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<br />CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-,cNATE
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<br />So It Beflna that th~ Compa.<:t Ia the maIn-
<br />spring trom which all r1Sht..l now. The
<br />1.500.000 a.cre-r~t of water apportioned by
<br />ArtJde Jll(a) of the Compnc:t "Crom the
<br />Colorado RheT S,.tcm" to the Lower Jla$1n
<br />1a the aupplyOUl of which Call1Ol'll.la'. "',400,.
<br />OOOac~-r"etl.B to be taken.
<br />To repeat, the \Varet.. -e~1III or B\lrPlua
<br />W:U..,rs unapportloned by sald COIllPll.Ct:' ....
<br />UK<! In 14{&) of the Project Act. mean. In
<br />my view. all WBtcn avaJ.lable In the Lower
<br />Bu.ln In elI:CaIl at the 11m 7.500.000 acre.
<br />feet CQ\'cred. by Article m(.) ot the Com-
<br />pad"
<br />Tbe addIUonl.l1.000.000 acre-feet dl!acrlDe<l
<br />In Artlde IUlb) was added to the Cmnpact
<br />"to comp.enaate rOl' the ....te,.. of the Gila
<br />RlV"f and It..I trtbutarlu bo!lng included
<br />'III1thln the ckftnltlon of the Colorado Rlnr
<br />S,.tern.... AN07la Y. Call1qrnl4,:Jg2 U.S. 341.
<br />350-361; and though Arizona. haa long
<br />claimed 01... 1.000,000 acre-teet... h..ra, that
<br />constJ"Uctlon of Article In(hl at the Com.
<br />pact waa to;!Jftted, 10Dg ago. AI"twIl4 v. Coli.
<br />1M"..I4. "'p~Q, p. 358.
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<br />Wblle the leglall1t!ve blatory of the Cal_
<br />ifornia. Ilmlt3t1on contained In 'i(a.1 loon
<br />IU!veral wafs,much of Itla leglslatlve bllltory
<br />nuu111...lth aYIt'Wtoltllfa1'Ol'1l.bleWM!lothe
<br />future--a sltuatlon We bave notJ.ood on otber
<br />~Ion.. See SChUle"m<l7l1l B.O>'. v. CQI~t
<br />Corp., 341 U.s, 3610. I think an obJ~lve
<br />""ding of that history aha... thll.t the trl-
<br />a~te compact autborlzed by li(a.1 of the
<br />Project Act (0. compact nll"er made) ...
<br />the one And 0111)' ....y va.uaUroed by tbat
<br />Act through ..bleh Arlzona COuld gilt the
<br />nclu.!ve UM! of the ....~... or thll GUa
<br />River. For Lbe lleClOnd paragraph of . i(al
<br />of the Project Act IJtateol that the trl-State
<br />compact, It made. ahll.ll gtve Ar17..ona "the
<br />euolu..lve ben..nclal consumptive UH of the
<br />alia River and It.. trlbutartes" within the
<br />boundart... of A.12lOna. ~ that thla
<br />appropriation would InJUN! New Me:r;1eo a.ra
<br />not relevant to our probl..m, aln.", the pro-
<br />poee<l trl-Swtll compact "auld not hun New
<br />Mexico unl_ sh.. ~ to It, Th.. legal
<br />.Igbtl of Statu not patti... to the Compact
<br />would be unlmpal.ed, .... A~ Y. Call.
<br />lomm, 283 U.s. 423, 4M. holda. Thll aame
<br />appUee to any con""rn that Upper aulD
<br />rlghta would be imperiled by Lbe trI-State
<br />compact..
<br />Afte. mucb dllleu_lon. the amendm..nt
<br />alloeatlng 4.400,000 acre-f""t to Call10rnla by
<br />14(al of trn- ProJ<'ct Ac' was ftnllllZNl by
<br />&nfltm I'hlppll. Chalnnan of the Oommlt~
<br />On irrigatIon and R<<lamaUon, ...bo Identl-
<br />1100. thOlle 4.400.000 acre.feet aa aYllum
<br />.Iltel'll. He mAde It unm1lltakably clear by
<br />Adding to f 4(a) the words "by paragaph
<br />(a) of Artlcl.. nl" of the Compact whlcb In
<br />bl5 word.'l ..~'"" that that a.lloeaUOD of
<br />Walei'll nfers directly to tb.. 7!{z mJllIon acn-
<br />feet or wat('r" dOllCl'lbcd by Article In(a) of
<br />the Compnet. 70 COHClU!lI8toN4t. RICOlU> 459.
