Download or read book Water Resources Planning Act of 1961 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers. S. 2246, the Water Resources Planning Act of 1961, to establish a Federal Water Resources Council to provide grants and guidelines for river basin development programs and to establish regional river basin commissions to coordinate Federal-state and Federal-local water resource development. S. 1629, the Water Resources Planning Act of 1961, to provide Federal aid to states for water resource development planning. S. 1778, the Public Works Planning Act of 1961, to establish a Federal Water Resources Planning Board to review, approve, and allocate funds for state water resource development proposals.