<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.
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