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<br />0031?? <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Or H. R. 3300 WAS REPORTED ouT O~ THE INTERIOR AND INSULAR ArFAIRS COMMITTE~ OF THE HOUSE; <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />AND, THERErORE, NO VOTE ON ANY CAP LEGISLATION BY THE HOUSE or REPReSENTATIYES WAS POSSIBLE. <br /> <br />THIS, IN TORN, PRECLUDED CONGRESSIONAL PASSAGE OF CAP LEGISLATION IN THE FIRST SESSION OF <br /> <br />THE 90TH CONGRESS. <br /> <br />SINCE NO LEGISLATION FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE COLORADO RIVER BASIN PRO~ECT OR ~OR THE <br /> <br />lIBARE..eONEslI CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT 'WAS PASSe:O DURING THE YEAR, IT SEEMS UNNtCESSARY TO <br /> <br />COMMENT ON THE MANY VARIED AND COMPLEX PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN OFFERED 06.5 POSSIBLE SOLU- <br /> <br />liONS TO THE COLORADO RIVER PROBLEM. <br /> <br />SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT EFFORTS TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCES <br /> <br />ARE CONTINUING; NEW AMENDMENTS TO THE LEGISLATION UNDER CONSIDERATION ARE BEING DRAfTED AND <br /> <br />DISCUSSED; AND POLITICAL STRATEGY TO PERMIT COMPROMISES ACCEPTABLE TO All INTERESTS IN BEING <br /> <br />PLANNED. <br /> <br />.; <br /> <br />WHEN THE srCOND SESSION OF THE 90TH CONGRESS CONVENES IN JANUARY 1968, IT IS HOPED <br /> <br />THAT THE LABORIOUS EFFORTS OF TH~ MANY DEDICATED NEGOTIATORS AND lEGISLATORS WILL BEAR FRUIT <br /> <br />IN THE FORM Or AN ACT FOR THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT. HOPEFULLY, IT WILL BE AN ACT <br /> <br />THAT WILL PERMIT ARIZONA TO HAVE THE PROJECT SHE NEEDS; Will PROTECT THE RIGHTrUL USES cF <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER WATER BY ALL SEVEN OF THE BASIN STATES; AND WILL LEAD TO FULL, BENt~ICIAL USE <br /> <br />OF THE I.AND AND WATER RESOURCES Of" THE WEST. <br /> <br />MUCH TIME AND EFFORT BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MANAGEMENT, AND LEGAL COUNSEL WAS <br /> <br />CONSUMED DURING THE YEAR IN THE CONSIDERATION OF THE POW~R INTERFERENCE CONTRACT PROPOSED <br /> <br />By THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION IN APRIL 1965. <br /> <br />LAST YEAR'S ANNUAL REPORT RELATtD THE SEQU~NCE <br /> <br />OF EVENTS lEADING UP TO THE CONSIDERAllON OF ALTERNATIVE rORMULAS PROPOSED BY THE BUREAU <br /> <br />AND BY THE DISTRICT FOR COMPUTING POWER INTERrERENCE AND EXCESS PUMPING COSTS. <br /> <br />IT PROVED <br /> <br />TO BE A TRQUBLESOME AND DIFFICULT TASK TO FIND A BASIS FOR COMPUTING THESE COSTS IN A MANNER <br /> <br />SATISFACTORY TO BOTH AGENCIES. <br /> <br />-29- <br />