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<br />(: '),., ~ g <br />. ~~ r...J ~ . <br />With your perm1so10n. JIr. OhairlD8n. aDd that 01' the members of the COIJIIlittel>; <br /> <br />rq cOJllmento today will be reotrioted to the provision of' H. R. 5066 IlDW before <br />your COIlllll11;teo under the oaption "Oonstruotion" oOllll!lllnoing on line 13 of page 23. <br />Initial appropriations would be made by this item tor dams on the IIIternational <br />Seotion of the Rio Grande. The Faloon Dam to be looated about 75 1II11es dOWIlutrelllll <br />from Laredo. Texa.e. will impound 3.150.000 aore-feet of water-about 'two-thirdll of the <br />ll.lIlOunt of water heretOfore, without strelllll regulation. wmue.lly wasting to the Gulf <br />of Menoo. The treaty. hOll'sver. as it ultinateq oame into 1'oroe, deut with the <br />apportionment 01' International water. between the tllO Uations. properly leaving to the <br />domestio legilllatioD the adm1D1etratiol1 within the United statu 01' the use 01' the <br />; <br /> <br />indhpensable resource so to ~e conserved e;t an estimated expenSe to the national <br />j <br />Government of upwards of $45.000.000 tor two ot tho prospeotive International d~. <br /> <br />Thill 18 reoognized in the President's memorandum ofOotober 3. 1945. to the <br /> <br />Secretary otstate. a <JOW of 1Ib10h wae fOl'W'arded to the Seoretary Clf'. the 1m erieI' by. <br /> <br />the Direotor ot the Bureau ot the Budget end whioh is 1npart ae f'ol101rr:ii':. '.. <br /> <br />The question ot diotribution and liale 01' the United States' ..'.'- <br />share of the _tere and inqidental eleotrio power 18 not. . ""'. <br />of' oourse. covered in detail in 'the treaty. The Bureau :."';;,: <br />of Reolamation me for tl1e pallb 4d :yur. been dilrl;r1buting :. ,. <br />Water frolll Federal reolamation projeots in acoordanoe . with:' ' <br />Reclamation 1.e.w. The Flood Oontrol Aot approved DeoQber.22. ' <br />19~. extended jurisdiction of the Bure~ end ot Reo~amatilon <br />I.e." to appq'to water IIlI1de available tor irrigatiOn purpo.e. <br />lui a by-produot ot flood control projeots and dell1gnated.' <br />1Wl. SeoJ'lltai'y of the Inter1or,as the reepowble otfioel' of .. <br />, GOvernment to dispose cif exoess hydroeleotrio ):lowsr.. The' <br />'Bi1r,oau of Reolamation i8 n_ oper&ting'aprojeot,for,tlui"/- <br />distributic:m of the irrigatic:m ._tel' in the valley of' the Rio . <br />Grande. It would seem proper. ~refore. that the dhtributic:m <br />of any 'IlIa'tsr available to the United State'lI for corill\.tlilpt~V9,'UIl8 <br />as a result of .oonstruotion of these lnternatiorial dBms be the <br />responsibility 01' the Bureau of Reol8lll&tion in general <br />accordance with the pdl'lOiples ot Bsolamatic:m Law. <br /> <br />The fact that the conservation afforded at the International de.ma win <br /> <br />substitute a 1Il0re dependable regulated water supply tor OIlfl heretofore of uncertain <br />oharaoter to susta~.n existing developments in the lower Rio Grande Valley, as Well <br />as for eXpa.n8ion of irrigated lU"eas othel'Wise imposll1ble, olearly appears frOlll <br /> <br />-3- <br />