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<br />e wa er a.pplied to the Rio Gra.nde Oompact deficit
<br />p.Ul'~t to the provisions of H.R. 17067 based on historic condi- Page
<br />~ons .Of 1936-66 (table)__________________________________ 13
<br />DescrIptions of works construeted or authorized to be constructed by
<br />the Federal Government on a nonreimbursable b88is supplied by
<br />~r.~trong__________________________________~___________ 72
<br />El Paso County, Tex., Water Improvement District No. I, pres.ented
<br />,by J. Stoney Porche~, adopted August 3,1970 (resolution)________ 51
<br />RJ.o Grande at OtOWI., N. Mex., 15-year moving average period
<br />1916-69 (chartJ_____________________________________________ 55
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<br />H.R. I7067-TO AUTHORIZE THE. CONSTRUCTIOJ
<br />OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CLOSE
<br />RASIN DIVISION, SAN LUIS V ALLEY PROJECT, COLI
<br />RADO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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<br />TRURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1970
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<br />HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
<br />SUBCOMMrITEE ON lIuuGATION AND RECLAMATION
<br />OF THE CoMMITTEE ON INTERIOl\ AND INSULAR AFFAIRS,
<br />Washington, D.O.
<br />The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9 :50 a.m., in roo:
<br />1324, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Harold T. JohnS(
<br />presiding.
<br />Mr. JOHNSON. The Subcommittee on Irrigation will please be i
<br />order_
<br />This hearing has been scheduled for the purpose of taking test
<br />mony on H.R. 17067 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to cor
<br />struct, operate, and maintain the Closed Basin Division, San Lu
<br />Valley project, Colorado, and for other purposes. At this point a cop
<br />of H.R. 1'i067, introduced by the chairman of the full committee, M:
<br />Aspinall, llJld coauthored by the remainder of the Colorado Deleg>
<br />tion to the Hl>use, Messrs. Evans, Rogers, and Brotzman, will t
<br />placed in the record.
<br />Is there objection!
<br />Hearing none, So ordered.
<br />(The bill referred to follows: )
<br />(RR. 17067, 91stCong., seco-nd sess.]
<br />A BILL To authorize the construction, operation, and m.aintenanCe of the closw has:
<br />division, San Luis Valley project, Colorado, and for other purposes
<br />Be it en.acted by the Senate and Hou8e at Representatives of the United Statt
<br />of America m. OonflrM8 a8sf1JnbZea,
<br />SECTION. 1. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, OJ
<br />~:rate, and maintain the Closed Basin Division, San Luis Valley project, Ooloradl
<br />including channel redti1ication of the Rio Grande between thi:' uppermost point (
<br />di:scharge into .the river waters salvaged by the project, and the Colorado-Ne'
<br />Mexico State line, so as to provide for the carriage of water so salvaged withOt
<br />fuoding of surrounding lands, to minimize losses of wate-rs through evapor~
<br />tion, transpiraJtion, and seepage, and to provide a conduit fQr the reception c
<br />waters salvaged by drainage projects undertaken in the San Luig Valley belm
<br />.Alamosa, Colorado. in aecordance with the Federal reclamation laws (Aet c
<br />June 17, 1002. 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementaTY tber(
<br />to), and as OI.therwise provided 1n this Act, for the principal purpoaes i()f salv~
<br />ing, regulating, and furnishing water from the closed basin a'rea of Colorado
<br />transporting such water into the Rio Grande; making wate~ available far IU:
<br />:filling the .United States obligation to the United Srtates of MexiC'Q in acrordane
<br />with the treaty dated May 21, 1906 (34 Stat. 2953) ; furnishing irriga~on wateJ
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