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<br />o ~ 0,1 <br />National Watei Commission Act (5. 20) <br /> <br />On January 11, 1967, Senat<;>r Henry Jackson <br />of the State of Washington with 33 other sena- <br />tors as cosponsors introd?c~d S. 20, the proposed <br />National Water CommIssion Act (90th Con- <br />eress). This bill would provide for a seven-man <br />~ommission appointed by the President by and <br />with the advice and consent of the Senate; such <br />appointees would be from among areas o?ts.ide <br />the Federal Government. The ComnusslOn <br />would review water resource problems and pro- <br />grams on a nationwide basis. On February 6, <br />1967, the Senate passed the bill without amend- <br />ment. <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />Following hearings by the House Interior Sub- <br />committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, the <br />full committee approved S. 20, as amended, on <br />June 8,1967, and subsequently the House passed <br />the measure. Of significance was one House- <br />approved amendment which d~leted language <br />providing for Senate confirmanon of the al:- <br />pointment of commission members by the PresI- <br />dent. Other amendments were of minor impor- <br />tance. As of the close of the 1st session of the <br />90th Congress, S. 20 was still awaiting action by <br />a conference committee. <br /> <br />'i <br />