HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 21

A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE OPTIMUM DEVELOPMENT OF
THE NATION'S NATURAL RESOURCES THROUGH THE CO-
ORDINATED PLANNING OF WATER AND RELATED LAND
RESOURCES, THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WATER
RESOURCES COUNCIL AND RIVER BASIN COMMISSIONS,
AND BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE
STATES IN ORDER TO INCREASE STATE PARTICIPATION
IN SUCH PLANNING

Goslin, Ival V., executive director, Upper Colorado River Commission__
Metcalf, Hon. Lee, a U.S. Senator from the State of Montana__
National Association of Manufacturers_.

Staats, Elmer B., Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget; accompanied
by Wesley K. Sasaki, Assistant Division Chief, Resources and Civil
Works Division, Bureau of the Budget, and Monte Canfield, Jr., budget
examiner, Resources and Civil Works Division, Bureau of the Budget__
Welsh, William E., executive director, National Reclamation Association__
Wilm, Harold G., commissioner, Department of Conservation, State of
New York; chairman, Interstate Conference on Water Problems...

COMMUNICATIONS

Bane, Frank, chairman, Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental
Relations: Letter to Hon. Henry M. Jackson, chairman, Interior and
Insular Affairs Committee, dated February 9, 1965. -
Bingham, Jay R., executive director, Utah Water and Power Board:
Letter to Hon. Wallace F. Bennett, U.S. Senator, dated February 16,
1965.

Carnes, James R., director of Government relations, Manufacturing
Chemists' Association, Inc.: Letter to Hon. Henry M. Jackson, chair-
man, Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, dated February 9, 1965__
Clapper, Louis S., chief, Conservation Education, National Wildlife
Association: Letter to Hon. Clinton P. Anderson, chairman, Subcom-
mittee on Irrigation and Reclamation, dated February 2, 1965-
Fong, Hon. Hiram L., a U.S. Senator from the State of Hawaii: Letter to
Hon. Clinton P. Anderson, chairman, Subcommittee on Irrigation and
Reclamation, dated February 5, 1965.

Radin, Alex, general manager, American Public Power Association:
Letter to Hon. Henry M. Jackson, chairman, Committee on Interior
and Insular Affairs, dated February 9, 1965__.
Robbins, Paul H., executive director, National Society of Professional
Engineers: Letter to Hon. Henry M. Jackson, chairman, Interior and
Insular Affairs Committee, dated February 8, 1965..
Smith, Spencer M., Jr., secretary, Citizens Committee on Natural Re-
sources, dated February 5, 1965.

APPENDIX

Excerpt from Senate Report on S. 1111, 88th Congress__ _

III

RIVER BASIN PLANNING ACT

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1965

U.S. SENATE,

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 room 3110, Senate Office Building, Senator Clinton P. Anderson (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present: Senators Clinton P. Anderson, of New Mexico; Frank Church, of Idaho; Quentin N. Burdick, of North Dakota; Gordon Allott, of Colorado; and Len B. Jordan, of Idaho.

Also present: Stewart French, chief counsel, and Benton J. Stong, former professional staff member.

Senator ANDERSON. The subcommittee will come to order.

This is an open public hearing by the Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation on S. 21, a bill to provide for the optimum development of the Nation's natural resources through the coordinated planning of water and related land resources, through the establishment of a Water Resources Council and river basin commissions, and by providing financial assistance to the States in order to increase State participation in such planning. The bill itself provides that the act may be cited as the "Water Resources Planning Act."

I introduced S. 21 on January 6 of this year for myself and Senators Bible, Eastland, Hart, Hartke, Kuchel, Metcalf, Moss, Tower, and Yarborough. Thus, it will be seen that this basic, far-reaching legislative proposal has distinguished bipartisan support from Senators representing States in the South and Middle West as well as the West.

I will direct that the text of the bill be printed in the record of these hearings at this point. Also the reports on the bill submitted by the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of the Budget. (Under authority granted the report of the Federal Power Commission is also included.)

(The bill and reports follow:)

[S. 21, 89th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To provide for the optimum development of the Nation's natural resources through the coordinated planning of water and related land resources, through the establishment of a water resources council and river basin commissions, and by providing financial assistance to the States in order to increase State participation in such planning

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SHORT TITLE

SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Water Resources Planning Act".

STATEMENT OF POLICY

SEC. 2. In order to meet the rapidly expanding demands for water throughout the Nation, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress to encourage the

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