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,~ .'-1 3. DlBCUSSION OF BrANK "SUMW.RY AND rox::OMMliMlATlON" SECTION. l"'l ...... Report, namely: "That the general plan for the development of the basin as contained in the Report be approved subject to such modifications and changes as may be indicated, from time to time, as the plan is effectu- ated"; and, "That the initial construction program as hereinabove pre- sented be adopted and that an appropriation of $200,000,000 (or whatever be a proper amount) be authorized for the prosecution of construction work on the first stage of the program and for the continuation of in- vestigations on the general plan of development." 4. NATURE OF COLORADO RIVER BASJN REPORI'. The Report, manifestly comprehensive in its scope and nature, evidences that extensive investigations have been made, and much data have been assembled, for the information of Congress and the States of the Colorado River Basin. It estimates the virgin flows of the COlorado River and its tributaries, and the present extent of their development, utilization and depletion. It outlines the opportunities for improve- ment, and the possibilities for control and future utilization of the stream flows. It presents a list of potential projects that might be constructed, together with their estimated construction costs and aggre- gate depletions, by States, which maybe said to constitute or outline the general plan of ultimate development. It is a Report, prepared in compliance with Acts of Congress (Sec. 15, 45 Stat. 1057; and Sec. 2, 54 Stat. 774), of immense value to the citizens of the States of the Colorado River Basin and to the Nation. But the Report is not a plan (or at least not a final or definite plan) for dividing the waters of the Colorado River System, or defining the relative rights to the use thereof', as between the citizens of any one State, or between the several States of' the Colorado River Basin, or between the two Nations with interests in such waters. The Bureau of Reclamation states:, "This Report does not present a final plan." It explains that, "many intrastate, interstate and international problems must be solved (by the citizens, States and Nations) before a f'.1nal pat- tern of development can be evolved." Admitting that, "more detailed investigations will be needed to determine the relative merits of alternative projects," and that before many of the described or listed potential projects "can be authorized and construction undertaken, additional detailed investigations and studies must be made," the Bureau of Reclamation says: "Here are possible pro- jects--here are opportunities for the future. The people must decide what shall be done." More specifically the Bureau eays that, within each State a selection from the list of potential projects'must be made; that, with respect to interstate relations, clarification is needed in the Lower Basin, and completion of allocations (no doubt meaning by compact) is necessary in the Upper Ballin; and that the ultimate amounts of water (5)