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. . "Section 8 deals with the financial problems created by the filling of Lake Powell and the resulting impairment of firm power production at Hoover Dam. Substantial payments have already been made out of the upper Colorado River Basin fund to compensate Hoover Dam power contractors for deficiencies in power Generation at Hoover Dam, and additional payments may have to be made in the future under the Glen Canyon fillinG criteria. Section 8 provides for the repayment of such expenditures heretofore or hereafter made out of the upper Colorado River Basin fund. This is to be accomplished by transferring $500,000 each year to the upper basin fund from the Colorado River development fund (CRDF) created by the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act of 1940, commencing with the enactment of this act. The CRDP now receives $500,000 per year from Hoover Dam power revenues earmarked for use in the development of projects and will continue to do so under existing law until 1987. The effect of section 8 is to earmark that same amount ($500,000 annually) for transfer to the upper Colorado River Basin fund instead. If any deficit in reimbursement of the upper Colorado River Basin fund exists after 1987 the remaining deficiency is to be paid out of the new lower Colorado River Basin development fund which is established by section 5 of this act." (Emphasis added) This Senate Committee Report indicated that the Committee intended that the Filling Criteria would continue until terminated at some later date. In commenting on Section 11 (a) of S. 1004 (same text as Section 601 (a) of H. R. 4671 directing the Secretary to adopt long-range operating criteria for the Colorado River reservoirs referred to therein), the Committee stated:W W See footnote 14, page 630 -12-