west; (5) Arkansas Valley Planning Agency, for the drainage basins within the United States of the Arkansas, Red, and Rio Grande Rivers and of the rivers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico west of the Mississippi River; (6) Southwestern Planning Agency, for the drainage basins within the United States of the Colorado River and the rivers flowing into the Pacific Ocean south of the California-Oregon line, and the Great Basin, that is, the drainage basins of the rivers in the western United States having no outlet to the sea; and (7) Columbia Valley Planning Agency, for the drainage basins within the United States of the Columbia River and the rivers flowing into the Pacific Ocean north of the California-Oregon line. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the functions, powers, or duties of the Mississippi River Commission as created and now functioning under the Act of June 28, 1879 (ch. 43, secs. 1 to 7, inclusive, 21 Stat. 37), as amended, and as compiled in sections 641 to 651, inclusive, of title 33 of the United States Code. The President shall from time to time more specifically define or redefine the territorial boundaries of the regional planning agencies as he finds necessary or appropriate to facilitate the regional development, integration, and coordination of plans, projects, and activities in accordance with the purposes of this Act and to obtain the advantages of natural and economic boundaries for such plans, projects, and activities or any classification or classifications thereof.

REGIONAL

PLANNING DIRECTORS AND REGIONAL

CONSERVATION COMMITTEES

SEC. 3. (a) For each regional planning agency, except the Tennessee Valley Planning Agency, there shall be established a regional planning director and a regional conservation committee. The President may establish two or more regional conservation committees for a regional planning agency if he deems such committees necessary or appropriate, considering the character and extent of the territory of such agency and the nature of the problems with which such agency must deal. If more than one regional conservation committee is established for a regional planning agency, the President shall distribute and define the duties and functions to be performed by each such committee under this Act.

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(b) Each regional planning director shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall receive a salary at the rate of a year, and shall maintain his principal office at a convenient place within the territory of the agency for which he is appointed. The regional planning director shall be a member of and, unless the President shall designate another member to act as chairman, shall act as chairman of the regional conservation committee or committees of such agency, and shall be the chief administrative officer for the regional conservation committee or committees of such agency. The administrative officer on the staff of each regional planning director, next highest in rank to the regional planning director, may be designated by the regional planning director as deputy regional planning director and as such shall perform the duties of the regional planning director, in the event of the absence or sickness of the regional planning director, until such absence or sickness shall cease, and, in the event of a vacancy in the office of the regional planning director, until a successor is appointed. No regional planning director shall, during his continuance in office, be engaged in any business, but each shall devote himself to his duties under this Act. No person shall be appointed a regional planning director unless he professes a belief in the feasibility and wisdom of this Act. No regional planning director shall, during his continuance in office, have any financial interest, in any public-utility company engaged in the business of generating, transmitting, distributing, or selling electric energy to the public, or in any holding company or subsidiary company of a holding company as such terms are defined in the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.

(c) Each regional conservation committee shall consist of the regional planning director and not less than two nor more than eight other members, as the President may from time to time determine. The members of such committees shall be appointed by the President and, with the exception of the planning director, shall receive no compensation for their services other than a per diem, not to exceed $ per day, for time spent in the discharge of their duties, and shall be reimbursed for expenses (including traveling and subsistence expenses) incurred by them in the discharge of their duties. Each regional conservation committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure, including provision as to the number of members necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All matters of general policy affecting a regional planning agency shall be considered and determined by the regional conservation committee having jurisdiction thereof, but the members of such committee other than regional planning director shall not participate in the administrative work of the regional planning agency except to the extent

requested by the regional planning director. And the regional planning director shall direct and control the execution of the policies determined by the regional conservation committee in accordance with, and to the extent authorized by, the provisions of this Act. No person shall be appointed a member of a regional planning committee unless he professes a belief in the wisdom and feasibility of this Act. No member of a regional planning committee shall, during his continuance in office, have any financial interest in any public-utility company engaged in the business of generating, transmitting, distributing, or selling electric energy to the public, or in any holding company or subsidiary company of a holding company as such terms are defined in the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.

(d) The powers and functions conferred upon the Tennessee Valley Planning Agency by this Act shall be exercised and performed by the Tennessee Valley Valley Authority as its Board of Directors shall direct.

COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF PLANS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES

SEC. 4. (a) The regional planning agencies shall be subject to the supervision and control of the President, or of such national planning agency as the President may designate, for the purpose of insuring appropriate conformity of regional plans to a national policy and appropriate coordination of regional plans, having due regard for regional and local requirements and conditions.

(b) With a view to the coordination and integration of plans for projects, activities, and regional developments for the purpose of increasing efficiency and eliminating waste and duplication of effort, each regional planning agency shall study and survey the projects and activities within its jurisdiction, undertaken or planned by the departments and agencies of the United States, relating to the to the promotion of navigation, the control and prevention of floods, the safeguarding of navigable waters, and the reclamation of the public lands, and shall study and survey the regional developments undertaken or planned by such departments and agencies for the conservation and prudent husbandry of the water, soil, mineral, and forest resources of the Nation, including the prevention of waste of the Nation's resources from droughts, winds, dust storms, and soil erosion, and the control and retardation of water run-off and the restoration and improvement of the absorption and infiltration capacity of the soil. Each regional planning agency insofar as practicable shall endeavor to coordinate and integrate plans for projects, activities, and regional developments by devising and effecting arrangements for the cooperation of the field offices and services of the departments and agencies of the United States. Each regional planning agency insofar as practicable shall consult and cooperate with the field offices and services of such departments and agencies and may call upon such field offices and services for any information or data relevant to such projects, activities, or regional developments and it shall be the duty of such departments and agencies to have their field offices and services take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to cooperate with each regional planning agency.

(c) Each regional planning agency insofar as practicable shall consult and cooperate with the States and with public and cooperative agencies in the making of studies, the collecting of information and data, and the development of plans for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Each regional planning agency may make available to the departments and agencies of the United States and to the States and the people thereof, and to public and cooperative agencies, such information and studies, and such recommendations for State legislation, as the regional planning agency deems advisable to aid in carrying out the purposes of this Act. Each regional planning agency shall have power to constitute one or more regional or local advisory committees to advise the regional planning agency generally or upon specific matters.

(d) There shall be included in the plans submitted to the President by each regional planning agency under section 5 such recommendations as the regional planning agency deems necessary or appropriate (1) for the economic and efficient cooperation in the carrying out of plans, projects, activities, and regional developments among Federal, State, regional, and local departments and agencies; and (2) for further legislation to promote the development, integration, and coordination of plans, projects, activities, and regional developments of the United States and the several States.

SUBMISSION OF PLANS TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE CONGRESS

SEC. 5. (a) Each regional planning agency, not later than October 15, of each year, or such earlier date as the President may designate, shall submit to the President, or such national planning agency as the President may designate,

plans for the construction and undertaking, during the succeeding governmental fiscal year, of projects and activities for or incidental to the promotion of navigation, the control and prevention of floods, the safeguarding of navigable waters, and the reclamation of the public lands (all as more praticularly described in the provisions of section 6), and such further plans for integrated regional developments as each regional planning agency finds necessary or appropriate in the national public interest for the conservation and prudent husbandry of the water, soil, mineral, and forest resources of the Nation, including the prevention of waste of the Nation's resources from droughts, winds, dust storms, and soil erosion, and the control and retardation of water run-off and the restoration and improvement of the absorption and infiltration capacity of the soil. Such plans shall indicate the order of preference and priority of the projects, activities, and regional developments.

(b) If the President, after such study and investigation as he shall require by the Director of the Budget, the National Resources Committee, and such other departments and agencies of the United States as the President deems advisable, approves such plans, or any of them or any part thereof, as necessary or desirable in carrying out the purposes of this Act, the President shall refer such plans to the Congress with his recommendations. The President may at any time request a regional planning agency to submit to him, for reference to the Congress, plans for such projects or activities as in his judgment may be necessary or desirable in carrying out the purposes of this Act; and the regional planning agency, as soon as practicable, shall submit such plans to the President. In the case of plans (such as those for the conservation of surface and subsurface moisture and the prevention of wind erosion in the Great Plains) which involve integrated developments traversing the geographic region of two or more regional planning agencies, the President may assign or reassign the duty of working out such plans to any one of such regional planning agencies as he finds necessary or appropriate to obtain the advantages of natural and economic boundaries in the planning of such integrated developments.