<br />That a.rnendment _ &greed to w1thout a
<br />roll eaU, 70 CoNllIU!:5lll0:UL Rlr:coaD 473,
<br />PrIOl" to that time Senator Pblpps h.ad pro-
<br />poee<l that Call10rnla receive ..600,000 ae:e-
<br />f~t. Id...p.3S5.
<br />The followtng colloquy toot p1al;:..:
<br />"Mr. HATlJEH. Und.... the elreumsunces I
<br />should like to lnqulre or tbe Senator rrom
<br />Colorodo bow be arTlvea at tb.. figure 4.600,-
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<br />ment o.mong the States of the lower baaln
<br />of the watera to whkb the lower baaln III
<br />enUUed under ArtIcle m(b). But the Act
<br />does not purport to apportion lU:Oong the
<br />Statu at tbe 10w('r baA:ln the watel'll to wblch
<br />th.. lower baaln Ie entitled under th.. C<nn-
<br />pact. The Al;:t JIlenly places IImlta on Call.
<br />fornla'a UlIII of "",t~ under ArUde nIla)
<br />and or au.plue watera; and It Ia 'aueh' uer:e
<br />whleb are 'fnlbJ~t 10 tb.. tUJIIll. of "'101 com-
<br />pact!N
<br />f See note 3. npra.
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<br />000 lIC1'e-teet of water In.etelld of 4,200.000
<br />acre-foot... propoud In my amendment?
<br />"Mr. PIIIPPS.. It....... JU.st about.. dlttIcu1t
<br />for me to anlv..at 4,600.000 acr..-feet ..It
<br />would have ~n to ILl1'lve at 4.200.000 acre-
<br />feet. Th.. ~..nta pro and DOn have becm
<br />deba~ In the QOttlDl1ttell for quite a period
<br />of Ume. The conunUQruI made by the
<br />Senato... trom Art_lOa have not beoon con-
<br />clualve to my mind. POI" In.tanee. I wUl
<br />refer to the fact tb.o.t Ar1<1IOn4 ckwe.. to
<br />dlm/nate entlrel~ oIl waters on.nng In the
<br />ID/Jtenhed a..d. /foll"lng out 01 the GILG RIver.
<br />"Mr. 14TI>'EIf. There ta notblng at that
<br />kind In the Senator'a amendm..nt.
<br />"Mr.PJIIPPS. Therelllnothlngolthatltlnd
<br />In th.. $oenator'. am.eodment. but that baa
<br />be<>n ooe of the a.rgumenta aChAnced by
<br />CaUfornla .. hl!lng an ol!set to the amount
<br />to wbleh Arlwoa would try to Ilmlt Cali_
<br />fornia.
<br />"Mr. HATDIIIf. It the Senator thought
<br />th..re Wlla force In that ucument. I IIhauld
<br />th.lnk that he would haYe induded In hla
<br />amendment . prol'1alon ..lImlnatlng the
<br />..aters of the Olla RIvet' and Ita trlbutarl....
<br />... my amendment doell.
<br />"Mr. PHIPPS. I do not OOlUlldt'T It necea.
<br />auy beCll.Ulle the bill Itael1. not only the
<br />p..-nt IJUbatltute me....", but C!'Wry othe.
<br />bill on th.. aubJect. tIn tllb qv..,.tfon; 1lp With
<br />the Colorado RIver rornp4d.
<br />"Mr, HATIl"N". My amendment d~ Ulat.
<br />MMr. PHn'O'lI, Yea: th..t III \rUe. but under
<br />eatImate& or enlrln""~ne I b.o.ppen to re-
<br />call hl!lng made. I thtnJ:, by Mr. La Ru_
<br />notwtthat.a.ndlng all of t.he p~ 10 ..hlch
<br />wuter of the OUa. may be put by the State
<br />of Arizona. at le""t 1.000.000 acre.f..d wUI
<br />"~urn to the maIn atream.. Yet ArIzona
<br />contenda that that ......toer Ia not available to
<br />California; ...her...... today and for YOOTll pall'
<br />at leag .:>me of the ...toel'll from the OUa
<br />River have oome Into the ca.naI wbleh Ia
<br />no... ..upplylng the 1mPfl"1al Vall..y.
