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<br />COLORADO RIVER nAS~ FROJECr
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<br />operating ('ri~eriu. ()f see,tion .601 n,s b~ing i:uUy consistent with tho
<br />terms of the Colorlldo RIver compl1Ct; mcLudmg art.lOle III(e) thereof.
<br />The (IOllliuiUee wishes to empha.'3ize that the lu;ngua.ge in this section
<br />is noto.n tltt,uulet to interpl'etn:rticle 1Ill,e) of the Colorado River
<br />oomplt(~t; it simply places qualifications upon operations under article
<br />niCe). The successful negotiQ,tious between upper aud lower basin
<br />ropresentil,tives which produced these guidelines for tho Socrot,aryto
<br />follow in opemting ll'ed<ll'nl roservoirs under . article III (6) in the
<br />Oolorado River Basin may preclude costly litigt~tion in the future.
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<br />Section 602
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<br />. This section i-s included in the legislati.on in order 1,0 further protect
<br />the rights of tho upper basin to tho consumptive use of water a.p:por~
<br />tioned to it froUt the Oolorado Rivc:\r syst.em by the Colorado RIver
<br />eOlllpllct ngainst any dnirm; to the use of thatwl11,el' over either 11 short
<br />term or lOll~ t,onn by water users in the IJow(ll' Oolol'P,doRiver Basin.
<br />The committ,ee wants it, to be clcl\.l'Ly understood tbat the right of the
<br />UppelrBasin States to fully utilize the wtiter apportioned by the com~
<br />paetLo th. e upVer "basin ~lhlJJl M.t be., diminished, reduc.ed.or prejudiced
<br />oY,the t,empol'twy use by t,he 10wo1' hll.8in of presently unused upper
<br />baslO waters.
<br />Subsection (b) of sectdon tl02, which \VUS added t.o the legislation by
<br />committee amendrn.entprovides additional assurance to the Upper
<br />Ba.<;in Stlltos dlll,t theirrigbt$ under tJIC upper Colorado River compact
<br />are fully protected. . , '.'
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<br />Sef,,'tio-n 603 '. '
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<br />88ct,ion 603 isa statement of policy thnt, except, ns provided in this
<br />legislation, the Secretary, in constructing, opp':l'ating, and maintaining
<br />the units ofiha Oolorado River Basin project; lmthorized in this a.ct or
<br />to be authorizedo.s units of su,id projoct. in subsequent legislation, is
<br />governed by general FodernJ l'cc!amf1tion laws (32 Stat. 388, as
<br />l1Jnendad and supplemented), including t.he excess land.s provisions
<br />thoreof, and that this lo~isln,tion upon emi.ctlnent shall be a supple-
<br />ment to the reclnmo.tion llLWS,
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<br />Sect' bon {J04.
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<br />Subseet.ioll (0,) of section 604 spedfics tlll\t nothing in the legislntion
<br />i..8 to he construed as ch.unging in f1llY WI"Y the provisions of U,ppliCli.bJe
<br />interstat,e compacts, the internli.tional Mexican 'VVater Treatv, the
<br />Supreme Court dC0xee in Arizona v. Oab'jornia (376 U,S. 340), or,
<br />except asfrovided in this 1I,ot, the Boulder Oo,nyoll project Ac,h the
<br />J30uJdcl' Canyon Project Adi'usbnent Act, or th.e Colorado ltiver
<br />Storage Project Act, Slmilaro.nguoge appears in other acts that have
<br />been considered by the c.ommittee with respect to t,h8 Colorado River
<br />Basin.
<br />Under the h~~gu!l.ge of subsection (b) tIle SOC:'l'ctal'Y is directed to
<br />make reports wlth re~ard to the alllntlLl consurnpt1ve uses and losses
<br />of water from the Oolorado River sY8tel\lllt tho end of each syuooessive
<br />5-ycar pe!'iod 8t,u.l'tin~ on .October']t 1965. These l'oport.s lll':e to be
<br />j)l'opl1rcd mconsuItlltlOll wlth the baSH! Sttltes and the Upper Colorado
<br />River (}otll1nission, n.nd are to be transmittod to the Presid.ent; tbe
<br />OQng:re,~s, nnd to the Chl\'erllOl'S of the seven Cnlorado lUver Basin
<br />States. Under this pl'oeedure it should be possihle to secure the data
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