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of the Army may deem necessary. No use of any area to which this section applies shall be permitted which is inconsistent with the laws for the protection of fish and game of the State in which such area is situated. All moneys received by the United States for leases or privileges shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. (As amended Oct. 23, 1962, title II, § 207, 76 Stat. 1195.)

AMENDMENTS

1962.-Pub. L. 87-874 substituted references to water resource development projects for references to reservoir areas wherever appearing, and authorized the Chief of Engineers to permit the construction, maintenance, and operation of facilities by local interests.

1964 The words "without charge" were deleted by the Land
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 897,
899).

F. Wildlife conservation at water resource projects under the

jurisdiction of Secretary of the Army

Act of June 20, 1938 (52 Stat. 802; 33 U.S.C. 540)

INVESTIGATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS; CONTROL BY DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

SECTION 1. Federal investigations and improvements of rivers, harbors, and other waterways shall be under the jurisdiction of and shall be prosecuted by the Department of the Army under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, except as otherwise specifically provided by Act of Congress, which said investigations and improvements shall include a due regard for wildlife conservation. (June 20, 1938, ch. 535, § 1, 52 Stat. 802.)

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G. Fishways at river and harbor projects

Act of August 11, 1888 (25 Stat. 425; 33 U.S.C. 608)

CONSTRUCTION OF FISHWAYS

SEC. 11. Whenever river and harbor improvements shall be found to operate (whether by lock and dam or otherwise), as obstructions to the passage of fish, the Secretary of the Army may, in his discretion, direct and cause to be constructed practical and sufficient fishways, to be paid for out of the general appropriations for the streams on which such fishways may be constructed. (Aug. 11, 1888, ch. 860, § 11, 25 Stat. 425.)

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H. Kinzua Dam project re relocation and rehabilitation of Seneca Nation

Act of August 31, 1964 (78 Stat. 738)

PAYMENT

SECTION 1. In furtherance of the Allegheny Reservoir project authorized by the Flood Control Acts of June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1215), August 18, 1941 (55 Stat. 638), and December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 889), payment shall be made as hereinafter set forth in this Act to the Seneca Nation and to the individual Seneca Indians for such easements, interests in land and other property within the Allegany Indian Reservation, more particularly described in section 14 of this Act, as have been taken for the construction, operation, and maintenance of said project.

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SEC. 9. The Seneca Nation shall have the right to use and occupy the taking area of the Allegheny Reservoir project within the Allegheny Reservation for all purposes not inconsistent with the interests in land acquired by the United States as set forth in section 1 of this Act, including, but not limited to, the right to lease such lands for farming and grazing purposes to members or nonmembers of the nation, the power to dispose of all minerals reserved under sec. 6 of this Act, the right to hunt and fish on such lands, and to license hunting and fishing by nonmembers of the nation and the right to regulate access to the shoreline of the reservoir: Provided, That public access to the shoreline shall be provided and no charge shall be made to the public therefor: And provided further, That the use by the public of the water areas of the Allegheny Reservoir project shall be pursuant to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe.

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I. Big Bend Dam and Reservoir project re Lower Brule Sioux

Reservation

Act of October 3, 1962 (76 Stat. 698)

LAND ACQUISITION

SECTION 1. In furtherance of the Big Bend Dam and Reservoir project authorized by the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, 891)—

(a) The entire interest, including gravel but excluding the interest in oil, gas, and all other minerals of any nature whatsoever, in approximately 14,299.03 acres of land within the taking area described in this Act in the Lower Brule Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, in which the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe or individual Indians have a trust or restricted interest, and any interest the tribe or Indians may have within the bed of the Missouri River so far as it is within the boundaries of the reservation are hereby taken by the United States for the Big Bend Dam and Reservoir project on the Missouri River, and in consideration thereof and for trust or restricted lands heretofore acquired by the United States in condemnation proceedings for the Big Bend project the United States will pay to the tribe and the individual Indian owners, out of funds available for the Big Bend Dam and Reservoir project

(1) a sum aggregating $825,000, to be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of schedules prepared pursuant to section 2(b) of this Act; and

(2) the amount of $400,715, which shall be in settlement of all claims, rights, and demands of the tribe and individual Indians arising out of the taking under this Act, to be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of section 2 hereof.

(b) Upon a determination by the Secretary of the Army, within two years from the date of enactment of this Act, filed among the appropriate land records of the Department of the Interior, that any of the lands described in this Act are not required for Big Bend project purposes, title to such land shall be revested in the former owner.

GRAZING; HUNTING AND FISHING

SEC. 10. Subject to the right of the United States to occupy, use, and control trust and restricted lands acquired by this Act and heretofore acquired in condemnation action civil numbered 335 for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Big Bend Dam and Reservoir project pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944, approved December 22, 1944, and amendatory laws, as determined necessary by the Secretary of the Army adequately to serve said purposes, the Lower Brule

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