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Show 31 partment of the Interior cannot authoritatively resolve this conflict. It can be resolved only by agreement among the States, by court action, or by an agency having jurisdiction.9 During the 79th, 80th, 81st and 82nd Congresses, Arizona sought congressional authorization for the construction of the Central Arizona Project by the Bureau of Reclamation. While some of her proposals passed the Senate, none passed the House.10 On April 18, 1951, the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives adopted a resolution that consideration of bills relating to the Central Arizona Project "be postponed until such time as use of the water in the lower Colorado River Basin is either adjudicated or binding or mutual agreement as to the use of the water is reached by the States of the lower Colorado River Basin."11 About a year later, this action was instituted by Arizona. BAriz. Ex. 70, at pp. 140, 141. "The following are bills which failed of enactment by the Congress. H. R. 4534, 79th Cong., 1st Sess. (1945); S. 1175, 80th Cong., 1st Sess. (1947); S. 75, 81st Cong., 2nd Sess. (1950); S. 75, 82nd Cong., 1st Sess. (1951); H. R. 1500, H. R. 1501, 82nd Cong., 1st Sess. (1951). "Hearings on H. R. 1500 and H. R. 1501 Before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, 82nd Cong., 1st Sess., pt. 2, pp. 739, 740-756 (1951). |
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Original Report: State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California |