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Show 463 take over the administration, care, operation and main- tenance of works that are authorized and constructed. Recently, the Bureau of Reclamation has prepared plans for a large-scale irrigation development known as the Central Arizona Project.328 This proposed development was approved by the Senate in 1950 as a project for irrigation, flood control, navigation, water storage, power generation, and other bene- ficial purposes, but no vote was taken by the House.824 Columbia River Basin.-The first two large multiple-pur- pose projects on the Columbia River-Bonneville and Grand Coulee Dams-were undertaken in 1935.325 The impending completion of Bonneville Dam two years later led to enactment of legislation to provide for its maintenance and operation and for the disposition of its power.326 This legislation followed substantially the recommendations of the President's Power Policy Committee.327 As recommended by that Committee, the form of administration established is to be provisional "pending establishment of a permanent administration for Bonneville and other projects in the Columbia River Basin.328 828 H. Doc. No. 136, 81st Cong., 1st sess. (1949). 824 S. 75, 81st Cong., 1st sess. (1949) ; 96 Cong. Rec. 2060 (1950). In commenting on this proposal, the Department of Agriculture pointed to "the need for a truly comprehensive plan in the Colorado Basin, prepared jointly by all agencies able to make worth-while contributions thereto." H. Doc. No. 136, 81st Cong., 1st sess., p. 104 (1949). It said the project "must be supported by projects and activities not contemplated in the report; in particular, by upper basin reservoirs and a program of land treatment," and that the reservoirs contemplated would soon be rendered useless by sediment if nothing were done to reduce erosion. Ibid. The Army Engineers pointed out that they were studying a group of related units included in the project though not involving use of Colorado River water or power. Id. p. 102. 825 See aupra, p. 413. 826 Act of August 20,1937, 50 Stat. 731,16 U. S. C. 832 et seq. ** Sen. Doc. No. 21,75th Cong., 1st sess. (1937). 828Id. p. 2; Act of August 20, 1937, § 2(a), 50 Stat. 731, 732, 16 U. S. C. 832a. The President's Power Policy Committee said that although Bonne- ville and Grand Coulee "should be considered together, the Committee has been compelled, because of the immediate need for legislative action in con- nection with Bonneville to report on the latter first. However, in recom- mending an administrative program for Bonneville the Committee has not lost sight of the fact that there must ultimately be a tie-in of other Federal projects in the Columbia River Basin and that recommendations made at 911611-51------31 |