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CONMPTROLLEI GiNERAL, F THE UNITEI !3TATC.S
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8-159126
March 22,
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The Honorable George Miller
House of Representatives
Dear Mr. Miller:
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r'You recently asked, our vie~ws, on sveveral qostIons petlnin to
otton production by California a3rvners.who0iltqa ,rrigatlonilwater]
pursup4 to ontracts with the Bureau of Reclamation, iepartment of
the Interior, In particular, you ask about the statutory'prohibition on
the delivery of water to irrigators who produce surplus vrops on reclaina'
tion projects.
Mr, John Lawrence, of your staff, haq Inforniod us, that in 0rder
to expedite our reply, and in view of imminent congressional hear.as
antIntonb public interest in this matter, it would be acceptable tQ
limit our response to the production of surplus cotton In the San Ltts
Unit, Central Valley Project, California, It was aIreed that in vidw
of the extremely limited time available to this Office, we would not
obtain commnwts from the Dopartment of the Intetlor, which is our
usual policy,
The Act ofJune 3, 1960, Pub, L. No,
authorized the Secretary of the interior to
of the Central Valley Project, California.
B6-480, 74,Stat, 156,
'onstruct the San Lmis Unit
Section l(b),thereof provides
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No water provided by the Federal SanLuis unit
shall be delivo'fed in the Federal Sktn LUiS service t',vea
to any w, ater u er for the productiod on ndwly' irrigipd
lands of, any balic agricultural comr iidity, as define.d
in the Agriculttial Act of 1949, or ahy amendment th,%reof,
if the total supply pf such comrnmodity's estimated by Whe
Secretary of Agr culture for the marketing year in whch
the bulk of.the crop would normally be9.uarketed and which
will be in excess bf the normal supply ias defined in sec-
tion 301(b)(10) of the Agricultural Adjustnent Act of 1938,
as amended, unles'i the Secretary calls for n increase
in production of such commodity in the interest of
national security. ,, III
Basic agricultural ctmnmodities are defied by
Agricultural Act of 1949,.ch1 792, Act of Octotier 31,
1056 (7 U. S. C. § 1423(c)), as corn, cotton, peanuts,
wheat.
sectior 408(c) of the
1949, 63 Stat. 1051,
rico, tobacco, an d. L
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