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<br />157 <br /> <br />of the current session introduced by Mr. Saylor of the <br />Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. In SEC I there <br />occurs the following: <br /> <br />(2) Where a river basin program approved or auth- <br />orized by law includes the construction, by <br />the ~ecretary of the Interior or any of his sub- <br />ordinates, of a number of integral physical units, <br />each of which can be used independently for irrigation <br />or reclamation even though planned for ultimate use in <br />conjunction with other units, and a specific amount of <br />money is authorized by law to be appropriated for the <br />partial accomplishment of the program but no limit <br />has been fixed by law on the amount which may be ap- . <br />propriated to accomplish the entire program, each such <br />integral unit shall be considered a separate reclamation <br />proj ect. <br /> <br />If this' Bill were to become a law the paragraph quoted <br />above would cut out entirely all of the_par~icipating <br />projects mentioned in the bill idroduced to authorize the <br />Upper Colorado River Storage Project. <br /> <br />The remainder of H. R. 2220 is legislation aimed at <br />the prevention of reclamation projects from exceeding any <br />estimated costs, and to this, I expect, we can say "Arnen." <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The first section, however, will, without doubt, work a <br />decided hardship on basin~wide projects. "Mr. Saylor, I find, <br />is from Pennsylvania and the general tenor of his bill <br />indicates that he is pretty well fed up on irrigatio~ <br />projects. <br /> <br />Sincerely yours, <br /> <br />IVAN C. CRAWFORD <br />Director <br /> <br />Mr. Breitenstein made the following statement: "~he idea <br />that 'every unit is a project by itself is a matter which <br />concerns our entire program. If this were true, the .same <br />thing would apply to the Colorado Big Thompson, and with <br />the Arkansas. If every unit is a project in itself we <br />better start allover on our water program. I <br />think the Board has committed itself on numerous occasions <br />that the income from power should be used. If we are going <br />to stay with that idea we should let Congress know about it. <br />Ort the question of subsidy the basic idea is out in the <br />open. We have gone into the question of ,hidden. subsidies <br />in the past. If out in the open, there 1S noth1ng wrong <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />,. <br />