PREPARATION OF PLANS

SEC. 6. (a) Plans submitted to the President by each regional planning agency pursuant to section 5 shall include, among others, such projects and activities, and such recommendations for the construction and undertaking thereof, as the regional planning agency finds adapted to the conservation and integrated development of water, soil, and forest resources for the following purposes:

(1) The promotion of navigation by, among other means, the improvement of the channels of navigable rivers and their tributaries; the prevention of siltation of such rivers and tributaries; the regulation of stream flow; and the development and coordination of navigation facilities.

(2) The control and prevention of floods to prevent destruction and interference with navigation, the facilities of interstate commerce, and the properties and functions of the United States, with due regard to the maximum protection of life an property, by, among other means, the storage, control, and disposition of flood and surplus waters, and the control and retardation of water run-off, and the restoration and improvement of the absorption and infiltration capacity of the soil. Plans for such purposes shall include, among other things, dams, reservoirs, levees, spillways, and floodways; improved methods and conditions of soil conservation, utilization, fertilization, and cultivation; and the conservation of forests and afforestation and reforestation of lands. In the case of plans involving the production of fertilizers or fertilizer ingredients, such plans, insofar as practicable, shall provide for the construction and operation of plants and equipment in such manner as will make them of maximum usefulness for the production of munitions or war materials in time of war.

(3) The safeguarding of navigable waters and their use, by, among other means, the prevention and abatement of pollution of navigable streams and their tributaries, and the provision of sewage-disposal and water-purification works, and structures and facilities in connection therewith.

(4) The reclamation of arid or swampy public lands, by, among other means, the irrigation and drainage and the economic development and use of such lands.

(b) So far as may be consistent with or necessary or appropriate for the promotion of navigation, the control and prevention of floods, the safeguarding of navigable waters, and the reclamation of the public lands, as provided in subsection (a), plans shall give due regard to the following among other considerations: (1) The present and future development and conservation of water for

power, irrigation, and other beneficial uses; (2) the prudent husbandry of soil, mineral, and forest resources and their conservation for recreation, the protection of wild game, and other beneficial uses; (3) the urgency of preventing irreparable waste of the Nation's resources from droughts, winds, dust storms, and soil erosion; (4) the integration and interconnection of projects and activities, the development of their multiple purposes, and the equitable distribution of the benefits thereof; (5) equitable contributions to cost by States and subdivisions and agencies thereof specially benefited by the projects and activities; (6) equitable contributions, from the revenues of a project or otherwise, to compensate States and subdivisions and agencies thereof for special losses, not offset or mitigated by benefits, which may be occasioned by the carrying out of projects; and (7) such economic, social, and cultural values as may be affected or furthered by the projects and activities.

(c) Plans may include not only projects and activities to be constructed or undertaken by the various departments and agencies of the United States solely from funds of the United States but also projects and activities to be constructed or undertaken by such departments and agencies with contributions by State, local, or regional agencies, and projects and activities to be constructed or undertaken by such State, local, or regional agencies with contributions by the United States. Plans shall set forth the recommendations of the regional planning agency regarding such contributions and regarding the construction and undertaking of such projects and activities as between the departments and agencies of the United States and State, local, and regional agencies.

(d) Plans shall classify the various construction projects with a view to the construction of projects in the order of their urgency so as most beneficially to promote the national welfare by stabilizing employment and relieving unemployment. Plans for reserved or less urgent projects shall be completed as expeditiously as possible, and shall be modified from time to time as circumstances warrant so that such plans shall be available for prompt action whenever necessary to prevent or abate business depression and widespread unemployment or for any other purpose of this Act. In the development and modification of plans, due regard shall be given to changing economic, industrial, and social conditions and to advantages offered by technological and other developments.

(e) Each regional planning agency shall have power to acquire, construct, operate, maintain, and improve such laboratories and experimental stations, and to undertake such educational, research, and demonstrational work, as the regional planning agency deems necessary or appropriate to develop plans, to test or demonstrate the feasibility of plans, or otherwise to carry out the purposes of this Act.

