Amistad Dam and Reservoir: Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 12263, an Act to Authorize the Conclusion of an Agreement for the Joint Construction by the United States and Mexico 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. June 21 and 22, 1960Considers H.R. 12263, to authorize State Dept to conclude agreement with Mexico for joint construction, operation and maintenance of Amistad Dam and Reservoir on Rio Grande River. |
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... built , and the location where the final engineering studies indicated would be most advantageous to build the dam , was not in- Icluded in the 1944 treaty . Now the reason that the dam is located in the position selected , is that the ...
... built , and the location where the final engineering studies indicated would be most advantageous to build the dam , was not in- Icluded in the 1944 treaty . Now the reason that the dam is located in the position selected , is that the ...
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... built , escape to the gulf and those annual conservation benefits are $ 1,892,000 a year . CONSTRUCTION OF HYDROELECTRIC PLANTS Now H.R. 12263 provides that the U.S. Commissioner will nego- tiate with Mexico to obtain an agreement to ...
... built , escape to the gulf and those annual conservation benefits are $ 1,892,000 a year . CONSTRUCTION OF HYDROELECTRIC PLANTS Now H.R. 12263 provides that the U.S. Commissioner will nego- tiate with Mexico to obtain an agreement to ...
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... built in a slightly different location than that specified in the treaty , and in a reservation to the treaty , the Senate prohibited expenditures not specifically provided without authorization by Congress . Thus , H.R. 12263 in ...
... built in a slightly different location than that specified in the treaty , and in a reservation to the treaty , the Senate prohibited expenditures not specifically provided without authorization by Congress . Thus , H.R. 12263 in ...
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... built as a flood - control dam only , but being an international dam , and being constructed by the United States and Mexico combined , Mexico desiring to have conservation storage included in the dam , we could not very well stand out ...
... built as a flood - control dam only , but being an international dam , and being constructed by the United States and Mexico combined , Mexico desiring to have conservation storage included in the dam , we could not very well stand out ...
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... built in accordance with the treaty provides whenever a powerplant is built , whether it is in one plant or two plants , the United States and Mexico share equally in the cost of the construction AMISTAD DAM AND RESERVOIR 17.
... built in accordance with the treaty provides whenever a powerplant is built , whether it is in one plant or two plants , the United States and Mexico share equally in the cost of the construction AMISTAD DAM AND RESERVOIR 17.
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2½ percent 50-year basis acre-feet acreage acres additional Amistad Reservoir ANGELES THE LIBRARY ANGELES THE UNIVERSITY ANGELEST annual Anzalduas Dam believe benefit-cost ratio benefits Boundary and Water Brownsville build CALIFORN THE UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA OF CALIFORN CHAIRMAN Ciudad Acuña Commissioner COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN conservation storage DAM AND RESERVOIR Department downstream E-LIBRARY estimated facilities Falcon Dam Federal Power Commission firm power flood control flood damages gulf HEWITT Hoover Dam House bill International Boundary international storage dam irrigation joint construction kilowatts land Laredo LELAND H located MELVILLE E Mexican Government Mexican side miles million Nuevo Laredo operation OSBORNE penstocks plant POWERPLANT Senator HICKENLOOPER President proposed Amistad Dam purposes question RECOMMENDATION AGAINST FEDERAL relocate repayment Rio Grande River Senator CARLSON Senator GREEN Senator MANSFIELD Senator WILLIAMS steamplants Texas treaty of February U.S. Govern U.S. share U.S. side UNIVERSIT UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES valley Water Commission water supply