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<br />02319 <br /> <br />testimony Mrstofore heard by the Appropriations Ccrmnittee ot the House of <br /> <br />Representatives. Suoh test1mo~, for sX!lllIple. rrw:y be found in the transoript <br />of hsar1J:!g1S before the Suboollllllittee of ~e Committee on Appropria.tions at pagelS <br />3':17,367,368, 393, 395 and 656. In adl;li't1on to appelU'iIIg from the President's <br />llIElIllorandllJl1, it l:l.k:81V1se has been repeatedly .reoognhed that the treaty lllled8 . <br />. . <br /> <br />supplementing by aotion of the Caogressto plaoe tbll resouroe. onoe oonserved on. <br /> <br />. . <br />a buh o01lpa.rabie to that applioable to other natural water resouroes oonserved <br /> <br />by the lmestment ot tundlS appropriated by the 0 cmgrelSe for that plll"pose. <br /> <br /> <br />Prior, to the oonoludon of the treaty the Congre.s, in the Acrll of June 28, <br /> <br /> <br />1941 (55 Stat. 303, 338), made provlllionfor the Valle,- Grav1t;y CanalllDd Storage <br /> <br /> <br />Project to stabilize the _ter supply for . the 1.0_1' Rio Grande Valley. fhe treaty <br /> <br /> <br />prov1a1on for Intemationa1 dluu not only will assure an improved, . regulated water <br /> <br /> <br />supp~ for th~'t. projeCJt;, but 11111 render l'ts oonatruotion more eoonom1oal. Tb8 <br /> <br /> <br />plana, however, tOI' its oonstruction, a respondbility 1I1th whioh the Seoreta.r,r <br /> <br /> <br />at t1lll Intenol' is oharged, Moesllanly will me to 'be modified to effeot suoh '.<eooDOll11.. <br /> <br /> <br />and to adapt the pl'ojeot to ut111se waters a1100ated to the l1n1ted state. by the treaty <br /> <br /> <br />to be .to.red in the pl'oposed Fa100n Resel'VOlr. Respo:na1ve to 10Ul' invitation <br /> <br /> <br />that tho" be pre8ented to 'the Colll\ll1t'tee the vie... of the Depe.~t of the Interior. <br /> <br /> <br />I take this opportunity to point ou't the need for and IUDJ advazrtagee of euly <br /> <br /> <br />oonstruot:t.ao ot Inte!'l'latione.1 dlllDs lIIld partiol.llal'ly the F\lloon Dml on the Io.el" <br /> <br /> <br />Rio Grande. It aeEmlI!l appropr1ate. also, to BUggest at this tilllll tha.t the C0IIllII1ttes <br /> <br /> <br />oon61del' the possible inolusion in the language proposed to make aV'llilable <br /> <br />appropriations tor oonstruotion ot the Faloon Dwn ot a short additional provision. <br /> <br />Suoh a provision would provide for the orderly administl'S.Uon ot the utilillaticma <br /> <br />within the United States of the stll.bllllled. water supply at suoh Internat1cmldams. <br /> <br />It the Committee should desire suoh a prov1sion. this purpose oould adequately be <br />acoomplished if' there should be inserted after the vrord "provided" on page 23, <br /> <br />-40- <br />