WSP03813

• File Number: 8103
• Description: Arkansas River Basin
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 3/1/1941
• Author: Unknown
• Title: Data Relating to the Proposed Arkansas Valley Authority Act of 1941
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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(b) The Corporation, insofar as practioable, shall consult and cooperate
wi th the States and with publio and cooperative agencies in the making of
studies, the colleoting of information and data, and the development of plans
for carrying out the purposes of this Act. The corporation mAY make available
to the departments and agencies of the United States and to the States and the
people thereof, and to public and cooperative agencies, suoh information,
studies, and reconunandations as i't d.eeme necessll.ry or appropria'te, and suoh
other information and studies and suoh reoollllllElooations for state legislation,
as the Corporation deems advisable to aid in carrying out the purposes of
this Act.

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SEC. 9. (a) Ths Corporation shall, not later than October 15 of eaoh
year, submit to the President plans for the construction and undertaking,
during the succeeding governmental fisoal year, of projeots and aotivities for
or inoidental to the promotion of navigation. the control aId prevention of
floods, the safeguarding of navigable watsrs, and the reclllIllation of the
publio lands (all as more partioularly described in the provisions of section
10), and suoh further plans for integrated regional developnents as the
Corporation fioos neoessary or appropriate in the national public interest for
the oonservation and prudent husbandry of the water, soil, mineral, and forest
resources of the Nation, including the prevention of irreparable waste of the
Nation's resources from droughts, winds, dust storms, and soil erosion, and
the oontrol and retardation of water run-off and the restoration and improve-
ment of the absorption and infiltration oapaoity of the soil. Suoh plans
shall indicate the order of preference and priority of the projects and
activities.

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(b) If the President, after such study and investigation as he shall
require by the Director of the Budget and such other departlll6nts and agenoies
of the United States as the President deems advisable, approves such plans,
or any of them or any part thereof, as necessary or desirable in carrying out
the purposes of this Act, the President shall refer such plans to the Congress
with his recol!llllendations. The President may at any time request the Corpor-
ation to submit to him, for referenoe to the Congress, plans for such projeots
or activities as in his jud~ent may be neoessary or desirable in oarrying out
the purposes of this Act; and the Corporation, as soon as praotioable, shall
submit such plans to the President.

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SEC. 10. (a) Plans submitted to the President by the Corporation
pursuant to section 6 shall include suoh projeots and activities, and such
recol!llllendations for the construotion and undertaking thereof, as the Corpor-
ation finds adapted to the conservation and integrated developnent of water,
soil, and forest resources for the following purposes:

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