BOARD00887

• Board Meeting Date: 7/8/1966
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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as our position here in Colorado is concerned.

We also, just a couple of days ago, sent
out copies of the last hearings, the May
hearings, on H.R. 4671. We have only a limited
number of those hearing reports but they were
sent to the members of the Board and generally
to members of the Colorado River Advisory Com-
mittee. If anyone has a special interest in
that report and has not received a copy, we do
have a few copies left that can be mailed upon
request to our office.

The Subcommittee report, copies of it,
were prepared by the Upper Colorado River Com-
mission, along with a short explanatory letter.
Mr. Goslin is present here today. He has been
in Washington almost constantly for the last
six months. IvaI, can you give us a report on
what's going on 1tlith the bill?"

MR. GOSLIN:

"Larry, I'll try to. You have explained
what the present status of the legislation is.
To briefly again review, the legislation was
reported favorably by the House Subcommittee
by a vote of 13 to S. Now that vote of 13 to
5 was overwhelming, there is no doubt about
that, but it is rather significant for this
reason, four of those five votes that were
against us came from the Pacific Northwest
States. Their objection to the bill is an
objection to Title II which calls for a study
of an importation of water into the Colorado
River Basin. If it hadn't been for that one
thing the vote would have been l7 to I in the
Subcommittee. I am sure of that.

We've been analyzing the situation there
in Washington quite thoroughly to see what the
possibilities are of getting the bill passed
this year. I believe that it is going to
pass; sincerely I do. I think there are some
difficulties that are going to have to be ironed
out but there is always, in any crowd, a number
of people who are willing to compromise. I