SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS
A BILL ΤΟ AUTHORIZE THE CONCLUSION OF AN
AGREEMENT FOR THE JOINT CONSTRUCTION BY THE
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO OF A MAJOR INTERNA-
TIONAL STORAGE DAM ON THE RIO GRANDE IN ACCORD-
ANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY OF
FEBRUARY 3, 1944, WITH MEXICO, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
FEBRUARY 8, 9, 10; MARCH 7 AND 18, 1960
Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
THOMAS E. MORGAN, Pennsylvania, Chairman
A. S. J. CARNAHAN, Missouri
CLEMENT J. ZABŁOCKI, Wisconsin
OMAR BURLESON, Texas
EDNA F. KELLY, New York
WAYNE L. HAYS, Ohio
ARMISTEAD I. SELDEN, JR., Alabama
J. L. PILCHER, Georgia
BARRATT O'HARA, Illinois
L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina
DANTE B. FASCELL, Florida
FRANK M. COFFIN, Maine
LEONARD FARBSTEIN, New York
D. S. SAUND, California
CHARLES C. DIGGS, JR., Michigan
LINDLEY BECKWORTH, Texas
HARRIS B. MCDOWELL, JR., Delaware
WILLIAM T. MURPHY, Illinois
WILLIAM H. MEYER, Vermont
CORNELIUS E. GALLAGHER, New Jersey CHESTER BOWLES, Connecticut
ROBERT B. CHIPERFIELD, Illinois
FRANCES P. BOLTON, Ohio
CHESTER E. MERROW, New Hampshire
WALTER H. JUDD, Minnesota
JAMES G. FULTON, Pennsylvania
DONALD L. JACKSON, California
MARGUERITE STITT CHURCH, Illinois E. ROSS ADAIR, Indiana
ALVIN M. BENTLEY, Michigan LAURENCE CURTIS, Massachusetts STUYVESANT WAINWRIGHT, New York
Drake, Jack H., secretary, Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Commit-
tee, Weslaco, Tex..
Fisher, Hon. Ó. C., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Texas__
Friedkin, Joseph F., principal engineer, supervising, U.S. Section,
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States
and Mexico..
Hardeman, Hon. Dorsey B., San Angelo, Tex., State Senator, State
of Texas.
Hewitt, Col. L. H., Commissioner, U.S. Section, International
Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico - - -
Hill, Frank Y., on behalf of the city of Laredo, county of Webb,
county of Zapata, Tex., and the Laredo Chamber of Commerce..
Kilgore, Hon. Joe M., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Pettit, M. H., chairman, Diablo Dam Committee of the Chamber of
Commerce of Del Rio, Tex...
Rhodes, Jeremiah Ingels, Eagle Pass, Tex., on behalf of the city of
Eagle Pass, Tex., the county of Maverick, Tex., the Maverick
County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, and the
Chamber of Commerce of the City of Eagle Pass, Tex....
White, Glenn G., Donna, Tex., representing the Texas Farm Bureau
Federation...
Hewitt, Col. L. H., Commissioner, U.S. Section, International
Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico__
Krezdorn, Roy, consulting engineer, Texas Electric Cooperatives,
Inc., Austin, Tex..
Robinson, Charles A., Jr., staff engineer, National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association, Washington, D.C...
Shepperd, Riggs, Hondo, Tex., chairman, Power and Technical Com-
mittee, Texas Electric Cooperatives_-
Bennett, Newcomb B., Jr., Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Recla-
mation, Department of the Interior..
Crum, Stewart P., Chief, Section of Basin and Project Plans, Division
of River Basins, Bureau of Power, Federal Power Commission--
Friedkin, Joseph S., principal engineer, supervising, U.S. Section,
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and
Mexico...
Wednesday, February 10, 1960-Continued
Kilgore, Hon. Joe S., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Texas
Kugel, Kenneth, Resources and Civil Works Division, Bureau of the
Budget..
Mason, John C., Deputy General Counsel, Federal Power Commission_
Osborne, Melville E., Officer in Charge of Mexican Affairs, Department
of State
Weaver, Frank L., Chief, Division of River Basins, Bureau of Power,
Federal Power Commission_.
Crocket, Stanley B., Harlingen, Tex., president of Texas Citrus
Mutual, and representing landowners of Cameron County Water
Control and Improvement District No. 1, La Feria Water Control
and Improvement District No. 3, and Adams Garden Water Con-
trol and Improvement District; also Texas Canners Association___
Cunningham, Paul Y., Brownsville, Tex., attorney for Cameron
County Water Control and Improvement Districts 5 and 6, and
Cameron County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1.
Drake, Jack H., secretary, Lower Rio Grande Water Committee, and
executive vice president and general manager, Lower Rio Grande
Valley Chamber of Commerce_.
Klein, Arthur A., Harlingen, Tex., attorney for Cameron County
Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, La Feria Water
Control and Improvement District, Cameron County No. 3,
Cameron County Water Control and Improvement District No. 19,
and Cameron County Water Improvement District No. 16.
Mills, C. Y., Mission, Tex., member, Lower Rio Grande Water Com-
mittee__
Smith, Garland F., Weslaco, Tex., general attorney for Hidalgo and
Cameron Counties Water Control and Improvement District No. 9--
Smith, Kenneth M., McAllen, Tex----
LETTERS, STATEMENTS, AND MEMORANDUMS
SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD
H.R. 8080, a bill to authorize the conclusion of an agreement for the joint
construction by the United States of a major international storage dam
on the Rio Grande in accordance with the provisions of the treaty of
February 3, 1944, with Mexico, and for other purposes, text of
Ratio of U.S. benefits to costs if Federal Government built a powerplant
at proposed Amistad Dam site, tabulation on, submitted by Joseph S.
Friedkin, International Boundary and Water Commission
South Texas Chamber of Commerce, resolution of
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