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THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT 17 001801 This section also specifically provides that- Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to alter, amend, repeal, construe, interpret, mod.ify,or be in conflict with the provisions of the Oolorado River compact, the Upper Oolorado River Basin compact, the Act of April 11, 1956 (Oolorado River Storage Project Act) (70 Stat. 105), the treaty with the United Mexican States (Treaty Series 994), the opinion and any decree entered by the Supreme Oourt of the United States in Arizona again.st Oalifornia (373 U.S, 456), or, except as otherwise provided herein, the Boulder Oanyon Project Act (45 Stat. 1057) or the Boulder Oanyon Adjustmen.t Act (54 Stat. 774). Section 109 Section 109 establishes the Oolorado-Pacific Regional Water Oom- mission, composed of State and Federal representatives to act in an advisory capacity to the Secretary of the Interior particularly on plan- ning under section 103. The great Pacific Southwest stands on. the threshold of an era which can be marked by cooperation among the States concerned and the United States or by a continuation of the quarrels of more than half a century, We believe,asOommissioner of Reclamation Dominy stated to the subcommittee in hearings on August 27, 1963: * * * we should quit acting like a bunch of bears around the honeypot and assuming this is the only feed we are ever going to get and divide up what is there rationally and all of us eat from it with the assumption that there is going to be more brought in when we are hungry, that we can do it. We have the know-how, the engineering competence, and the imagination necessary to keep this fastest growing area in the whole Southwest developing and keep the water supply available as it is needed. There is no question in my mind but what this can be done. TITLE II-SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER SUPPLY UNIT Seetion 201 This section provides that the Secretary shall construct, operate, and maintain the southern Nevada water supply unit to provide water from Lake Mead for distribution for muniCipal and industrial purposes in Olark Oounty, Nev. The need of Olark Oounty, in which the city of Las Vegas is located, for a supplemental supply of water for municipal and industrial purposes is acute, The cost of this unit is fully reim- bursable with interest except construction cost allocable to the furnishing of a water supply to Nellis Air Force Base and other defense installations in the county. ,. *s. Rept. 1830, 8S-2-.- 8