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<br />9. Cooperation with Other Organizations. - The investigations, plans, and
<br />development of the St. Francis unit of the Missouri River Basin project resulted from
<br />the cooperation and unified efforts of many individuals, groups, and Federal agencies.
<br />Requests for flood control and irrigation by farmers, businessmen, and organizations,
<br />particularly along the upper Republican Rivervalley, spurred these actions.
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<br />Pertinent information. assistance, and aid were furnished by the following
<br />agencies:
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<br />Coast and Geodetic Survey
<br />Corps of Engineers
<br />Department of Agriculture
<br />Fish and Wildlife Service
<br />Geological Survey
<br />Kansas Board of Agriculture
<br />National Park Service
<br />Public Health Service
<br />Smithsonian Institution
<br />Weather Bureau
<br />The Republican River Compact
<br />Signatory Commissioners
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<br />10. Authorization. - The legislative history of the St. Francis unit originated in
<br />1936 when Congress granted authority for the preliminary examination of the Republi-
<br />can River (Public Law 493, 74th Cong., 2d sess.). Authority for a preliminary exam-
<br />ination and survey of the Republican River, Nebraska and Kansas, was contained in the
<br />Flood Control Act of 1936, approved June 22, 1936 (Public Law 738. 74th Cong" 2d
<br />sess. ).
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<br />The Legislatures of Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska ratified a Republican
<br />River Compact in 1941, allocating the waters of the Republican River basin. That com-
<br />pact was approved by Congress, but later vetoed by the President because it failed to
<br />protect adequately the interests of the United States. The compact included a declara-
<br />tion that the Republican River was not navigable.
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<br />Subsequently> the States of Colorado. Kansas, and Nebrask.a were authorized
<br />by an Act of Congress of the United States. approved August 4, 1942 (Public Law 696.
<br />77th Cong., 2d sess.) to negotiate and enter into a compact not later than June I, 1945,
<br />providing for an equitable division and apportionment among the said States of the
<br />waters of th.e Repubtican River and also of its tributaries above its junction with the
<br />Smoky Hill River in Kansas. A new compact was negotiated by the Commissioners and
<br />ratified by the Legislatures of the States of Colorado, Kansas, and Nebra.ska. Consent
<br />to this compact waS given by an Act of Congress of the United States, approved May 26,
<br />1943 (Public Law 60. 78th Cong, , 1st sess,),
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<br />The new compact allocates for beneficial annual consumptive use in Colorado,
<br />54, 100 acre-feet of water; in Nebraska, 234.500 acre-feet of water; in Kansas, 190,300
<br />acre-feet and the entire water supply originating in the basin downstream from the low-
<br />est crossing of the river at the Nebraska-Kansas State tine.
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<br />Two plans were presented to Congress in 1944, one by the Corps of Engineers
<br />(House Doc, 475. 78th Cong, , 2d. sess.) and the other by the Bureau of Reclamation
<br />(Senate Doc, 191, 78th Cong" 2d. sess,), These two plans had some differences which
<br />were correlated by an agreement worked out by representatives of both the Corps of
<br />Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation. The joint report was printed as a supplement
<br />to Senate Document 191 and House Document 475, as Senate Docurpent 247, 78th Con"
<br />gress, 2d session.
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<br />The supplement brought into agreement the plans of the Corps of Engineers and
<br />the Bureau of Reclamation by recognizing the following principles, which are quoted
<br />from the supplement:
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