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<br />'ARKANSAS RIVER: COMPACT
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<br />'Mr. MURDOCK. We assure you we will dO'so, GeneraL In fact, it
<br />:is :!lot our custom' ordinarily to m~et '.on Saturday mo:uing,. but .in
<br />order. that we might hear your .evldence and take actlOn with dls-
<br />'patch, we were glad to do so today. '., .
<br />GENERAL KRAMRR.We appreClateyour courtesy, and accommoda-
<br />tiol!-. . I !>al(e j.[lstone'lj\stwl!Ord.... .
<br />There is nothing controversial about. this particular compact, and
<br />,it ought not encounter any difficulties. I hope I am right in that pre-
<br />diction.
<br />.Mr. MARSHALL. I mi~ht say, Mr. Chairman, that I hope that the
<br />Senl\te will act as expeditiously as we do. . . .
<br />Mr.. i?TONR. ~e from Color~do .would like ~o join. in asking for
<br />expedltlOUS actlOn. We are gomg mto another IrrlgatlOn season, and
<br />'it 'Y",uld be highly desir~ble ~o eJiOlIe.(!i,tethe gr~nting of this bill.
<br />MURDOCK. Mr. Will, did Y01t'ha'lle anythmg to add!
<br />Mr. WILL (John G. Will, Assistant Chief Counsel, Bureau or Recla.
<br />mation). I have nothing to contribute.
<br />. I regret the Department's report is not before your committee yet.
<br />It is in the process of formulatlOn. I have no personal reason for be-
<br />lieving that the Department will submit an adverse report. I assume
<br />that it will be favorable.
<br />Mr. MURDOCK. Thank you, sir.
<br />(The Department's report is as follows:)
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<br />UNITED STATE!3 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTEaIOB,
<br />OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,
<br />'t Wa'8h:j_nuto~", D: 0.,,1'4//4.11 6'//9.49.
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<br />Hon. J. HARDIN PETERSON,
<br />Ohairman, Oommittee on.PubUo Lands,
<br />Hou8e ot Representatives.
<br />My DlIJAR MD. ,PETERSON: We are glad to comply with your request for an
<br />expression of the views of this Department on H. R. 4151, which is entitled
<br />'jA blIl to grant the consent of the United _States to the Arkansas River compact."
<br />We recommend enactment of the proposed legislation. .
<br />The waters of the Arkansas River Basin have been a prolific source of litiga-
<br />tion for many years, beginning in 1901 and ending in. 1943, when the Supreme
<br />CQurt:dismissed the last:su.1t between Colorado and Kansas with au admonition
<br />that. the,:W~~ants"compose t~elr dUfereiic~s by C9mpa,ct.~ -' Const?nt pf the C~ngre.ss
<br />to negotiations between the' Sffltes of C610r~i'do arid"Kttnsa13' \Vlis"'grante'd by Ufe
<br />act approved April 19, 1915.
<br />The United States representative on the compact commission has been diligent
<br />jn the determination of the interests of. the United States In that part of the
<br />Arkansas River Basin under consideratiOn. He has consulted from time to
<br />, time with the several agencies of the Department of the Interior~ Representa-
<br />tives of this Department appeared before the commission 'during itS deliberations.
<br />While many of the agencies. of this Department have interests in the basin,
<br />the compact is of especial .interest to'the Geological Survey and' the Bureau 'of
<br />Reclamation-to the former in connection with the investigation and measure-
<br />ment of water resources j to the latter in connection with the utilization of
<br />water. Both agencies are specifically requested by the compact to collaborate
<br />with the administrative body therein authorized, and with appropriate State
<br />o:ffi~ials in, among other things, the systematic determination and correlation
<br />of data which may be' necessary for the prop'er administration of the compact.
<br />This is proper and desirable j and I assure yotir. committee of our continued
<br />cooperation and collaboration with State officials in the Arkansas River Basin.
<br />The Bureau of Reclamation has no constructed projects in the area covered by
<br />the compact, .but ~s engaged in a bl\~in~wide investigation of the opportunities
<br />for supplementing existing irrigatioi1'eifterpri~es and in develpping remaining
<br />land and wl1ter J;'esource~. The 'Bureau Qf ]:teClamatioit"also..~as under study
<br />plans to import water fJ.1im the Colorado River Basin tQ.:.enla"tge.the possibilities
<br />for such assistance and development. .
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