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in Table 35 were undertaken.- One of these, H.R. 7815, would 

 have modified the authorization to construct the Cougar Dam by 

 providing that the city of Eugene finance and own the power- 

 generating facilities and share in the proportionate cost of the dam 

 and reservoir which could be appropriately allocated to power 

 development. Section 1 of the proposed legislation made provision 

 for the construction, operation, and maintenance of Cougar Dam 

 substantially in accordance with the plans contained in the compre- 

 hensive plan. Similarly, H.R. 8661 provided for authorizing the 

 construction of the Green Peter and White Bridge dams and reser- 

 voirs consistent with the plans proposed in the Corps' 308 report, 

 as amended; but it provided further that the power facilities be 

 undertaken by the proposed licensee — in this case, the Pacific Power 

 and Light Company. Also, the licensee would have been granted 

 ownership in the power-generating facilities,^ although the dam 

 and reservoirs would have remained in the possession of the federal 

 government. 



After these measures failed of passage, another attempt was 

 made.* The separate pieces of legislation for the Cougar, Green 

 Peter, and White Bridge reservoirs were combined into a single 

 bill with certain provisions modified. In this version of the pro- 

 posed co-operative arrangement, the nonfederal parties to the 

 agreement would have built the power facilities directly, or 

 advanced funds for their construction, and would have borne a 

 proportionate share of the joint cost of the reservoirs. They would 

 not have gained possession of the facilities,^ however. Moreover, 

 Section 4 of the proposed legislation authorized the Chief of Engi- 

 neers "to enter into agreements with the respective licensees for the 

 operation of the dams and reservoirs insofar as such operation 

 affects the production of power so as to secure tlie jnaximuni 

 multiple benefits frotn the operation of the darns and reservoirs 

 as set out in the comprehensive plan of ijnprovement for the 

 Willarnette. ..." [Italics added.] 



The proposed legislation would have permitted implementation 



^H.R. 7815, 83rd Congress, 2ird Session; and H.R. 8661, 83rd Congress, 2nd 

 Session. 



3 H.R. 8661, Section 2. 



* H.R. 4662, 84th Congress, 1st Session. 



'Compare Sections 3 and 2 of H.R. 8661 and H.R. 7185, Section 2 of H.R. 

 4662, op. cit. 



