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<br />l2! <br /> <br />w <br /> <br />qualified by the recommendation 2/ endorsed by Congress, ~ that irri- <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />gation, power and H&I beneficiaries should pay in accordance with <br /> <br />theil' ilc,iiEy i,;'U the benefits extended to ,them. <br /> <br />On a multipurpose project of the si~e and importance of the PSMBP, <br /> <br />it was inevitable that the Congressional Committees wonld periodically <br /> <br />inquire as to the status of the repay,nent: progrnm upon "hich the <br /> <br />II <br />f <br />;1 <br />i <br />~ <br />II <br />, <br />:1 <br /> <br />authorization of the project was premised. These Congressional <br /> <br />inquiries were routinely made during Public I,orks Appropriation <br /> <br /> <br />hearings, 21 Lut these inquiries became particularly pressing when <br /> <br />authorizations for ne" construction on a unit of the PSr18P ,,,ere <br /> <br />10' <br />propose<l. ~ <br />The need for providing i!1111ediate responses to Congressional <br /> <br />:i.i:l\Ju.J-J..::"'e6 011 i..lll.: si..ui..:us 0; tJLlJ,jI~l.;l. flu..yuui.: Wt..1.::i Hal. ue\'l Lu Ini.:erior <br /> <br />representatives. On old line reclnmation projects, Interior hild been <br /> <br />obliged annually to report on the statns of project costs and payout. !!I <br /> <br />;1 <br /> <br />7/ <br />-, <br /> <br />ht page 2 of S. Doc. No. 191, supra. <br /> <br />~ <br />21 <br /> <br />Sec. 9(e) of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (58 Stilt. 887). <br /> <br />l\S ~,.'ill appcur from on 0x.::lmii1Qtion of C::mgrcssional hcarillgs before <br />the Public :':orks Committees, Interior representiltives have been <br />cOlltinuonsly "bli;;er} to rcport on thc CUlTCllt stiltus of project <br />repayments. III :;:or~ recent year.s., the stv.tus of r2J?uYinent contracts <br />l1ClS been routinely Sh01'.'1l in Interior Gudgct JustificiltiollS. <br /> <br />The .~et of ,\ugust 14, 196'1 (78 Stnt:. ",,6) required that the initiation <br />of i1.ny nOh' Cf)nstrllf..:t.i on on u unit or tlv? PS~{GP \-rnl11.d 't'8fJlli.re Con- <br />grcssioni.ll ilutilOri:tiltion. <br /> <br />On the 01<1 line rcclLlmation proj ects, l;hich Here LLlsically single- <br />purpose irl'igation pro;jccts, the stlltns of project cost (md repClyment <br />h':l~ r(,~~l]l,~rly {l('scl.ibc~l jn tllC Pl'o:ject J\nmrL11 r~eport. This d.1tll \,,'.:18 <br />tllen collnted, pnbli51led and made ilvClilRLle to the Congress in the <br />Annual Report of the Reclamation Scrvice. <br /> <br />4 <br />