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. 9 introduced in the United States Congress. The Commission has been active in all regional planning studies involving the Upper Colorado Region. In the Comprehensive Framework Study -(1966-1971), the Commission served as chair agency for the Upper Colorado Region effort. The Commission was also the Study Director for the Upper Colorado Region in the 1975 Water Assessment. In matters concerning operation of the mainstem reservoirs in the Colorado River system, the Commission has traditionally taken the lead in developing an Upper Basin position. Bear River Commission: The Bear River Commission was established in 1958 to administer the Bear River Compact between the states of Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. The governor of eaCh of these states appoints three representatives and one representative is appointed by the President and serves as chairman without a vote. Actions taken by the Commission must be. approved by a vote of the member states. Administrative and technical services are performed under contract .to the'Commission. Streamgaging is conducted by the United States Geological Survey, with. half of the cost paid by the Commission. The original Compact allocated the waters above Bear Lake and provided an irrigation reserve in Bear Lake. In 1980, after several years of nego~ ~ tiating, the Compact was amended. The principal thrust of the amendments was to allocate the waters of the Lower Bear River, and additional storage limited by specified depletion amounts above Bear Lake was allocated to the States. The Commission has been very useful for discussions of interstate developments. La Plata River Compact Commission: The La Plata River 'Compact was signed in 1922 to apportion the waters of the La Plata River C-10