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r ''::;,+);i,. 000916 """~"'7' - ." ... r::~~~;]t' . .'.~ . . RIO GRANDE COMPACT . COMMISSION COLORADO TEXAS NEW MEXICO !U.iQb.!! T lQt!. WHEREAS, P. L. 92-514; Stat. 964, authorized the construction, operation and maintenance of the Closed Basin Division, San Luis Valley Project, Colorado; and WHEREAS, the construction and operation of the project will greatly alleviate problems on the Rio Grande, will facilitate the United States fulfilling its international treaty commitments, and will foster harmony among the states; and WHEREAS, the Commission views, with a sense of dismay, the lack of speedy progress 'in the development and construction of the project and the adverse impact that such lack of progress may have upon the great public benefits to be derived from the project; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Rio Grande Compact Commission assembled in its annual meeting at Santa Fe, New Mexico on the 27th day of March, 1980, that the Congressional delegations of the States of Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, as well as the Department of the Interior and the federal government be urged to take whatever steps are necessary to proceed immediately with the construction of the Closed Basin Division San Luis Valley Project, in the order and stages set forth in the authorizing legislation; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary forward a copy of this Resolution to the members of Congress of the respective States, to the President of the United States, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary of the Interior, the Commissioner of the Water Power and Resources Service, and to the Governors of the Compact States. ,_ ~,.;__,~.. _~ _~"'7 _~~_~ ___-""".__. _ ...-__ i'