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<br />, <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The Upper Division stated that the amount of money <br /> <br />expended by the United States from the Upper Colorado River <br /> <br />Basin Fund to the Hoover power contractors for Hoover power de- <br /> <br />ficiencies, as of May 31,1965, was $3,647,095; and, as of May 31, <br /> <br />$ .v <br />1969, was 4,047,901. <br /> <br />B. The Upper Division Objects to Hoover <br />Power Deficiency Allowances Being Paid <br />From Upper Colorado River Basin Fund <br /> <br />During August 23, to September 1,1965, the House <br /> <br />of Representatives Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation of <br /> <br />the Committee on Interior and Insular AJiairs held hearings on <br /> <br />H .R. 4671 ,Y one of the bills predecessor to the Colorado River <br /> <br />Basin Project Act (P.L. 90-537).1/ <br /> <br />At these hearings several witnesses representing the <br /> <br />States of the Upper Division appeared before the Subcommittee and <br /> <br />objected to the Secretary's compensating the Hoover power contractors <br /> <br />from the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund for Hoover power deficiencies <br /> <br />at Hoover Dam in accordance with Principle 5 of the Filling Criteria, <br /> <br />A statement of this objection, made by the Honorable John A. Love, <br /> <br />then and now Governor of the Sta te of Colorado, is typical. His <br /> <br />statement is reported at page 343 of these hearings as follows:Y <br /> <br />.v Report of Engineering Committee of Upper Colorado <br />River Commission, dated Nov, 19, 1969, Attachment II. <br />Y Hearings before House of Representatives Subcommittee on <br />Irrigation and Reclamation of the Committee on Interior and <br />Insular Affairs, 89th Cong. 1st Session, H .R. 4671 and Similar <br />Bills. <br />1/ Act dated September 30, 1968, 90th Cong., 2nd Session, <br />Y See Footnote 6. <br /> <br />-4- <br />