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001433 Harch 20, 1945 STATEMENT OF STATE OF COLOR J(} By Co lorado !later Conservation Bonrd . Concerning Report on Colorado River Bnsin In Preparation by Bureau of Reolamatio,n " I. The Report in preparation by the Bureau of Reclamation, United states Department of Interior. dated November 1944, entitled. "A Compre- hensive Report on the ControJ., Improvement and Utilization of the ,[ater Resou['ces of the Colorado River Basin in Arizona. California. Colorndo, Nevada. Hew He::ico. utah and :'iyoming," has been submitted in tentative and incomplete form to said states for their cOlllllents and sUGgestions. In its revised final form the Report is to be transmitted to Congress for adoption and publicntion. 2, The Report on the Co lorado River Basin is said to have bcen pre- pared in compliance vdth Sec. 15, 45 stat. 1057, the Boulder Canyon Pro- ject Act adopted December 21. 1928, which authorized and directed the Burenu of Reclamation "to make investigations and public reports of the feasibility of projects for irrigation, generation of eleotrio pov~r. and other purposes in the states of AriZona. Nevada. Colorndo. New I:exico, Utah and l'[yoming for the purpose of making such info['mation nvailable to said Stetes and to Congress. and of formulating a comprehensive scheme of control and improvement and utilization of the ~ter of the Colorado River and its tributaries;" and Sea. 2, 54 Stat. 774, the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Aot adopted July 8, 1940. which authorized the "con- tinuation and eA~ension of studies and investigations by the Bureau of Reclamation for the formulntion of a comprehensive plan for the utiliza- tion of waters of the Colorado River system for irrigation. electrical power, and other purposes, in the states of the Upper Division and the states of the Lomr DiviSion, including studies of quantity and quality of water and all other relevant factors." ~,' . r ,j. ;:~)," ,'~;";",: 3. Other repo['ts of the Bureau of Reolamation with which the Re- port under consideration will be compared by Congress inc IUdeJ " (a) Report on fussouri River Basin, dated l~ril 1944. trans- mitted to and ndopted by Congress and published as Senate Document 191, 78th Congress. 2d SeSSion, - being the first of a series of comprehen- sive or basin-wide reports contemplated by the Bureau of Reclamntion. one for each of the dozen or more major stream systems or natural drain- age basins in the Seventeen Hestern States. (b) The document entitled. "Inventory of Irrigation and Hulti- pIe Purpose Projeots for Construction in the Post Har period."- in the Seventeen Hestern states, transmitted to Congress by the Bureau of Recla- mation on June 6. 1944, and published as "Part 5 - Reolamation. Irrigation