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<br /> <br />These are Fort Peck, Garrison, O~he, Big Bend, Fort Randall, and <br /> <br />Gavins Point Dam Projects. These' facilities, and their re1ations~ip <br /> <br />to the tributary developments largely under Bureau of Reclamation <br /> <br />jurisdiction are shown on the frontispiece. <br /> <br />Basic legislative authority for ~he development is found in the <br /> <br />Flood Control Acts passed by the.Congt'ess since 1938. The most <br /> <br />siguificant of these is the Flood Contt'ol Act of 1944, in which <br /> <br />the general compt'ehensive plans of development set forth in Senat~ <br /> <br /> <br />Document No. 191 and House Doeum~nt No. 475 (as reconciled and <br /> <br />coot'dinated by Senate Document No. 247), all in the 78th Congress; <br /> <br /> <br />were approved, and initial stages were authorized for development; <br /> <br />Subsequent authority for appropriation of funds with which to pros- <br /> <br />, <br />ecute the approved plan was convtiyed by the Flood Control ACts' of <br /> <br />1946, 1950, 1958, and 1960. <br />, <br /> <br />. I <br />Legislation to extend and broaden th, <br /> <br />general comprehensive plan was passed by the Congress in the fol1QOing <br /> <br />acts: Act of July 16, 1954 (68 stat. 486), Act of August 21, 1954 <br /> <br />(68 Stat. 757), Act of August 3,11956 (70 Stat. 975), and Act of <br /> <br /> <br />August 27, 1958 (72 Stat. 937). 1 <br /> <br />Interagency Relationships and Re~ponsibi1ities <br />As an outgrowth of the plans set ,forth in the above-cited House and <br /> <br />, <br />Senate Documents, the areas of cQnstruction jurisdiction and manage- <br /> <br />ment responsibility for the Depa~tments of the Army and Interior <br /> <br />were 9utlined in general terms, Construction, operation, and main- <br /> <br />tenance of facilities designed principally for flood control and <br /> <br />2 <br />