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<br />Proposed Repub11can R1ver Compact <br /> <br />~eport and Recommendation <br /> <br />b)' <br /> <br />tbe Representative of the Un1ted States <br /> <br />Authorteation and Bllcollllelldatlou <br />- <br /> <br />Pu.rauaDt to an Act of Congress. &JIP7oYed hl<<a" 4. 1942 (56 Stat. 736). tha <br /> <br />Prealdllnt appo1nted ae a. represent.Un of the United Stahl to paJ'Uc1pate <br /> <br />in nscotietions which have re.ulted 1n tbe currentl1 propOs.d compact to allocate <br /> <br />the vatu. of the Hepubl1cDll Jltver Badll UIOD<< the Stat.. of Colorado. laDsae. <br /> <br />"lid Iiebraeka. OOIllll1ealonus ecUn6 lD behalt ot those Statn a.!:ree4 upon prov1- <br />eloDe in the proposed COI\PBCt. at L1DOOln. liebl'aeka. on V.c81IIber 31. 1942. Sub- <br /> <br />eequeDU". it vaa ratitied 1:11 appropriah lellhlaU.... proceduree in each of the <br />three State.. I recoalD8nd tbat the Ooll&re.. of tbe United States act fll.vo,..bl" <br /> <br />upon the propoaed COllpact. COP7 ot wAtch ia aUaohad. <br /> <br />Looo1i~ Involved <br />,he dr.inBSe bas1n involved in the proposed coapaot comprises an II.PIla 01 <br />24.960 Iquare lII11e8 In northeastern ColoJ'Rdo. northwestern !!enaes. end eoutll- <br />wseterD lIsbretlu. which 18 natUl'al17 drained 117 the Repabltollll Jlher. and hibu- <br /> <br />terlel. above Junction City. Kana.s. ~he annual precip1tation varlee frOB about <br /> <br />18 lnches iD the western part of the area to ebout 28 lnchee. in the eestern part. <br /> <br />l'urposu <br /> <br />fhe major purpoees 01 the propoled com'psct. ae stated ~hereln. are to provide <br />tor tbe moet efficient use of the vatere of ~he Hepubllcan River Balin for <br />mult1ple purpoeesl to provide for en equitable divlslon of suob watere; to <br /> <br />remove all causeG. present and fUture. which migbt lead to controversies; to <br /> <br />,g~'ZCl <br />