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<br />(bl T.ederal Power CommissIOn shall notlicensetln.truetion <br />of an.\' da.m, ,,"Hter conduit, I"f'sen"oir, ~\\"erhouse, transmission line, <br />49 Stat. 863. or of.hrT pr1?;ect ~'orks un~er the ~t'd~r111. Pow~r ActT &s amended, on <br />16 use 791.. fIr dlfe('tJ~' affecting any rl\"PT \\"11Icll IS listed m sectlon 5, subsection <br />(aj of this Art, and no depnrtmenl or ngrnry of the {"nited States <br />tlh.il as...ist by 108.n, grant, hcense, or othenvise in the construction of <br />IIny wnter resources projpd that would hft\'e a diNct and adverse <br />toWect on the values for which such river might be designated, as <br />determined by the Secretary responsible for its study or approval- <br /> <br />(i) during the ten-year period following enactment of this <br /> <br />Act or for 'a three complete fiscal year neriod following any Act <br />of Congress designating any river for potential addition to the <br /> <br />national wild and scenic rivers system, whichever is later, unless, <br /> <br />prior to the expiration of the relevant period, the Secretary of the <br /> <br />Interior and, where national forest lands are involved, the Secre- <br /> <br />tary of Agriculture, on the basis of study, determine that such <br /> <br />river should not be included in the national wild and scenic rivers <br /> <br />system and notify the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs <br /> <br />of the United States Congress, in writing, including a copy of the <br /> <br />study upon which the dete'rmination was made, at least one hun- <br /> <br />dred and ~ighty days while Congress is in session prior to publish- <br /> <br />ing notice to that effect in the Federal Register: Provided, That <br /> <br />if any Act designating any river or rivers for potential addition <br /> <br />to the national wild and scenic rivers system provides a period <br /> <br />for the study or studies which exceeds such three complete fiscal <br /> <br />year period the period provided for in such Act shall be sub- <br /> <br />stituted for the three complete fiscal year period in the provisions <br /> <br />of this clause (i); and <br /> <br />(ii) during such additional period thereafter as, in the case <br /> <br />of any river the report for which is submitted to the President and <br /> <br />the Congress, is necessary for congressional consideration thereof <br /> <br />or, in the case of any river recommended to the Secretary of the <br /> <br />Interior for inclusion in the national wild and scenic rivers system <br /> <br />under section 2(a)(ii) of this Act, is necessary for the Secretary's <br /> <br />consideration thereof, which additional period, however, shall not <br /> <br />exceed three years in the first case and one year in the second. <br /> <br />Nothing contained in the foregoing sentenre, ho\t'e\"er, shall preclude <br />Jirensing of, or assistance to, de\'elopment.S below or above '8. potential <br />wild, scenic or rE"creatiollal rh'er area or on any stream tributary <br />thereto which will not in\"l\de the area or diminish the scenic, recrea- <br />tional, and fish nnd wildlife "alues present in the potential wild, <br />scenic or recreational river arel\ 00 the date of appro\-al of this Act. <br />Xodepnrtment or a/Zeney of the United States shall, during the periods <br />hereinbefore specified, recommend R.uthoriz~tion of any water <br />resources project on any such river or request appropriations to begin <br />c'onstruction of nuy such project, whether heretofore or hereafter <br />authorized, without advising the Secretary of the Interior and, where <br />national forest lands nre involved, the Secretary of Agriculture in <br />writing' of its intention so to do at lenst sixty days in ad\'ance of doing <br />"" and .,ilhout specifically reporting to the Conlf"ess in writing at the <br />time it makes its recommendation or request In what respect con- <br />struction of such project 'Would be in conflict with the purposes of this <br />Act and "'QuId nffeet the component and the values to be protected by <br />it undo< this Act. <br /> <br />." <br /> <br />:" <br /> <br />i' <br /> <br />A-10 <br />