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Show VIII. Activities of the Commission Within the scope and limitations of Article I (a) of the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, ". . . to secure the expeditious agricultural and industrial development of the Upper Basin, the storage of water ..." and under the powers conferred upon the Commission by Article VIII (d) pertaining to making studies of water supplies of the Colorado River and its tributaries and the power to "... do all things necessary, proper or convenient in the performance of its duties . . . , either independently or in cooperation with any state or federal agency," the principal activities of the Commission have consisted of: (A) research and studies of an engineering and hydrologic nature of various phases of the water resources of the Colorado River Basin; (B) collection and compilation of documents for a legal department library relating to the utilization of waters of the Colorado River System for domestic, industrial, agricultural purposes and the generation of hydroelectric power, and legal analysis of associated laws, reports, and problems; (C) an education and information program designed to aid in securing appropriations of funds by the United States Congress for the construction, planning and investigation of storage dams, reservoirs, and water resource development projects of the Colorado River Storage Project that have been authorized for construction, and to secure the authorization by Congress for the construction of additional Storage Units and participating irrigation projects as the essential investigations and planning are completed; and (D) a legislative program consisting of the analysis and study of water resource Bills introduced in the U. S. Congress for enactment, the preparation of evidence and argument, and the presentation of testimony before Committees of the Congress. 21 |