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Authorizing Authorities for the Federal Dams in the Columbia River Basin


AuthorityCitationsLegislative HistoryStatutesText of Bills
Dam Authorized Operator Authorizing Authority
Black Canyon 1902 BOR PL# 57-161, 32 Stat. 388
Boise River Div. 1902 BOR PL# 57-161, 32 Stat. 388
Minidoka 1902 BOR PL# 57-161, 32 Stat. 388,
PL#61-289, 36 Stat. 836
Anderson Ranch 1902 BOR PL# 57-161, 32 Stat. 388,
PL# 76-260, 53 Stat. 1187
Bonneville 1935 USCE PL# 73-67, 48 Stat. 195
Grand Coulee 1937 BOR 16 U.S.C. 835 (1994),
PL# 43-8, 57 Stat. 14,
PL# 74-409, 49 Stat. 1028, 1040
Big Cliff 1938 USCE PL# 75-761, 52 Stat. 1215, 1222
Detroit 1938 USCE PL# 75-761, 52 Stat. 1215, 1222
Cougar 1938 USCE PL# 75-761, 52 Stat. 1215, 1222
Green Peter 1938 USCE PL# 75-761, 52 Stat. 1215, 1222
Foster 1938 USCE PL# 75-761, 52 Stat. 1215, 1222
Lookout Point 1938 USCE PL# 75-761, 52 Stat. 1215, 1222,
PL# 81-516, 64 Stat. 163, 179
Dexter 1938 USCE PL# 75-761, 52 Stat. 1215, 1222,
PL# 81-516, 64 Stat. 163, 179
Hills Creek 1938 USCE PL# 75-761, 52 Stat. 1215, 1222,
PL# 81-516, 64 Stat. 163, 179
Hungry Horse 1939 BOR 43 U.S.C. 593a (1994),
PL# 76-260, 53 Stat. 1187,
PL# 78-329, 58 Stat. 270, 271
Palisades 1939 BOR PL# 76-260, 53 Stat. 1187,
PL# 81-864, 64 Stat. 1083
Roza 1939 USCE Pres. Franklin Roosevelt pursuant to
PL# 61-289, 36 Stat. 835, and
PL# 68-292, 43 Stat. 672, 701
Ice Harbor 1945 USCE PL# 79-14, 59 Stat. 10, 21
Lower Monumental 1945 USCE PL# 79-14, 59 Stat. 10, 21
Little Goose 1945 USCE PL# 79-14, 59 Stat. 10, 21
Lower Granite 1945 USCE PL# 79-14, 59 Stat. 10, 21
McNary 1945 USCE PL# 79-14, 59 Stat. 10, 22
Chief Joseph 1946 USCE PL# 79-525, 60 Stat. 634, 637
Chandler 1948 BOR PL# 80-629, 62 Stat. 382
Albeni Falls 1950 USCE PL# 81-516, 64 Stat. 163, 178
John Day 1950 USCE PL# 81-516, 64 Stat. 163, 179
The Dalles 1950 USCE PL# 81-516, 64 Stat. 163, 179
Libby 1950 USCE PL# 81-516, 64 Stat. 163, 179
Dworshak
(formerly Bruces Eddy)
1962 USCE PL# 87-874, 76 Stat. 1173, 1193

ACRONYMS:
PL# = Public Law No.
USCE = U.S. Corps of Engineers
BOR = Bureau of Reclamation

 

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Updated July 29, 2005 by BPA Communications, 503-230-5289.