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2146 At its meeting on April 6, 1966, the Board approvcd new language concerning the sizing of the Central Arizona Aqueduct. It also endorscd a proposed provision that water users in Nevada would not be required to bear shortages greater th'1I1 would have been imposed in the absencc of the water shortage provisions of H.R. 4671. Hearings on H.R. 4671 were resumed before the Subc;'llIl1ittee on Irrigation and Reclamation Oil Mal' 9 and concluded olll'vlav 18, 1966. The bill U\{der consideration. Comn;ittee Print No. 19, dated April 25, 1966. incorporated the changes agreed to by the seven Colorado River Basin States after the August 1905 hearings. Principal changes from the September 20, 1905. draft were as follows: 1. Size of CelUral Arizona Project Central Arizona unit to be of such size as to provide for an average annual diversion not to exceed one million two hundred thousand acre-feet of Colorado River water. 2. Upper Basi1l Projects Numher of projects that would be aurhor- ized for construction reduced from 14 to 5 (Animas-La Plata. Dolores. D"lbs Creek, '"Vest Divide, San Miguel). Planning reportS authorized for the nine other projects. 3. Reser'voir Operating Criteria Secretan' of the Interior to promulgatc cri- teria for coordinated long-range operation of reservoirs, such criteria to follow specified orders of priority for storage in and relcasc of water from Lake Powell. The staffs of the Colorado River Board, Departmenr of \Vater Resources and Attor- ney General collaborated on a joint statement which W,IS presented at the Ma~' hearings by Northentt Ely, Special Counsel to the Colo- rado Rivcr Board and Special Assistant At- romeI' General, vVesley E. Steincr, Deput\' Director of the Department of "'Vater Re- sources, and Dalbs E. Cole, Chief Engineer of the Board. The statement pointed o~,t thc man~' compromises rhat were made to ac- commodate thc interests and needs of the Upper Basin and the Pacific Northwest, and concluded: "C;llifornia helic\'es [Iut H.R. -ffli J. as no\\ pre- sented, represenr~ :1 fair b:lbncing of [ocal, rc- gional. and national interests in rhe development of the resources of the ColorJdo River Basin. "As hetween the Central ArizonJ unit <lnd the existing projects in the three Lower Division states, the hill Jft'ords f-air protection to existing investments while authorizing the ncw project needed h~' Arizona, and hrings to a peaceful end 44 yeilrS of controversy. "As hetween the Lower Uivision .md the Up- per Di\"ision stHes of the Colorado Ri\"er Basin, it offers an equitable coordination of the opera- tion of Glcn Can\'on and HoO\'cr resen'oirs, a f:1ir h:llaT1cing of the urgent present needs of the Lower Basin with reussunmce of a re;lsonable re- serve for the future performance of the Upper Basin's Compact obligations so as to Jvoid the sacrificing of consumptivc uses in the Upper States. "As between the \\'uter-shorr Colorado River Basin and the ;1re;)5 of surplus in other river ha- sins, our bill offers sweeping priorit~. protection to the potential Jreas :wd states of origin, of which California 1ll:1\' \\"ell be one. "As to the n:ltional interests, the hill offers the sLlhilization of the ccanom\" of seven desert states w~ich Jte dependent on the inadequate sup- plies in the Color.ldo Ri\'er, on tetms which are fair [0 the Treasun'. "Tn reaching this compromise, each of the seven States, including California, h3S made con- ces'iiol1s, and each of them, induding Californi:l. as well as the Nation it~clf, st.mds to l)enefi"t from the common good which this bill is designed [0 ad\':mce. "California reconllllends fa\'of:lble consideration oi the bill." The subcommittee on June 27, 1966, reported to the full committee the proposed Colorado River Basin Project Bill, H.R. 4671, as amended (Committee Print No. 24), by a vote of 13 to 5 with all live California congressmcn on the sub- committee voting in favor of the bill. Maior provisions of thc bill as approved h~' the Subcommittec are epitomized as follows: 1. 11l.vestigatio1/S and Planning. The Secretary of the Interior, jn conform- it.\. with the principles. standards and pro- cedures cstablished by the national "Vatcr Re- sources Council would be authorized to il1vcsti~atc sources of water [() meet current and a';ticipated water requirements of the Southwcst (Colorado River Basin plus por- tions of Kans,ls and Texas); [0 prepare recon- naissance reports on a staged plan to meet these requiremcllts; and to preparc a feasibilitv report Oil the first stage of such plan. The fir~t 13