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<br />Identical bills uekill! to o;ive CongrGss1onal COllllent to the COIID.lllt torlllerll <br /> <br /> <br />~70pOBOd vere lntro4ncBd In tho Seyen\y-Seventh CongroDe 88 H.n. 4647. u.n. 5945 <br /> <br /> <br />and S. 1361. a.h. 5945 va, re]mrte~ favormbly by the aouee Committee on Irrigation <br /> <br /> <br />aDd ileclwaat10n OD 1l0'fellbSl' 5. 1941 (Houee llcf,ort !lo. 1.380). Including 1l8'19r81 <br /> <br /> <br />InterpretBti'le amen&.onta s.bmltted ~ tbe Interior DepartmsDt and th8 ~eder.1 <br /> <br /> <br />Power Co_mlllalon. ~bae~uent11, S. 1)61 was reported fBvornbl1 bl tbe Senate <br /> <br /> <br />Committee OD Irrigation and Ueclamatlon OD ~oYomb.r 21. 1941 (Senate fteport <br /> <br /> <br />Hr). 841). witbout BJaenlUteJ1ta. Il.!!. 5')45 was lluoed by tbe House on LeceJubel' 1, 1941 <br /> <br /> <br />Be reported. Thet bill wa, broudlt up lor OODs1deTllUon In tbe 3ena\e !Uld palled <br /> <br /> <br />atter amendments adopted b.v the Houee bad been ,tricken thorefrom. r~nferoe. <br /> <br /> <br />reported favo~b17 on the lienste yerolon of the bill and thslr reporte vere <br /> <br /> <br />acoep~e4 by tb, liouee and SeDate, bu~ It was vetoed bl tbe President, for reasons <br /> <br /> <br />explained in hla yelo m.sDB68 of April 2. 1942. <br /> <br /> <br />~bs declaraUon that the liepubl1can li!ver and lh tributarl88 are not <br /> <br /> <br />navigable, 1D Article I of tbe COllpact lormer13 proposed, nppoars to hay. lIeen <br /> <br /> <br />the prblsr7 bash of tile .,..to. C(l1Ue underatandAbq tbat declaratlon wae lnter- <br /> <br /> <br />preted b1 the Preaident aad bi. advilor8 as an attespt "to withdraw tb~ Juris- <br /> <br /> <br />diotion of the nntted States OYeZ' tbe waten of the Repub11con llasin for purpoeee <br /> <br /> <br />of navigation". In the veto me.eage thl ~reoldeDt Indicated approval. In prlnoiple, <br /> <br /> <br />of a suitable compac~ tor the apportionment of the vaters of Republlcan River aaong <br /> <br /> <br />tbe ti1reo States to permU irrigation and rels.ted usee. \loud tor Joint 'tedsral- <br /> <br /> <br />State actton ln the effeotlve nae of tbe water and for tbe oontrol of deotructtve <br /> <br /> <br />floods. <br /> <br /> <br />'I'be Act approved A~,t 4, 1942 (56 Sbt. n5) crbllted to tbe tbree Shtee <br /> <br /> <br />tho consent of Congress to tbe negotiatlon of a now oompact, upon condition that <br /> <br /> <br />tbe President appoint a peraon to par~lc1po.te 1n the negotiations as the repre- <br /> <br />. J <br /> <br />02863 <br />