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<br />-, <br /> <br />.'.' <br /> <br />Du19JO <br /> <br />-?9- <br />In the heElrin:.::s on the Gila Reauthorization Bill before <br />the Hous e Cor:1. '.i tt ee on Irrigation ancl ReclaQation, California <br />still persisted, in spite of the opinion of the SuprG;ne Court of <br />the United States in 29~ U. 3, 341, to stlte that the million <br />acre-feet of rII(b) '.vater "as unai,~;ortioned ane1 hence l'art of the <br />sl.1rph\s, in "hich California C oulll, have an interest, not"i th- <br />standing the ,)rovisions of the Cplifornia Self-Limitation statute. <br />Californie. also presented its cr~~"ent th~t resl.1ltinc depletion <br />of the Colorae10 River vas not the proper ~:ethod of measuring <br />beneficial concumptive use of the 1'Tater as betl'Teen States, and <br />further precented its ar::;ument that California Rhouldnot bear <br />its proportionate share of the reservoir losses cal1sed by the <br />storage of Hater for its benefit. <br />In 1946 shortly after the hearinc;s on the Gila Reauthoriza- <br />tion Bill, California iri thc1re',~ fro", the C01nli ttees of 14 [end 16, <br />iJhich for llanO' years hacl .)een the foruw for (1iscussion of the <br />Colorado River matterrJ bet1Teen the States of the basin; 8,nd <br />California s everee1 e1ij.llo::Jatic relations ' lith the States of the, <br />basin, The n2me of the COD;',i ttee l\1'aS che.nged to the Colorado <br />River 3asin States Co.',J;ittee. Shortly thereafter, llevada <br />follouee1 Ce.liforni2- by "i thdrmring from the Co: id ttee severing <br />diplomat1c relations -,-;1 th the rer.,ainins fi ve States of Arizona, <br />Colorado, ':yor.:inC, Utah, and l:eu :~ezico. <br />It "as true thc.,t fro:, F)33 to 1937, l1hen the Colorado River <br />Boare~ of Cc,lifornia "!I:'R creElt ed, th2,t Southern Cnlifornia men <br />re~:'resentinc one or 2-nother of the California agencies of <br />