<br />"It Ia not a deftnlte fixed f!OCt that with
<br />th.. ..nactm..nt of thlll propoeed legir;latlon
<br />the all.Amerlcan canal Ia going to hi! built
<br />wlUlln tbe pe.lo<1 of ...ven years; a.a a matter
<br />of fact. It may not be buUt at aU; _ do not
<br />know aa to that. But I do not thinlt that
<br />the ....ter frum the Gila Rive., one of the
<br />m.aln trlbutulee of the Co1or/l.do. mould be
<br />eliminated from collllldl"ratlon. I think that
<br />Call10nlla Is eutltled to ha,e that counted
<br />In .. being a part of the bule IJUpply of
<br />water.-
<br />It III plain from this coUQQ.u)' thlI.t Senator
<br />Pb1pps thougbt that bla &mendment. limit-
<br />tn. th.. amaunt California e&l1 e!alm.. "ties
<br />thlll que<<tlon up with the ColOrado Rlyer
<br />CompactN lUId thllt the OUa Rlyer (tHllow
<br />1Alte Mead) abOuld be "oounted to aa being: a
<br />part of Ule bule aupply of wat<<r'. wb1ch Cal-
<br />Ifornla III entitled to MV", Included In tha
<br />cmnputatlollll for the Lower Bo.lIln StateJJ.
<br />The word of Sena.tor Pblp~. ...bo Willi
<br />cha.lrman of the commlttee a.nd ....bo oaered
<br />th.. Illnenctmcnt,. Ia to ba tak"n .. agalru-t
<br />tboee In oppoaltlon or tboee who might be
<br />making leglalatl.... history to lene thelJ' ends.
<br />Schlt'e9"'lo..n 8roa. ". ColOt'Tt COfJl., nlpra.
<br />pp, 3910-395: -nte tllll.r1l and doubta of the
<br />oppoaltlon ate no authorttaUye guide to the
<br />con.truc:tlon of I~tlon. It Ia the spon_
<br />_. t.ho.t we look to when the melLlllng Or
<br />theltatuto.y WOI"d$ III In daubt."
<br />It Cli11fornla were ratrlcted by the ProJ~
<br />eet Act to the lIS(' of -I.lOO.OOO a.a..feet out
<br />of th.. ma1nstream. It 15 d1!lIcult to tHlUeve
<br />that &natQr Ashhunt or Ar1mna ...auld have
<br />exprellll1ed hill blttllr minority ..Ie_ in tbe
<br />R<'port on the Project Ac"- S. Rrp. N"o. Sin.
<br />70th Cong" 1st Seu.. pt. 2. Be aald that the
<br />bill "~ulolRly and Intc<ntlonally pro~ to
<br />....ver Arlzona'a Jugular veln~ (ld., p. 31. that
<br />"tile amount of water appOrtioned to) Call.
<br />fmnl" . . . mnot w&rra.nted toequlty.1a....
<br />JI~tice, or morala" (14.. p. 41. that the blU ill
<br />-:I. ...".klt'SIJ and re1enU_ _ult upOn Arl-
<br />zona.~ ld., p. 38, H.. Ilppar..nUy never 1m.
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<br />agined that th.. proposed legilllation would
<br />contlne Callto.nIa to malnrtr..nm Wllte., Hill
<br />Indeed charged Uuu the blll "authorizes Cal-
<br />Uornla. which comprlaea only 2% pt'reent of
<br />Uie COlOl"lW\o Ri'ler Basin and contributee no
<br />water, tollppropriate . . .0"..,38 per ..ent
<br />of tbe....UmatedcoIl5tllnt...,.ter.upplyayai1-
<br />able In the main Colondo R!,'e. for all seven
<br />StateslnUlebaalnandfo.MeDeo." Id..p.5.
<br />LIb Srnator Alhhunt and Uke the Cbalr.
<br />ma.n of' the Senate Committee. Senatc>r
<br />Pblpps. I too .end th. ProJeet Act to .peak
<br />In terms of Lbe enUre COlorado River 'Y6t<ml
<br />In the UnltedStatH. I
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<br />..rl'ENDtll
<br />Section 4(lIl of the Project Act provld....
<br />In.elevantput:
<br />'"l'hla Act shatl not tnli:e ..I!ed and no a\!-
<br />thorit)' &haU be el<<'Tclsed bereunder and no
<br />work shall be ~n and no moneye eKpended
<br />on or In connection 'IIl"\th the worb or struc.
<br />turell p.ovlded for In th1s Act. and no water
<br />rights ahall be claimed or Initiated here-un_
<br />Mr. and no a~ .h,,1l be taken by the
<br />United Stat.ell 0. by otber'll to Initiate or
<br />ptTI'ect any ctaJnu to the UN of ...atl'r per.
<br />tlnenl to aw:h worn or IJtrueturea unl.....
