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Show -20- stand the purport of the amendment [offered by Senator Hayden],1 it is to provide that in the act of ratification, the State of California shall obligate herself not to claim more than 4,200,000 acre-feet annually of the apportioned water, and no more than 500,000 acre-feet annually of the unallocated or unapportioned water. Mr. Hayden. No; the Senator has not had an opportunity, perhaps, to read the amendment carefully. Mr. Bratton. I have not read it carefully, and I shall appreciate it if the Senator will correct me. Mr. Hayden. The provision in the amendment is that the State of California shall agree not to use more than 4,200,000 acre-feet of the water apportioned in perpetuity to the lower basin, and not more than 500,000 acre-feet of the additional 1,000,000 acre-feet which the compact authorizes to be appropriated in the lower basin. Mr. Bratton. That is the thought I had in mind, although I did not express it accurately. If the State of California is willing thus to bind herself, is it the opinion of the Senator from Arizona that that will result in composing the differences among the lower-basin States, and will bring about a 7-State ratification ? Mr. Hayden. Certainly. That is exactly what we are trying to do. Mr. Bratton. I understand that. The Senator believes that the adoption of this amendment probably will lead to an early ratification by all seven States? Mr. Hayden. I certainly do, or I would not offer it. !Cal. Exh. No. 2011. |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde 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, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |