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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

100 STAT. 4230 80 Stat. 1419. 42 USC 1962d-5. 90 Stat. 2932.

80 Stat. 1419. Reports. Texas. Oklahoma.

PUBLIC LAW 99-662—NOV. 17, 1986

of 1966 is amended by striking out "$46,400,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$177,600,000". (b) Section 201 of the Flood Control Act of 1970, as amended by section 153 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1976, is amended by striking out the last sentence under the heading "ARKANSAS-RED RIVER BASIN" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Construction shall not be initiated on any element of such project involving the Arkansas River Basin until such element has been approved by the Secretary of the Army. The chloride control projects for the Red River Basin and the Arkansas River Basin shall be considered to be authorized as separate projects with separate authority under section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1966. (c) Construction of remaining elements of the project involving the Red River Basin shall be initiated in accordance with the recommendations regarding general design memorandum numbered 25 by the director of civil works on behalf of the Chief of Engineers, dated August 8, 1977. Such construction shall commence upon transmittal of a report to the Secretary and to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives of a favorable finding of the effectiveness of the operation of area VIII, to be made by a panel consisting of representatives of the United States Geological Survey and the Texas Water Commission, a person selected by the National Academy of Sciences, and two other qualified persons to be appointed by the Secretary with the concurrence of the governors of Texas and Oklahoma. The panel shall assess the improvement in water quality downstream of area VIII to determine its consistency with the water quality assumed in the development of project benefits in the economic reanalysis of the project completed in November 1980. Such report shall be submitted to the Secretary and to such committees no later than three years after the date area VIII commences operation. Cost sharing for construction on the Red River Basin project initiated under this section shall be the same as the cost sharing for area VIII of the project. SEC. 1108. ST. JOHN'S RIVER BASIN. MAINE.

Research and development.

Appropriation authorization.

42 USC

1962d-20.

(a) The Secretary is authorized to implement a program of research in order to demonstrate the cropland irrigation and conservation techniques described in the report issued by the New England division engineer, dated May 1980, for the Saint John River Basin, Maine. The non-Federal share of the cost of such program shall be 35 percent. (b) For the purposes of this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $1,825,000 for fiscal year 1988, $820,000 for fiscal year 1989, and $785,000 for fiscal year 1990, such sums to remain available until expended. SEC. 1109. PROHIBITION ON GREAT LAKES DIVERSIONS.

(a) The Congress finds and declares that— (1) the Great Lakes are a most important natural resource to the eight Great Lakes States and two Canadian provinces, providing water supply for domestic and industrial use, clean energy through hydropower production, an efficient transportation mode for moving products into and out of the Great Lakes region, and recreational uses for millions of United States and Canadian citizens;