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0iJ2J37 . . Under tl1.~ adopted plan tl1.e Washoe ];lroject would be integrated wi tl1. the existing Truckee River storage and NeWlands projects. It would also be coordinated witl1. tl1.e Truckee River chapnel in:\Provements proposed by tl1.e COIllS of Engineers and autl1.orized in the Flood Control Act of is/54 witl1. tl1.e provision tl1.at the authorization would not become effective unless and until the Washoe reclamation project had been authorized. Copies of tl1.e report of September i954 were transmitted to the States of Nevada. and California and to the Secre.tary of the Amy as req.Uired by law. Copies were also transmitted to otl1.er interested Federal agencies. Comments received from the various State and FederaJ. agencies were favor- able. Bills to authorize construction of the Washoe project were intro- duced in botl1. Houses of Congress and subcommittee hearings were held. The project was autl1.orized under Public Law 858 which was approved by tl1.e President August 1, 1956. The authorizing act for tl1.e Washoe project inCluded a number of amend- ments that grew out of congressional hearings and were not a part of tl1.e Bureau of Reclamation's Feasibility Report of September 1954. An addi- tional nonreimbursable expenditure of $2,000,000 was authorized for the construction of facilities for the development of fish and wildlife resources including facilities required to increase minimum water releases from Lake Tahoe and to restore the Pyramid Lake fishery. These facilities will include a reservoir on ProssEir Creek to provide for the increased Lake Tahoe releases through an exchange of water and a fish hatchery just below Watasheamu Dam on the Carson River to help restore the Pyramid Lake fishery. This hatchery will be used p:rimarily to stock the lake and its tributaries. 4