INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H. R. 6035 and H. R. 7295

BILLS "TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO
CONSTRUCT THE SAN LUIS UNIT OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY
PROJECT, CALIFORNIA, TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WITH RESPECT TO THE CONSTRUCTION
AND OPERATION OF SUCH UNIT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

H. R. 2452 and H. R. 2521

BILLS "TO PROVIDE FOR FEDERAL COOPERATION WITH THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SAN LUIS UNIT OF
THE FEATHER RIVER PROJECT, TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY
OF INTERIOR TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT THEREFOR, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES"

H. R. 9969

A BILL "TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO
CONSTRUCT THE SAN LUIS UNIT OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY
PROJECT, CALIFORNIA, TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA WITH RESPECT TO THE FINANCING,
CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF SUCH UNIT, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES"

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JANUARY 15, 16, AND 17, 1958

Printed for the use of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Serial No. 4

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1958

CONTENTS

Statement of:
Fred G. Aandahl, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, accompanied by
N. B. Bennett, Chief, Project Development Division, Bureau of
Reclamation; B. P. Bellport, Regional Director, Bureau of Reclama-
tion, Sacramento; Ivan P. Head, Regional Project Development
Engineer, Region 11, Bureau of Reclamation, Sacramento, Calif.,
Department of the Interior__

Harvey O. Banks, director, department of water resources, State
of California; accompanied by Porter A. Towner, chief counsel,
department of water resources, State of California_

Allen Bottorff, chairman of the water problems department, Kern
County Farm Bureau, California___

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Warren W. Butler, vice chairman, board of directors, the metropolitan water district of Southern California_

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James A. Cobey, California state senator, representing Merced and
Madera Counties, Central Valley of California.

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The Honorable Charles S. Gubser, a Representative in Congress from the State of California

The Honorable Harlen Hagen, a Representative in Congress from the
State of California__

Albert T. Henley, accompanied by Frank Polak, representing the
Santa Clara, San Benito and Alameda water authority, California..
The Honorable Craig Hosmer, a Representative in Congress from the
State of California__

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Charles T. Kaljian, president, board of directors, San Luis water district, California_

Harold K. Levering, assemblyman, State of California_
The Honorable John J. McFall, a Representative in Congress from the
State of California__

J. E. O'Neill, president, Westlands water district, California_
William S. Peterson, general manager and chief engineer, department
of water and power, Los Angeles, Calif

Carley V. Porter, assemblyman, chairman, joint subcommittee on financial and economic policy of State water projects, California State Legislature_.

George Sehlmeyer, master, California State Grange_

Grover C. Shannon, president, Feather River Project Association,
California

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The Honorable B. F. Sisk, a Representative in Congress from the
State of California.

Vance Webb, member, board of supervisors, Kern County, Calif........

III

SAN LUIS PROJECT, CALIFORNIA

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1958

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION OF THE

COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS,

Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10 a. m., in the committee room, New House Office Building, Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall, chairman of the subcommittee, presiding.

Mr. ASPINALL. The Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs will now be in session for the consideration of H. R. 6035, by our colleague, Mr. Sisk of California, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct the San Luis unit of the Central Valley project, California, to enter into an agreement with the State of California with respect to the construction and operation of such unit, and for other purposes, and its companion bill, H. R. 7295, by Mr. Gubser; and bills having to do with the same subject matter, H. R. 2452, by Mr. Hosmer, and H. R. 2521, by Mr. Utt, both colleagues and members of this committee, and H. R. 9969, by Mr. Hagen, of California.

It is my understanding that H. R. 6035 and H. R. 7295 are identical except for an added section in H. R. 7295 which proposes extending project service to Alameda, Santa Clara, and San Benito Counties. H. R. 2452 and H. R. 2521 are similar bills.

Unless there is an objection, H. R. 6035 and H. R. 7295 will be printed in the record at this point, together with H. R. 2452, by Mr. Hosmer, and H. R. 9969, by Mr. Hagen. H. R. 2521, by Mr. Utt, will not be printed, since it is similar to H. R. 2452.

Is there any objection?

Hearing no objection, it is so ordered.

Unless there is an objection, the report of the Department of the Interior, under date of June 28, 1957, signed by Hon. Roger Ernst, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, will be printed in the record at this place.

Hearing no objection, it is so ordered.

(The bills and the report follows:)

[H. R. 6035, 85th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct the San Luis unit of the Central Valley project, California, to enter into an agreement with the State of California with respect to the construction and operation of such unit, and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the principal purpose of furnishing water for the irrigation of approximately five hundred thousand acres of land in Merced, Fresno, and Kings Counties, California, and as incidents thereto of furnishing water for municipal and domestic use and providing recreation and

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