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~ , > H. Rep. No. 1861, p.26 (1968). The 1968 legislation not only carries forward cong~ess' plan to have the Secretary implement a national strategy free of conflicting state interests for the Colorado River. It also carries forth the United States commitment to the various Indian ; Tribes that were established along the tributaries and the main stem of the Colorado river. As was noted in Arizona v. California, when each of the Indian Reservations in the Upper and Lower Basins were created, and most were created before the territories were divided into separate states, the United States expresse1y set aside sufficient amount of waters to sustain the Reservations. As the Supreme Court in Arizona v. California noted: Most of the land in these Reservations is and always has been arrid. If the water necessary to sustain life is to be had, it must come from the Colorado river or its tributaries. It can be said without overstatement that when the Indians were put on these Reservations they were not considered to be located in the most desirable area of the nation, 373 U.S. at 598. Hence, when in 1968 Congress directed the Secretary to estab~ish on a priority schedule a number of Upper Basin projects, including the Animas-La Plata Project, Congress was carrying forth a commitment of the United States made to the Ute Indians of Colorado in 1863, 1868 and in 1895, when the United States entered into treaties and agreements to set aside a permanent home~and in Colorado for the Ute Indians containing sufficient water to allow the Indians to live securely. Significantly, in the years since 1968 the Secretary has expended over $1,250,000,000 on the Central Arizona Project ($193,000,000 allocated to Arizona Indians) and only one-sixth of that amount developing the Dolores Project which will benefit in part the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe, but Congress has spent virtually no money on the Animas-La Plata. Further it is presently anticipated that the Secretary will spend over $3,000,000,000 ($573,000,000 of that on Arizona Indians) for the Central Arizona Project. At the same time assuming full construction of both the Dolores and the Animas-La Plata Projects, the only Colorado projects designed to benefit Colorado Indian Tribes, the Secretary will at most expend a total of $600,000,000 on the two projects -- less than 20% of the expenditures to be made on the Central Arizona Project, To conclude, Congress' 1968 commitment to the Upper Basin States and to the Ute Indians in Colorado to build the Animas-Las Plata Project established what Congress believed to be a critical Upper Basin component to its national plan to develop the 6