CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 297

AUGUST 3, 1949.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.

Mr. DELANEY, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. Res. 312]

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 312, report the same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution do pass.

CREATING A SELECT COMMITTEE ON LOBBYING

ACTIVITIES

AUGUST 3, 1949.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Mr. SABATH, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. Res. 298]

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 298, report the same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution do pass.

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81ST CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session

AUTHORIZING THE WEBER BASIN RECLAMATION PROJECT, UTAH

AUGUST 4, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mrs. BOSONE, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following

REPORT

To accompany H. R. 799]

The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 799) to authorize the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Weber Basin reclamation project, Utah, having considered. the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill do pass.

The amendments are as follows:

Page 2, line 8, after the parentheses, strike the period, substitute a comma, and insert:

at an estimated cost of $69,500,000, all in substantial accord with the recommendations made in that certain report, dated July 15, 1949, of the Regional Director, Region IV, Bureau of Reclamation, entitled "Weber Basin Project, Utah

Page 2, line 13, strike out "silt control,".

Page 2, lines 13 and 14, strike "general salinity control,".

EXPLANATION OF THE BILL

The purpose of the bill (H. R. 799) is to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Weber Basin project, Utah, in accordance with the project planning report (No. 4-7, 10-2) of the Regional Director of the Bureau of Reclamation.

The Weber Basin, a part of the Bonneville Basin, contains approximately 2,500 square miles and is a highly developed agricultural and industrial area. Construction of facilities to regulate and distribute surplus flows of the streams for irrigation and municipal use is the greatest need of the Weber Basin. Natural stream flows are erratic and fluctuate widely from season to season and from year to year. Urgent need now exists for irrigation expansion. A rapidly growing population in the area has greatly increased the demands for locally

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