AZ vs. CA:25 California Exhibits, Vol. XXV; Nos. 7501-7859

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THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR washington, d. c. July 24, 1947. Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Speaker of the House of Representatives. My Dear Mr. Speaker: There is enclosed herewith a copy of my interim report dated July 19, 1947, on the status of our investigations of potential water resource developments in the Colorado River Basin in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. The report is based on a departmental report dated June 7, 1946, and a report dated March 22, 1946, by the directors of regions III and IV of the Bureau of Reclamation. The studies and investigations on which the interim and underlying inventory reports are based were authorized by section 15 of the Boulder Canyon Project Act (45 Stat. 1057, 1065) and section 2 of the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act (54 Stat. 774)-Pursuant to section 1 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 the departmental report of June 7,1946, and the regional directors* report of March 22, 1946, were transmitted to the seven affected States and the Secretary of War for comment. These reports were also transmitted to the Federal Power Commission and the Department of Agriculture. The replies of these States and of the Federal agencies are transmitted herewith and are discussed in the interim report.