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<br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />0381 <br /> <br />o Congress should lift the responsibility for the negotiation <br />of repayment contracts from Bureau of Reclamation <br />personnel, and direct the Department of Justice to perform <br />this task unfettered by a vested interest in maintaining an <br />influential constituency for underpriced water and power. <br /> <br />o Congress should reject any efforts to sanction hydropower <br />giveaways on the pretext of repayment in the future by <br />unauthorized irrigation projects such as that contained in <br />Sec. 310 of S. 1739, the Omnibus Water Resources <br />Development bill now pending before the Senate. <br /> <br />15 <br />