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~ OO~~~~ t J 1...1....' . Another prime factor ~n getting a project unde~lay is e acceptanc~ of local responsibility for the repayment of reimbursahle costs. A keystone of the Federal reclamation program and the bipartisan support it has enjoyed, through more than 50 years of operation, is the fact that all costs, except those determ:ned by national policy to be nonreimbursable, are repaic'. into the treasury. Local irrigation districts and other sponsoring groups can clearly evidence their good ~aith in accepting financial responsibility by negotiating repayment or water use contracts and other arr~ngements as promptly as possible. In connection with repayment of project costs, it is highly significant to note that this Administration and the Congreas have endorsed the principal of repayment from power revenue of irrigation costs which ere beyond the ability of the water users to repay. President Eisenhower sent to Congress his personal endorsement of the five-State Colorado River Storage project which calls for the pooling of power revenue from storage dams to assist in the cost of development of irrigation facilities. A simi- lar project carrying Administration endorsement was the Frying-Pan .\rkansas, whiCh is completely within Colorado, Reported favorably by the Administration and passed by Congress was a measure authorizing the development of irrigated lands downstream from the Chief Joseph Dam. now under construction by the Army Corps of Engineers on the Columbia River in cen- tral Washington State. This project will be aided by power revenue derived from Chief Joseph Dam. A similar ~ill e:1do::sed by tl:1e Adrubistration authorizes the con- ,truction of the }uchaud Flats Project, which would use power revenues from the QPstream Palisades Dam to aid in the development of ir~igated lands near F.merican Falls) Idaho. Palieades Dam is now under construction by the Bureau of Reclamation. 5