720 INDIAN LANDS, CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT Sec. 3. [Funds may be used for acquisition of other lands.]—Funds deposited to the credit of allottees, their heirs, or devisees may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the acquisition of other lands and improvements, or the relocation of existing improvements or construction of new improvements on the lands so acquired for the allottees or heirs whose lands and improvements are acquired under the provisions of this Act. Lands so acquired shall be held in the same status as those from which the funds were derived, and shall be nontaxable until otherwise provided by Congress. (55 Stat. 612) Sec. 4. [Secretary authorized to establish cemeteries on other lands.]As to any Indian cemetery lands required for the project, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, in lieu of requiring payment therefor, to establish cemeteries on other lands that he may select and acquire for the purpose, and to remove bodies, markers, and other appurtenances to the new sites. All costs incurred in connection with any such relocation shall be paid from moneys appropriated for the project. All right, title, and interest of the Indians in the lands within any cemetery so relocated shall terminate and the grant of title under this Act take effect as of the date the Secretary of the Interior authorizes the relocation. Sites of the relocated cemeteries shall be held in trust by the United States for the appropriate tribe, or family, as the case may be, and shall be nontaxable. (55 Stat. 612) Sec. 5. [Authority of the Secretary.]-The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to perform any and all acts and to prescribe such regulations as he may deem appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Act. (55 Stat. 613) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Legislative History. S. 1120, Public Law 198 in the 77th Congress. S. Rept. No. 245. 721 DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY An act to facilitate and simplify the administration of the Federal reclamation laws and the Act of August 11, 1939, as amended (Act of December 19, 1941, ch. 595, 55 Stat. 842) [Delegation of power.]-For the purpose of facilitating and simplifying the administration of the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388 and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) and the Act of August 11, 1939 (53 Stat. 1418), as amended, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to delegate, from time to time and to the extent and under such regulations as he deems proper, his powers and duties under said laws to the Commissioner of Reclamation, an Assistant Commissioner, or the officer in charge of any office, division, district, or project of the Bureau of Reclamation. (55 Stat. 842; 16 U.S.C. § 590z-11) 722 INVESTIGATION OF CLAIMS, OWYHEE PROJECT An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to investigate the claims of any landowner or water user on the Owyhee reclamation project, Oregon, arising in 1940 by reason of a break in the North Canal of such project. (Act of June 5, 1942, ch. 344, 56 Stat. 322) [Secretary authorized to investigate claims.]—The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to investigate the claims of any landowner or water user on the Owyhee reclamation project arising in 1940 by reason of a break in the North Canal of such project. The Secretary of the Interior shall report to Congress the results of his investigation as soon as possible during the present or next succeeding Congress. The cost of said investigation and report shall be accounted for as part of the cost of operating and maintaining said project, and such expenditures as are deemed necessary therefor by said Secretary shall be made from moneys heretofore or hereafter appropriated to the Department of the Interior for operation and maintenance, Owyhee project, Oregon. (56 Stat. 322) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Legislative History. H.R. 5142, Public Law 584 in the 77th Congress. H.R. Rept. 723 QUITCLAIM LANDS OF GOOSE LAKE An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to quitclaim to the States of Oregon and California, respectively, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the lands of Goose Lake in Oregon and California. (Act of June 5, 1942, ch. 348, 56 Stat. 323) [Conveyance of lands in Oregon and California.]-The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to quitclaim to the State of Oregon for the benefit of the State and/or of those claiming under the State at the date of such quitclaim deed, all the right, title, interest, and estate of the United States in and to the lands of Goose Lake held, or that might be asserted, by the United States under or in pursuance of section 2 of chapter 5 of the General Laws of Oregon, 1905, and to quitclaim to the State of California for the benefit of the State and/or of those claiming under the State at the date of such quitclaim, deed, all the right, title, interest, and estate of the United States in and to the lands of Goose Lake held, or that might be asserted, by the United States under or in pursuance of the act of February 3, 1905, of the State of California (California Statutes, 1905, page 4). (56 Stat. 323) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Deeds of Conveyance. In accordance with this statute, by deeds dated February 9, 1943, the United States conveyed to the State of Oregon all of its right, title and interest to the lands of Goose Lake situated in Oregon; and conveyed to the State of California, all its right, title and interest in the lands of Goose Lake situated in California. Cross Reference, Consent of the United States to Suit by California. The Act of March 3, 1923, 42 Stat. 1438, authorizes the State of California to institute a suit or suits in the Supreme Court of the United States to determine the right, title and interest of the State to certain lands in Siskiyou County, California, including the Goose Lake lands, authorized to be quitclaimed to the State by this statute. The 1923 Act appears herein in chronological order. Legislative History. H.R. 5490, Public Law 588 in the 77th Congress. H.R. Rept. No. 1233. S. Rept. No. 1393. 724 INTERIOR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION ACT, 1943 [Extracts from] An act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, and for other purposes. (Act of July 2, 1942, ch. 473, 56 Stat. 506) [Parker Dam power project-Power and other revenues.]-Parker Dam power project, Arizona-California, $1,939,400: Provided, That not to exceed $250,000 from power and other revenues shall be available for the operation and maintenance of this project; (56 Stat. 536) EXPLANATORY NOTE Provision Repeated. A similar appropriation of power and other revenues for operation and maintenance purposes is con * tained in each subsequent annual Interior Department Appropriation Act through the Act of October 12, 1949, 63 Stat. 780. [Grand Coulee Dam project-Camp and construction facilities.]—Grand Coulee Dam project, Washington: For continuation of construction of Grand Coulee Dam and appurtenant works, including the operation and maintenance of camp and construction facilities, heretofore or hereafter turned over by construction contractors, and similar facilities and the furnishing of services related thereto, . . . . (56 Stat. 536) Sec. 9. [Short title.]—This Act may be cited as the "Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1943”. (56 Stat. 561) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. The above extracts are not codified in the U.S. Code. Editor's Note, Provisions Repeated in Appropriation Acts. Provisions which are repeated in two or more appropriation acts appear herein only in the act in which first used. Legislative History. H.R. 6845, Public Law 645 in the 77th Congress. H.R. Rept. No. 1935. S. Rept. No. 1380. H.R. Rept. No. 2260 and H.R. Rept. No. 2294 (conference reports). |