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P' . OOH2G ., CHARTER for MISSOURI BASIN INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE (March 1971 Revision) 1. INTRODUCTION - The Water Resources Planning Act of July 22, 1965, 79 Stat. 244, 42 U,S.C. ~ 1962 (1965), provided: "In order to meet the rapidly expanding demands for water throughout the Nation, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress to encourage the conservation, development, and utilization of water and related land resources of the United States on a comprehensive and coordinated basis by the Federal Government, States, localities, and private enterprise with the coopera- tion of all affected Federal agencies, States, local governments, individuals, corporations, bus iness enterprises, and others concerned. II Chapter VI of Title 18 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 19 Fed. Reg. 14716 (1966), explains the organization structure and procedures to be followed in administering the Water Resources Planning Act. Chapter VI provides that the Council may establish or continue already established regional committees to carry out assigned functions at field level. The existing committees as of that date included the Missouri Basin Inter-Agency Committee. On April 10, 1966, the President of the United States instructed the Chairman of the Water Resources Council to place Subcommittees and Field Committees, which had been operated under the Inter-Agency Committee on Water Resources, under the aegis of the Water Resources Council. On April 27, 1966, the Executive Director of the Water Resources Council advised Field Committees and Subcommittees of the Inter-Agency Committee on Water Resources to function in accordance with their present charters. He further advised that copies of minutes of meetings and records of other actions should be sent to the Council. The Missouri Basin Inter-Agency Committee was established by resolu- tion of the Federal Inter-Agency River Basin Committee March 29, 1945~ The charter was revised by the Inter-Agency Committee on Water Resources November 16, 1954. 2. PURPOSE - In order to facilitate progress in the program of water and related land resources, it is the purpose of this charter to provide in the Missouri Basin Region policies, programs, and activities of the Federal agencies and States located wholly or partially within the Missouri Basin Region, in the field of water and related land resources investigations, planning, construction, operation, and manage- ment of water and related land resources development. 3. ESTABLISHMENT (a). For this purpose the Missouri Bas in Inter-Agency