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Show cover requirements caused by diminutions in energy generation and capacity impairment created at Hoover Dam powerplants as the result of operations of dams and reservoirs of the Colorado River Storage Project. The total fiscal year 1966 program of $6,850,700 will be funded with $41,700 advanced by the water users, $51,000 from appropriated funds, and $6,758,000 by revenues received from the sale of electrical energy and water. The $51,000 in appropriated funds were required for nonreimbursable operation and maintenance work allocated to Flood Control and Fish and Wildlife facilities. The Upper Colorado River Commission on March 1, 1965 submitted testimony to the Subcommittee on the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives in support of construction funds for the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project. Witnesses representing the Upper Colorado River Commission and various entities in the States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming on May 19, 1965 presented testimony to the Public Works Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee and the Subcommittee on Bureau of Reclamation and Power Marketing Agencies of the Senate Appropriations Committee. These witnesses supported the President's Budget and, in addition, recommended that Congress appropriate approximately $3,500,000 for starting the construction of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project. On June 17, 1965 the House Committee on Appropriations reported its Public Works Appropriation Bill for Fiscal 1966, H. R. 9220, House Report No. 527. The House Committe recommended the same total amount of money as in the President's Budget. On June 22, 1965 the House passed H. R. 9220. The total for the Colorado River Storage Project approved by the House was $46,865,000, or $2,000,000 less than recommended by the President or the House Appropriations Committee. The House also included $3,500,000 for construction of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project. On August 19, 1965 the Senate Committee on Appropriations reported H. R. 9220, Senate Report No. 632. The Senate Committee recommended a total of $48,471,500 which included $163,000 for the Page, Arizona Accommodation School. On August 23, 1965, H. R. 9220, as recommended by the Committee, was passed by the Senate. 57 |