AZ vs. CA:21 California Exhibits, Vol. XXI; Nos. 4501-4597

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[27] 3. Extract From Debate on H.R. 10385/ 64th Cong., 1st Sess. (Feb. 1, 1916) (53 Cong. Rec. 1980). The Chairman [Rep. Martin D. Foster (111.)]- • • • The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: For the construction and repair of necessary channels and laterals for the utilization of water in connection with the pumping plant for irrigation purposes on the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Ariz., as provided in the act of April 4, 1910 (36 Stat. L., 273), for the purpose of securing an appropriation of water for the irrigation of approximately 150,000 acres of land and for maintaining and operating the pumping plant, $15,000, reimbursable as provided in said act, and to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be prepared plans and specifications showing the approximate cost of the construction of the necessary irrigation works for the reclamation of all of the irrigable lands on the Colorado River Indian Reservation in Arizona and California, which plans and specifications, together with a report upon the feasibility of irrigating the lands within said reservation, shall be submitted to Congress on the first Monday in December, 1916, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable. In said report the said secretary shall recommend a method for the disposal of the surplus and unallotted lands within said reservation and a plan for the repayment of the cost of the necessary irrigation work. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this proviso there is hereby appropriated the sum of $5,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary.2 Indian Appropriation Bill was enacted, with modification, as 39 Stat. 123 (1916). 2This item was enacted, with modification, as part of the Indian Appropriation Bill, 39 Stat. 123, 129 (1916).