12. SPECIAL STATUTES DESIGNATING FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AS A PROJECT PURPOSE OR INCLUDING SPECIAL CONSERVATION PROVISIONS, OR BOTH

SEC. 201. The purpose of this title is—

(a) to provide for an integrated and cooperative investigation, study, and survey by a commission created pursuant to this title and composed of representatives of certain departments and agencies of the United States, and the State of Texas, in connection with, and in promotion of, the conservation, utilization, and development of the land and water resources of the Neches, Trinity, Brazos, Colorado, Guadalupe-San Antonio, Nueces and San Jacinto River Basins (and intervening areas) in the State of Texas in order to formulate a comprehensive and coordinated plan for

(1) flood control and prevention;

(2) domestic and municipal water supplies;

(3) the improvement and safeguarding of navigation; (4) the reclamation and irrigation of land, including drainage;

(5) possibilities of hydroelectric power and industrial development and utilization;

(6) soil conservation and utilization;

(7) forest conservation and utilization;

(8) preservation, protection, and enhancement of fish and wildlife resources;

(9) the development of recreation;

(10) salinity and sediment control;

(11) pollution abatement and the protection of public health; and

(12) such other beneficial and useful purposes not herein enumerated; and

(b) to formulate, within the time provided for in section 209 of this title, a basic, comprehensive, and integrated plan of development of the land water resources within the area described in this section for submission to, and consideration by, the President and the Congress, and to make recommendations, after adequate study, for executing and keeping current such plan. It is not the purpose of this title to create any continuing or permanent instrumentality of the Federal Government or to take from, or reassign, the duties and powers of any department or agency of

the United States represented on the Commission, except as herein provided in this title.

POLICY OF CONGRESS

SEC. 202. In carrying out the purposes of this title it shall be the policy of Congress to

(1) recognize and protect the rights and interests of the Stateof Texas in determining the development of the watersheds of the rivers herein mentioned and its interests and rights in water utilization and control, as well as the preservation and protection of established uses;

(2) protect existing and authorized projects and projects under construction whether public or private;

(3) utilize the services, studies, surveys, and continuing investigational programs of the departments, bureaus, and agencies of the United States.

(4) recognize an important body of existing Federal law affecting the public lands, irrigation, reclamation, flood control, grazing, geological survey, national parks, mines, and minerals;

(5) to recognize the primary responsibilities of the State of Texas and local interests in such State in developing water supplies for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other purposes and that the Federal Government should participate and cooperate with such State and local interests in developing such water supplies in connection with the construction, maintenance, and operation of Federal navigation, flood control, irrigation, or multiple purpose projects.

ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION

SEC. 203. (a) In order to carry out the purposes of this title, there is hereby established a commission to be known as the United States Study Commission on the Neches, Trinity, Brazos, Colorado, Guadalupe-San Antonio, Nueces, and San Jacinto River Basins and intervening areas (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission").

SEC. 207. In the formulation of a comprehensive and coordinated plan or plans for (a) the control, conservation, and utilization of the waters of the Neches, Trinity, Brazos, Colorado, Guadalupe-San Antonio, Nueces, and San Jacinto River Basins (and intervening areas), (b) conservation and development of the land resources of such area; (c) flood control, navigation, reclamation, agriculture purposes, power, recreation, fish and wildlife, and (d) such other needs as are set forth in paragraph (a) of the first section of this title, the Commission shall

(1) seek to secure maximum public benefits for the State of Texas and the Nation consistent with the specific directions contained in section 208 and elsewhere in this title;

(2) utilize the services, studies, surveys, and reports of existing Government agencies and shall encourage the completion of

such current and additional studies and investigations by such agencies as will further the purposes of this title, and such agencies are authorized to cooperate within the limits of available funds and personnel to the end that the Commission may carry out its functions as expeditiously as possible;

(3) take into consideration the financial, physical, and economic benefits of existing and prospective Federal works constructed or to be constructed consistent with the purposes of this title:

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2. RIVER BASINS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES

Act of August 28, 1958 (72 Stat. 1090)

SURVEY OF CERTAIN RIVER BASINS

SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is—

(a) to provide for an integrated and cooperative investigation, study, and survey by a commission created pursuant to this Act and composed of representatives of certain departments and agencies of the United States, and of certain States enumerated in this section, in connection with, and in promotion of, the conservation, utilization, and development of the land and water resources of the Savannah, Altamaha, Saint Marys, Apalachicola-Chattahoochee, and Perdido-Escambia River Basins (and intervening areas) in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama in order to formulate a comprehensive and coordinated plan for

(1) flood control and prevention;

(2) domestic and municipal water supplies;

(3) the improvement and safeguarding of navigation; (4) the reclamation and irrigation of land, including drainage;

(5) possibilities of hydroelectric power and industrial development and utilization;

(6) soil conservation and utilization;

(7) forest conservation and utilization;

(8) preservation, protection, and enhancement of fish and wildlife resources;

(9) the development of recreation;

(10) salinity and sediment control;

(11) pollution abatement and the protection of public health; and

(12) such other beneficial and useful purposes not herein enumerated: and

(b) to formulate, within the time provided for in section 9 of this Act, a basic, comprehensive and integrated plan of development of the land and water resources within the area described in this section for submission to, and consideration by, the President and the Congress, and to make recommendations, after adequate study, for executing and keeping current such plan. It is not the purpose of this Act to create any continuing or permanent instrumentality of the Federal Government or to take from, or reassign, the duties and powers of any department or agency of the United States represented on the Commission, except as herein provided in this Act.