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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... Present : Senators Fulbright , Long , Wiley , Hickenlooper , Carlson , Capehart , and Williams . The CHAIRMAN . We have with us this morning Mr. Leland H. Hewitt , the Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water Commission ...
... Present : Senators Fulbright , Long , Wiley , Hickenlooper , Carlson , Capehart , and Williams . The CHAIRMAN . We have with us this morning Mr. Leland H. Hewitt , the Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water Commission ...
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... other ancillary benefits . The first dam , Falcon Dam as you can see , was completed in 1953 and is under operation at the present time . The second dam which we are talking about this morning 2 AMISTAD DAM AND RESERVOIR.
... other ancillary benefits . The first dam , Falcon Dam as you can see , was completed in 1953 and is under operation at the present time . The second dam which we are talking about this morning 2 AMISTAD DAM AND RESERVOIR.
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... present streambed , will be flanked by earth embankments ; on the Mexican side the embankment will be about 4.1 miles long and on the United States side about 2.1 miles long . This dam structure will require about 1.3 million cubic ...
... present streambed , will be flanked by earth embankments ; on the Mexican side the embankment will be about 4.1 miles long and on the United States side about 2.1 miles long . This dam structure will require about 1.3 million cubic ...
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... present in Falcon Reservoir that the use of waters for domestic and irrigation purposes is paramount , and that releases would be made for such purposes as determined and requested by authorities of the State of Texas . Flood control ...
... present in Falcon Reservoir that the use of waters for domestic and irrigation purposes is paramount , and that releases would be made for such purposes as determined and requested by authorities of the State of Texas . Flood control ...
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... present name of Amistad , or " friendship . " When I met with President Lopez Mateos in Acapulco , Mexico , in 1958 , and again when he visited my ranch in Texas last year , we discussed the Amistad project at length . We were in ...
... present name of Amistad , or " friendship . " When I met with President Lopez Mateos in Acapulco , Mexico , in 1958 , and again when he visited my ranch in Texas last year , we discussed the Amistad project at length . We were in ...
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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