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<br />080-) <br />.. ,'FRYlNGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br />,; <br /> <br />from the Colorndo River svst,cm shall he used outside the St,ute of <br />Color:tdo. Tbis subsedioll nlso pro\'ides t}lt1t. the ohlignt.ions (If <br />Colorado under the A,'kllns"s Ri\'er compact shall not be allere,l by <br />operat.ions of the Fl'yingpnn-Arkansns pl'ojeet. Subsection (d) Illnkes <br />it deB,I' t,hnt there is no intention hy the C\mgre.o::.s of construillg or <br />interpl'et,ing !lilY pro\"isioIl5 of t.he vllrious nornpncts, stfl.t.utes~ or <br />treat.y. Suhsect,ion (e) directs the Secretary of t.he Interior to COlli ply <br />wit.h all of the applicnble provisions of the various comp/lets, st,fltutes, <br />and treaty and, in the e\"ent of t.he failure of the Secretary to so .com- <br />ply, perrnit.s !Lny State of the Colomdo River Hasin to bring all fietion <br />in the Supreme Court of the United States to enforce compliance wit..h <br />~\\eh pro\'lsirHls. The bngullge would u\so permit fillY person or <br />entity whose right.s mn.)' be illlPllired 01' infl'inged upon to bring suit <br />aplinst the United States. . ' <br />Sect,ion 7 directs t.he Sccret.I1I'Y to continue his studies of the quality <br />of the \l,'/ltel' of the Colomrlo water system u nu t.o report the resuHs <br />of sueh studies on .January ;3. 1963. and evel'v ~ YeUI'S t,ltereaftcr. <br />Section 8 l1utuorizes the' j\,ppropl'intion of $170 million_f9r. tJlC <br />C(llIS~l'ud.ioll ()f I,lte Fl'yillgpllll-Arknnsn::; projpd. Thi~ nmou[lt '\'0111(\ <br />he sllujeel, 1,0 inrl'('llsi' or d(~r~l'l'ase Oil t.ll(~ h,lSis \~r dhlllt;il1g pr_ie.G.IE:ve~s. <br /> <br />= <br /> <br />'6l..!(I,o.1.\l~Y 01" FI"DT:'>I(:~ .\;\ u C('l~(:U;~~G;..(';:' <br /> <br />In r('.rOnllllelldifl;! the enrwt,mell{, (If n.R. :2:200. th(.. (~(II!!!lliHei'" <br />sl.unmnriz('s it.;; lilJdillg~ lllld cor1('J1I5iolJS uS follows: <br />(1) Tl1e }'ryingpan projcd" is sound from nIl cngineci'in/r, <br />econornic, IlHd filhln~illl slftndpoin t.. <br />(2) The project JHcets every sLllndul'li test of ClIlTent redll- <br />lnution do{.:.trine. ~\nd 'Policy. i . <br />(:3) The project is urgent.ly np,ed('c! to ~lIppleJT1cnt,' the supply <br />of water f(lr exist.ing llereuge now under cult,ivn,t.ion nnd for <br />lllllTlicipul use ill the Arkallslls VaHey. " <br />(4) The supplement.al water sl,!)ply for 280,000 >leres will <br />st,tlbilize the livestock industry ill the Arkl1115/ts VHlley, HIld will <br />permit flcxibilit.v in fllrming operations. <br />(5) The most. pressing and immt~dil1te nee-ds of the upper <br />Al'kanSllS Vulley clIn be met by constructioll and opemtioll of the <br />Fryingpan-.ArkansHs project as recommended in this legislntion. <br />(0) The bngua"e in t,he hill fuJly protects t,he westel'll slope <br />wat.er users nnd the Colorutlo Hi\'cr Basin :-:itates with respect <br />to their rights to COIOl'11JO H.iveI' \\'uter. <br /> <br />EXECU'I'I\'E COl\L\IU~ICATIONS <br /> <br />The originll] projeet. r(~port. OIl the FJ'yingpl1.n-Al'kllJlSllS projcet of <br />tho Deplutmcnt. of trhe Interior wns tr~U1smitt..ed to t.he Congress on <br />.June 91 H)53, alld printed llS House Document, 1S7, S3d COllgress. <br />The pl'OjL'ct rcport 011 the Ruedi DlLm 11Ild HeselToil'. modifying the <br />origiTH'tl project plan, \VIiS submit,tcd to t.lln Congress 011 .i\Jul'ch 4, <br />H)t)O, und priuted HS HOllse DOCllllJ('.lJt 3ii3 of t.he Sr,t,li Congress. en <br />MllY 4, l~()l, the Seaet,,,ry of the Iuterior, Stewnrt L, Vdn]], sub- <br />mitted his report. on t,ile Icgisllltion recommending its enaetrncnt. <br />The comll1ittl~e hns also received reports on t.!lC legisltltion from the <br />DeP.:JI'tH-ient of .Agrielllture fiIld the Burcllu oi Lite Budge/'. Tile <br />reports on the legislat.ion follow": " <br />