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<br />...: I iind the House Committee bi con.irlcrinr: the original bill rear-
<br />. ", '. ranged it to clearly 'sep;\rate the Nav<ljo Project {rom the San Juan-
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<br />Chama Project and to provide that the fundB for the construction oi
<br />".' .'.. tho Navajo Indian Project would be included in the budget requests
<br />'. .' i:':. of the Bureau of Indian Affairs inRlr<ld or the lI..r.;\u of Reclamation, . '.
<br />'" ..:' although the latter '"(ould have rCBpt.IlRii>i1ily fnr construction. The
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<br />".:.. ,intent seemed to be to divorce it con';.>letdy and e[{ectively irom
<br />the funding programs or the Bureau or Rcclarn;" '011 and the financing
<br />Q,l"rQ,nscmcn~G ot tho Uppor Colo:r:..do River DMoi.n Fund. Chalrm...n
<br />.. . Aspinall pointed this out in the debate on the bill in the House on
<br />May 22, 1962. 'In actual practice, thc Bureau o(Reclamation each, .','
<br />year prepares the budget estimates ior the Bureau of Indian AHairs
<br />. . and assists in justifying them both before the Bureau o{ the Budget
<br />,.... and th~. Conl:ress.: .... .'
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<br />. As we push ..head with the project a numbe r of other matters ,have "'. "., ~o;,:
<br />' arisen that are giving the Department increased concern. As you ',. ''''<j;;;, '" :
<br />know, mor~ detailed' land classifications subsequent to authoriza- '" 1~".."1
<br />'. tion established that a substantial part oi the land included in the ..'1; . .
<br />project area as originally planned is non-irrigable. It was thereiore .5;
<br />necessary to iind substitute lands to maintain the authorized acreage,..:, .'"''
<br />! '. .~/' . This resulted in a change in the lands to be irrigated west oi Chaco
<br />: ,. .' 'i'.'.' Wash and the addition oi 20,000 irrigable acres in iour townships
<br />;. . ~ .,.. ;.,::....'( .:'. adjacent to but not included within .the originally authorized project.
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<br />. .' .... ...:;<:;. Providing irrigation service to these 110, OOQ acres will not only
<br />:.,,~ .' :"il" ':.. " require ~he modiiication of the original authorization to include the
<br />. ....,~ '.;"l':'':' :,.. :~iour townships but it also will require an authorization ior the inveat~
<br />i ::-':;,:'''T'i'>:':~:'i'' ment of'substantially .~ore .'money because the lands, particularly .
<br />.. :.. '~.,. '. .. west of the Wash, are much. more expensive to serve. We ostiznate
<br />>:(<;('. .:/;:........,.now th~t it. will re~uire a~ additional $60 m.illion ove: ~e currently
<br />. ...' ':"~<". '. :i;' .authonzed $135 million (mdexed to $145 million) to lrrlgate 110,000
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<br />.>:.....' ,:.....-:Since tl\e' project wa. authorized lour years ago, exciting new oppor- ":':'. .,....
<br />, : " :'. ....:..:<tunities {or industrial development. on the Navajo lands have been .......,
<br />. : ...'.:..,~ ';, emerging.' ~hue include particularly the opportunity to use the 'coal . , .
<br />, '.;"..; .resource o{ the Navajo Indians' ior 'team generation o! electric
<br />....: .~.\: '. power and to develop related industries, including petro chemical,;
<br />" . Accordingly, w. are not now at all sur. that it will be serving the .
<br />'l'(avajo~. w.ll to d.dica.t. a.U of their available wat.1' ~ol' agricultural
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