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Show 429 Bills similar to these have been introduced in succeeding Congresses, but have never reached the floor of either House.183 Nevertheless, much attention was directed toward specific basins. In 1944, after hearings on the Bureau of Reclamation- Army Engineer plan for development of the Missouri River Basin, this plan was authorized.184 Extensive hearings were held in the following year on a bill to create a Missouri Valley Authority.185 Hearings were likewise held in 1949 on a pro- posal for a Columbia Valley Administration.186 Other pro- posals introduced during this latter period included bills for the creation of particular valley authorities,187 bills for the territorial expansion of TVA,188 bills for comprehensive surveys or planning only,189 bills for adopting certain basin-wide pro- grams worked out by two or more agencies190 or by one agency,191 bills for consolidating existing agencies of govern- ment,192 bills for interstate commissions,193 and a bill for inter- state associations.194 183 See, e. g., H. R. 1824, 79th Cong., 1st sess. (1945) ; H. R. 894, 81st Cong., lstsess. (1949). 184 Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Irriga- tion and Reclamation on S. 1915, 78th Cong., 2d sess. (1944) ; Act of Decem- ber 22,1944, § 9, 58 Stat. 887, 891. 18i See infra, pp. 474-475. 186 Hearings before the House Committee on Public Works on H. R. 4286 and H. R. 4287, and before the Senate Committee on Public Works on S. 1645, both 81st Cong., 1st sess. (1949). M7For Columbia: S. 460, 79th Cong., 1st sess. (1945) ; H. R. 427, H. R. 4286 and S. 1645, 81st Cong., 1st sess. (1949). For Connecticut: H. R. 4701, 81st Cong., 1st sess. (1949). For Merrimack: H. R. 463, 81st Cong., 1st sess. (1949). For Missouri: S. 555, 79th Cong., 1st sess. (1945) ; S. 1160 and H. R. 3522, 81st Cong., 1st sess. (1949). For Ohio: H. R. 2540, 79th Cong., 1st sess. (1945). For Savannah: S. 64, 81st Cong., 1st sess. (1949). 188To include Cumberland Valley: S. 338, 81st Cong., 1st sess. (1949). 189For Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers: S. 253, 81st Cong., 1st sess. (1949). For New England-New York: S. 3707, 81st Cong., 2d sess. (1950). 190For Columbia Basin: S. 1595 and S. 2180, 81st Cong., 1st sess. (1949). mFor Central Arizona Project: S. 75, 81st Cong., 1st sess. (1949). 192 S. 2833 and S. 3657, 81st Cong., 2d sess. (1950). During debate on the 1944 Flood Control Bill, the Senate defeated an amendment to transfer to the Bureau of Reclamation the functions of the Army Engineers pertaining to western water conservation reservoirs. See 90 Cong. Rec. 8616-8626 (1944). 193 For Columbia Interstate Commission: H. R. 3636, 81st Cong., 1st sess. (1949); for Susquehanna Watershed Commission: H. R. 9724, 81st Cong., 2d sess. (1950). wFor "Interstate Water and Power Users' Associations": S. 3376, 81st Cong., 2d sess. (1950). |