief of Engineers which became available subsequent to the passage of this item by the House.

Amendment No. 60: This amendment of the Senate authorizes the construction of the Folsom Reservoir on the American River in California, at an estimated cost of $18,474,000. The Folsom project will control flood peaks on the American River and thereby reduce the threat to the city of Sacramento resulting from an uncontrolled flood on the American River synchronized with a major flood crest on the Sacramento River.

Amendment No. 61: This amendment of the Senate authorizes improvements in the Calaveras River and Littlejohn Creek Stream Group consisting of the Farmington Reservoir on Littlejohn Creek; channel enlargements, diversions and dikes; and enlargement of Hogan Reservoir, all at an estimated cost of $3,868,200.

Amendment No. 62: This amendment of the Senate authorizes construction of the Conn Creek Reservoir on Conn Creek for flood control and other purposes in the Napa River Basin in California, at an estimated cost of $460,000.

Amendment No. 63: This amendment of the Senate authorizes local flood protection in the Chehalis River at Aberdeen, Hoquiam, and Cosmopolis, by means of earth levees, concrete sheet piling, walls, and appurtenant works, at an estimated cost of $669,000.

Amendment No. 64: This amendment of the Senate authorizes the construction of local flood-protection works at Hanapepe on the Hanapepe River in the Territory of Hawaii, by means of concrete flood walls, at an estimated cost of $73,000.

Amendment No. 65: This amendment of the Senate changes the designation of section 8 of the bill passed by the House to section 11 of the bill passed by the Senate.

Amendments Nos. 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, and 80: These amendments of the Senate authorize preliminary examinations and surveys of certain streams not in the bill passed by the House.