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<br />4.. <br /> <br />1., Introdue tory. <br /> <br />Propo sal . ' <br /> <br />"There is hereby creeted an interstate administrative a!';ency* * * ". <br /> <br />Comments, <br /> <br />At the outset consid eration mus t be dven to the form of adminis. <br /> <br />tration dasirable to effectuate the I'urposes of the compact. A mere "planning <br /> <br />cOll1lllission" such AS is found in the Incodel s,et'up is too restricted in its <br /> <br />powers to be sui table. Whatever plannin~ is dona will be by the individual <br />stete ef1;encie s in cooperation "0. th the federal government. Suggestions he ve <br /> <br />been made that the Agency should teke some corporate form. Thi s ideA no doubt <br /> <br />stems from the many Authori ty propoSAls 1"hich would operate through en autonomous <br /> <br />federal corporAtion. Corporate organization of an A"ency to administer an Upper <br /> <br />Basin COll'pact is thought inappropriate for several reAsons, viz: (1) Independent <br /> <br />federal 1egi slAtion would be necessary; (2) The delegation of state power to <br />such a corporation poses sorious constitutional que stions; (3) Any federal <br /> <br />, <br />corporation would be subject to the Government Corporation Control Act of 1945 <br />(59 Stat. 597, 31 USCA 841-869); (4) The strong organized opposition to valley <br />euthod ti e s might embprre ss rati fication of the compact if any corporate form <br />of administration is written into the compact., <br />The descriptive term "interstete administrative af1;ency" should be suffi- <br /> <br />cient., The po,"'ers an:l dutie s of the ap.;ency should be specifically enumerated in, <br /> <br />the compAct. Any language which might imply greAter powers tMn those specifi-, <br />cally provided in the compact should be avoided. <br /> <br />.~ <br /> <br />?t03 <br /> <br />-2- <br />