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<br />MINORITY VIEWS
<br />
<br />We can well sympathh:e with the people of Arizona and their Sena-
<br />tors in their efforts to obtain supplemental water for an expanding
<br />economy. As Senators from Western States we are all keenly aware
<br />of the necessity of an adequate water supply to the economic well-
<br />being of a community. Nevertheless. we feel compelled to oppose the
<br />enactment of this bill unless the fOllowing amendment is adopted:
<br />On page 16, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following new
<br />section:
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<br />SEC. 104. (a) The projects and works authorized by this
<br />Act shall be operated so that no waters shall be diverted
<br />or used by means of the project works which, together with
<br />all other waters used in or diverted from the Colorado River
<br />System" as such system as defined in article 11(a) of the
<br />Colorado River compact (46 Stat. 3000) for use in or the
<br />benefit of the lower basin" as such basin is defined in article
<br />II(g) of said compact, will cause to be exceeded in any year
<br />the total beneficial consumptive use allocated to the lower
<br />basin under article III ofthe compact; and all contracts en-
<br />tered into for the delivery of water from or by means of the
<br />projects authorized by this Act shall embody the provisions
<br />of this limitation.
<br />(b) In computing the quantity of beneficial consumptive
<br />use of water in the lower basin, as such quantity is defined
<br />and limited by article III (a), (b), and (c) of the Colorado
<br />River compact, the Secretary of the Interior is directed to
<br />include all diversions or uses of water from the Colorado
<br />River system less such return flows as are usable and avail-
<br />able for further use under compact or treaty allocations,
<br />evaporation from any and all Colorado River system reser-
<br />voirs constructed in or for the benefit of the lower basin, and
<br />any other uses which are chargeable to the activities of man
<br />in the lower basin.
<br />(c) Beginning with the first day of October next succeed-
<br />ing the delivery of water from any of the projects authorized
<br />by this Act, and for every full year ending on the last day
<br />of September thereafter, the Secretary shall prepare and de-
<br />liver to the Governors of the States of Arizona, California,
<br />Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, an an-
<br />nual accounting of the water uses in the lower basin as herein
<br />defined.
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<br />Renumber the remaining sections accordingly.
<br />The necessity of this amendment, which the committee declined to
<br />adopt, stems from the fact that there has been little or no attempt
<br />to properly account for water uses in the lower basin. A further com-
<br />plication arises from the assertion of Arizona in Arizona v. California
<br />(373 U.S. 546) that the waters of the Gila River are not subject to
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