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I . second 'One was that in all bills we requested that the Secretary study the advisability of making imparts into the C'Olerad'O River system fr'Om 'Other s'Ources. Obviously this included the Calumbia River Basin. Those tw'O paints were extremely c'Ontraversial on a nati'Onal scale. Since that time we have actually been seeking haw ta accamplish 'Our gaal with'Out stirring up the same cantraversy that has heretaf'Ore ex- isted. As a compromise it has been suggested in this draft that we return t'O a feasibility study on the Mexican Treaty problem. I do nat think a conditi'Onal auth'Orizati'On can be secured but I am cenfident that a feasibility study, which is the first step, can be secured. We pravided on the secand pr'Oblem of augmenting the river t'O take care 'Of sh'Ortages over and ab'Ove the Mexican Treaty that the Secretary g'O ahead with the type 'Of studies that we have always visual- ized, and that have been included in all legis- lati'On, with a provisa that he cann'Ot rec'Ommend any plan witheut the cansent 'Of the states which might be concerned 'Or effected by a diversi'On pr'Oject. This is in hape 'Of satisfying the Pacific N'Orthwest. These are the two methods that have been used in this bill ta try to solve the Mexican Treaty and the augmentatian problem which are tied up in 'One, ta increase the flaw 'Of the Colorad'O River. This is the 'One preblem that the bill is bogged down on at this time. That is the change in the bill. 1 As a substitute for the revenues fram Hualapai Dam, the Senate included revenues fr'Om the Pacific N'Orthwest-Pacific Southwest intertie which is a c'Omplicated transmissi'On system which ties up the pewer generation of the Narthwest with the p'Ower generatien 'Of the Southwest. It is a wheeling arrangement by which power is transferred 'Over br'Oad areas. Obvi'Ously there is a charge made far the service 'Of wheeling this power and the federal g'Overnment censtructed a