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'oobn -5- tions o.s muy now bo reruirod. to "void int,el"rupting the progressive devel- opment of the State, wore l1llIde by the Bul"cau of ReelllJlllltion when on June 6. 1944. all those pl"ojeots tho.t appeo.red. fl'om pending e.nd oompleted in- vestigo.tions. to be most needed. feasible and eoonomically justified, Vlere recommended tc Ccngress fer postwar oonstruotion in Colorado. 13. The major intrnstnte problems that oonfrent Colorndo nre those involving divel'sions fl"cm the Colorado Rivel' Bo.sin for use in ot~ar sec- tions of the state. TheDe are ereatod by the unoqunl distribution of land nnd water resources over Colorndo. - 70 pol'oent of the wo.ter resources of the Stnte being in the Coloro.do River Basin, v.est of the Continental Divide, whereas that b~sin contnina but 26 percent of the irrigated lo.oos and but 5 percent of the nrable lands awniting reolamation by irrigation in Colo- ro.do. The polioy of the Stnte of Colorado. with respeot to export diver- sions from the Colorado RiveI' Bnsin. is expl"essed in the Colorado lInter Conservanoy Distriot Law (Seo. 13. Session Laws of 1937, as amended), which provides thats (a) Any works or faoi1ities planned or designed for the exporta- tion of vIa tel' fran the natural basin of the Colorado River and its tribu- taries in Colorado shall be subjeot to the provisions of the Colorado Ri- ver Compnot and the Boulder Canyon Projeot Mt, as wnendedl (b) My such works or facilities shall be designed, construoted and operated in suoh a manner that the present appropriations of water, and in addition thereto prospective uses of water for il'rigation and other bonefic ial oonsumptive-use purpo ses. ino lUding oonsumpti ve uses for domes- tic, mining and industrial purposes, within the natural basin of the Colo- rado River in the Stnte of Colorado from whioh the wnter is exportod, will not be impaired nor inoreasod in cost at the expense of water users \"ithin the said mtural basin, and, (0) The facilitios o.nd other monns for the aocomplishment of said purpose shall be inoorporntod in, and made a part of, any projeot plans for the exportation of water from said natural bnsin in Colorado. Undor tho said poliey of tho Stato of Colorado the intrastate pl'ohlomo inoidont to oxportations from the Colorado River Basin are be- inG solved as repidly as the detailod investigations and projeot reports are completed by the Bureau of Reo lronation. Colorado points out that the recent reorganization of the Bureau of Reclamation has delayed the oompletion of project investiGationsl that the bounrJnrios of reGions now estnblished. thOUGh helpful to Stntes such as Utah and California, inas- much as tl:e Salt Lake and Boulder City offices ho.ve oharge of the areas involved in both the points of diversion and the plaoes of use of such e::portationB I are o.dverBc to devolopments in Colorado. inasmuch as the stnte and its citiZens are required to doal with the Salt Lake office. in char e;o of the Colorado River l3asin, and Wi th the Denver and limarillo offioes. in oharge of river basins in Colorado east of tho Continental Divide; and thllt the Report on tho Colorado River Basin shows the esti- matod costs and potential depletions of oxportation projeots under in- vestigntion by the Denver and Amarillo offices, bu'l, doos not report the