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Show 89th Congress, 2d Session Union Calendar No. 849 H. R. 4671 (Report No. 1849) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 9, 1965 Mr. UDALL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs August 11, 1966 Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed. A BILL To authorize the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Colorado River Basin project, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. TITLE I - COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT: OBJECTIVES SEC. 101. This this Act may be cited as the "Colorado River Basin Project Act." SEC. 102. The Congress recognizes that the present and growing water shortages in the Colorado River Basin and the Southwest as hereinafter defined constitute urgent problems of national concern, and accordingly authorizes and directs the National Water Commission established in title II sf this Act and the Water Resources Council, established by the Water Resources Planning Act (Public Law 89-80), to give highest priority to the preparation of a plan and program for the relief of such shortages, in consultation with the States and Federal entities affected, as provided in this Act. This program is declared to be for the purposes, among others, of regulating the flow of the Colorado River; controlling floods; improving navigation; providing for the storage and delivery of the waters of the Colorado River for reclamation of lands, including supplemental water supplies, for municipal, industrial, and other beneficial purposes; improving water quality; providing for basic public outdoor recreation facilities; improving conditions for fish and wildlife; and the generation and sale of hydroelectric power as an incident of the foregoing purposes. TITLE II - THE NATIONAL WATER COMMISSION AND SOUTHWEST INVESTIGATIONS AND PLANNING SEC. 201. (a) There is established the National Water Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission"). (b) The Commission shall be composed of seven members, who shall be appointed by the President and serve at his pleasure. No member of the Commission shall during his period of service on the Commission, hold any other position as an officer or employee of the United States, except as a retired officer or retired civilian employee of the United States. (c) The President shall designate the Chairman of the Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "Chairman") from among its members. (d) Members of the Commission may each be compensated at the rate of $100 for each day such member is engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission. Each member shall be reimbursed for travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the government service employed intermittently. (e) The Commission shall have an Executive Director who shall be appointed by the Chairman with the approval of the President and shall be 47 |