<br />....d until (11 the Statu of Artzona. Call_
<br />tornla, Colorado, N..\I3dA, New M..llleo. Utah.
<br />and Wyoming ahall h..,... rntltled the Colo-
<br />rado RIver compllct, mentIoned, In r.ectJon
<br />13 hereof. and the Praldent by public ptocls_
<br />DUlt10n lIball ha......., declllred, m (2) If all!d
<br />States fall to ratlt)' the ....Id compact 'IIl"\thln
<br />81)[ mont~ from the date of tb. paBllqe of
<br />thll Act. then, untU elxof aald 8ta.tea,lnclud_ I
<br />In& the State of eal1lornlll. ahall rnLIfy 1lII1d
<br />l;:OQlpcu:tandahallcoD8llnt to,,;a.lve the pro-
<br />vtrJolUI of Ul.. arlit paragraph of ArtIcle XI
<br />of llIIld compact. whlcb mo.kefl the aa.m.. bind_
<br />Ing and obUgatory only when approved by
<br />each of th.. ....nn Stat.ea; slsnatory thereto,
<br />and sball baY.. approved Mld oompaet wIth.
<br />out condiUOl:IS, "''Ie that of auch alll.State
<br />appro\'al. and the President by publlc p.()(:la_
<br />matlon .11.0.11 ba,.., 110 declared. a.nd. furth..r.
<br />untll tho State ot California. by act at Its ~
<br />legilIlature. ah...U Bgrt'l! lrrevocably and un-
<br />eond1tlonally wtth th.. United Stam and
<br />for thll hl!1I..nt of th.. 5tatea of Arizons,'
<br />Colorado, NeVada.. N..w Mulco. Utah. and
<br />Wywnln&, ... an UpTt'Sll coY"nan.t and In con-
<br />alderatlon of thlll paseag.. ot thla Act, tbat
<br />the aggr..gate lllInu:LI COl'lBumpUvc Ulle (dl.
<br />~'enlona I.... returns to the river) 01 ...aw
<br />ot and from the CoI~o Rlver f~ use 11l.
<br />the State of Call!ornla. lnell.ldlnr 1111 uses
<br />under oonb"lu:ta mad.. under the pro\'lllon&
<br />of thla Act aIld all _ter Ile'CNII&I')' for the
<br />al.lpply at any rlghta ...hleb =y now elllllt.
<br />.hall not exceed four mUllon four hun<1T1Id
<br />U10usnnd acre.f....t of the .....ten appor.
<br />ttoned to th.. lower blIaln StateoJ by ~
<br />graph (al ot Artkle In of the OoIOl"ll4o
<br />RIver compact, plWl not more than one~ba1t
<br />of any lIll<e_ or .urplua lE1l.t.era U.Dappol'_
<br />tloned by aald compact, rueh usea l\JWSYII to
<br />be BUbJect to the terms of llaid compact. '
<br />"'The States ot ArIzona, CaltrornJa. and
<br />Ncv.;w\a are aUtho.r~ to ..nter Into an agree-
<br />ment wbleh aha.1l provIde (ll that of the
<br />7.soo,ooo acre.fert annually apportioned tC>
<br />the tow..r bastn by plLI'llJmph (al of Artk'"
<br />In or the Colorado Rlnr compact. th..re ahaII
<br />be apponloned to the State of Nevad.\ 3oo.0(Ij
<br />aere-te<et and to th<e State of Ar~nll. 2,900,.
<br />000 BCre-f....t for "lI;"d\l.'l"'e heIlC!lIclaJ Mn,
<br />IfUmptlve UN In perpetUity. ILIld (2) that the
<br />St.AU! of Arizona may annually U.!le one-bILl:
<br />of the exeeas or BUrpI.... watel':! unappor_
<br />Uoned by the Colorado RI'er compa.et, and
<br />(31 that the State of Ar!ll(lnll. ahall ha.... th,
<br />exc:luslve benellclal collaumpUn UIll of th,
<br />au.. River a.nd IUI t.r\bUtarlN w:lthln th..
<br />boundariee of _Id 5b.te, and (i) that the
<br />.....ten at the Olla R1"'r lUId ita tributar1ea
<br />el<cept "'turn flow a.l'ter th.. aa.me ..ntera tbe
<br />Colorado Rln., IIball ne""r be aubjeet to IUIJ
<br />diminution wba~'e. by ..oy allo...anc:e 0.
<br />Wllter ..bleh may be made by treaty or other
<br />wISe to the UnltN States of !.t~)[IOO but l'
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