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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... Building , Senator J. W. Fulbright ( chairman ) , presiding . Present : Senators Fulbright , Long , Wiley , Hickenlooper , Carlson , Capehart , and Williams . The CHAIRMAN . We have with us this morning Mr. Leland H. Hewitt , the ...
... Building , Senator J. W. Fulbright ( chairman ) , presiding . Present : Senators Fulbright , Long , Wiley , Hickenlooper , Carlson , Capehart , and Williams . The CHAIRMAN . We have with us this morning Mr. Leland H. Hewitt , the ...
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... build the dam , was not in- cluded in the 1944 treaty . Now the reason that the dam is located in the position selected , is that the principal flood producing tributaries of the Rio Grande constitute the Conchos River which comes in ...
... build the dam , was not in- cluded in the 1944 treaty . Now the reason that the dam is located in the position selected , is that the principal flood producing tributaries of the Rio Grande constitute the Conchos River which comes in ...
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... building this as a dam entirely within the United States it probably would be 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 ...
... building this as a dam entirely within the United States it probably would be 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 ...
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... Building , Senator J. W. Fulbright ( chairman ) presiding . Present : Senators Fulbright , Green , Sparkman , Mansfield , Lausche , Church , Hickenlooper , Wiley , Aiken , and Carlson . The CHAIRMAN . The committee will come to order ...
... Building , Senator J. W. Fulbright ( chairman ) presiding . Present : Senators Fulbright , Green , Sparkman , Mansfield , Lausche , Church , Hickenlooper , Wiley , Aiken , and Carlson . The CHAIRMAN . The committee will come to order ...
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... building our own powerplant . Mr. HEWITT . We are . The CHAIRMAN . Why the cost of it ? Mr. HEWITT . The cost of the powerplant on this side of the river , built in accordance with the treaty provides whenever a powerplant is built ...
... building our own powerplant . Mr. HEWITT . We are . The CHAIRMAN . Why the cost of it ? Mr. HEWITT . The cost of the powerplant on this side of the river , built in accordance with the treaty provides whenever a powerplant is built ...
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2½ percent 50 percent 50-year basis acre-feet acreage acres additional Amistad Reservoir amount of water annual Anzalduas Dam believe benefit-cost ratio benefits Boundary and Water Brownsville build Ciudad Acuña Commissioner COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN Congress DAM AND RESERVOIR DAM Senator downstream estimated facilities Falcon Dam Falcon Reservoir FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION Federal Power Commission figure firm power flood damages gulf HEWITT Hoover Dam House bill hydro impounded International Boundary international dam international storage dam irrigation joint construction kilowatts land Laredo LELAND H located Matamoros MELVILLE E Mexican Government Mexican side miles million Nuevo Laredo operation OSBORNE penstocks plant POWERPLANT Senator HICKENLOOPER President proposed Amistad Dam pursuant question railroads RECOMMENDATION AGAINST FEDERAL relocate Rio Grande River Senator CARLSON Senator GREEN Senator MANSFIELD Senator WILLIAMS statement steamplants Texas total cost treaty of February U.S. Govern U.S. share U.S. side United States share Water Commission water supply