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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... located in the immediate vicinity of Del Rio and Ciudad Acuña on the Mexico side of the river . The reason why this dam was not authorized by the 1944 treaty is that the 1944 treaty specified definitely certain reaches of the river in ...
... located in the immediate vicinity of Del Rio and Ciudad Acuña on the Mexico side of the river . The reason why this dam was not authorized by the 1944 treaty is that the 1944 treaty specified definitely certain reaches of the river in ...
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... located in the reservoir area . This is considerably different from Falcon where we had to relocate several small villages . In this area there will be no relocation of villages . There are only about 25 or 35 acres of arable land in ...
... located in the reservoir area . This is considerably different from Falcon where we had to relocate several small villages . In this area there will be no relocation of villages . There are only about 25 or 35 acres of arable land in ...
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... located downstream so as to protect the rights of water users below Falcon . The dam as authorized by this bill will ... located about 75 miles downstream from Laredo at the head of the fertile Rio Grande Valley . Amistad is the second ...
... located downstream so as to protect the rights of water users below Falcon . The dam as authorized by this bill will ... located about 75 miles downstream from Laredo at the head of the fertile Rio Grande Valley . Amistad is the second ...
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... located at the present time at Falcon . This is a dam with a similar purpose to the proposed Amistad Dam which is to be located in the vicinity of Del Rio . There is another dam a little bit lower down on the river called Anzalduas Dam ...
... located at the present time at Falcon . This is a dam with a similar purpose to the proposed Amistad Dam which is to be located in the vicinity of Del Rio . There is another dam a little bit lower down on the river called Anzalduas Dam ...
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... located in the United States . We have a railroad to relocate , we have a number of roads to relocate , and we have some utilities to relocate . On the Mexican side of the river they have no railroads to relocate , they have no roads to ...
... located in the United States . We have a railroad to relocate , we have a number of roads to relocate , and we have some utilities to relocate . On the Mexican side of the river they have no railroads to relocate , they have no roads to ...
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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