STATE COMPACTS

SEC. 7. The consent of the Congress, subject to the provisions of this section is hereby given the several States to enter into agreements and compacts between or among any two or more States (1) to further and supplement on behalf of the States the purposes of this Act; and (2) to carry out on behalf of the States appropriate projects and activities in relation thereto. Any such agreement or compact shall not become effective or binding upon the States party thereto unless and until it shall have been submitted to and approved by the President after consultation with the regional planning agency within whose geographic region the projects or activities contemplated by such agreement or compact are to be carried The President shall approve any such agreement or compact if he finds such agreement or compact, and the projects and activities contemplated thereby, to be feasible, practicable, and appropriate to and consistent with the policies and purposes of this Act and the national public interest. The appropriate regional planning agency shall, insofar as practicable, cooperate with and furnish information and assistance to the States for the purpose of negotiating, entering into, and carrying out agreements and compacts pursuant to this section.

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PREVENTION OF STREAM POLLUTION

SEC. 8. It shall be unlawful for any person by any sewer, pipe, outlet, or other means, device, or practice to pollute or to make unsightly waters of or flowing into navigable streams or other streams over which the Congress has jurisdiction under its authority to regular commerce with foreign nations and among the several States. The Attorney General may, and at the request of the United States Public Health Service shall, bring appropriate proceedings in the district court of the United States in the district where any violation of this section occurs or is threatened, to enjoin such violation, or to require the removal of any polluter or

structure or device constructed, operated, or maintained within such jurisdiction in violation of this section; and upon a proper showing a temporary or permanent injunction or decree shall be granted without bond.

EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION

SEC. 9. For the purposes of this Act, each regional planning agency may select, employ, and fix the compensation of such officers, attorneys, engineers, accountants, special consultants, and experts as it deems necessary to carry out the functions and duties of the regional planning agency, without regard to the provisions of other laws applicable to the employment and compensation of officers or employees of the United States. Each regional planning agency may, subject to the civilservice laws, appoint such other employees as it deems necessary to carry out the functions and duties of the regional planning agency and shall fix their salaries in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. Each regional planning agency shall define the duties of its officers and employees, shall require bonds of such of them as the regional planning agency may designate, and shall provide a system of organization to fix reponsibility and promote efficiency. Subject to the laws of the United States regarding employees of the United States, each regional planning agency shall deal collectively with its employees through representatives of their own choosing. The appointment, selection, classification, and promotion of officers and employees of each regional planning agency shall be solely on the basis of merit and efficiency, and no political test or qualification shall be permitted.

TITLE II

REGIONAL POWER AUTHORITIES

SEC. 201. (a) Subject to the provisions of this Act the President is authorized and directed, whenever in his judgment the national public interest or the interests of economy or efficiency will be served thereby, to create and establish, by Executive order, corporate regional power authorities for the purpose of controlling, operating, maintaining, and improving facilities capable of producing hydroelectric power (together with appurtenant works) constructed, under construction, or hereafter constructed by or on behalf of the United States. The President is further authorized and directed, whenever in his judgment the national public interest or the interests of economy or efficiency will be served thereby, by Execu tive order to transfer, from any department or agency of the United States, and entrust to a regional power authority functioning under this Act in the same transmission area or the same drainage basin, or to a newly created regional power authority under this Act, the duty of controlling, operating, maintaining, and improving any such facilities. In connection with any such transfer, the President shall make such provision as he deems necessary or appropriate for the transfer to such regional power authority of unexpended balances of appropriations available for use in respect of the facilities, together with personnel and equipment and any power, duties, and obligations pertaining thereto. The President shall, however, create or establish no more than one regional power authority for the administration of hydroelectric facilities and appurtenant works which are or may be economically interconnected by transmission lines. Each regional power authority created under this Act shall be an agency and instrumentality of the United States, shall maintain a principal office at a convenient place within the region in which it operates, and shall, upon the selection of the location of its principal office, file with the Secretary of State public notice of the selection of such location.

(b) Within six months after the enactment of this Act, the President is authorized and directed to create and establish under this Act a regional power authority, which shall be known as the Columbia Valley Power Authority; such authority shall forthwith take over the facilities capable of producing hydroelectric power (together with appurtenant works) on the Columbia River near Bonneville, Oregon, and all powers, rights, duties, functions, obligations, liabilities, and personnel of the Columbia River Administrator created by and now functioning under the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the maintenance and operation of Bonneville project for navigation and flood control, and for other purposes", August 20, 1937. Such Administrator shall thereupon take all action necessary or appropriate to transfer to such authority possession and control of the properties and activities theretofore in the possession and control of such Administrator. Such facilities and such properties and activities shall thereupon be deemed entrusted under this Act to the Columbia Valley Authority, and all unexpended