INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 4567, H.R. 4604, H.R. 4607, and H.R. 6140

BILLS TO PROVIDE THAT WITHDRAWALS OR RESERVATIONS OF
PUBLIC LANDS SHALL NOT AFFECT CERTAIN WATER RIGHTS

H.R. 5555, H.R. 5587, H.R. 5618, H.R. 5718, and

H.R. 5748

BILLS TO RECOGNIZE THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATES RELATING
TO THE CONTROL, APPROPRIATION, USE, OR DISTRIBUTION OF
WATER WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

H.R. 1234

A BILL TO REQUIRE FEDERAL OFFICERS, AGENCIES, AND EM-
PLOYEES TO ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBMIT TO THE LAWS
OF THE SEVERAL STATES RELATIVE TO THE CONTROL, APPRO-
PRIATION, USE, AND DISTRIBUTION OF WATER AND PROVIDING
THAT THE UNITED STATES SHALL SUE AND BE SUED IN COURTS
OF SUCH STATE IN LITIGATION ARISING THEREFROM

H.R. 2363

A BILL TO AFFIRM AND RECOGNIZE THE WATER LAWS OF THE
STATES LYING WHOLLY OR PARTLY WEST OF THE 98TH MERIDIAN

JULY 20, 21, 22, 23, AND AUGUST 10, 1959

Serial No. 9

Printed for the use of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

JOHN A. BURNS (Delegate), Hawaii
A. FERNÓS-ISERN (Resident Commissioner),
Puerto Rico

SIDNEY L. MCFARLAND, Engineering Consultant
T. RICHARD WITMER, Counsel

Statement of-

CONTENTS

Dave Appleman, American National Cattlemen's Association, Den-
ver, Colo..

Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall, a Representative in the U.S. Congress from

the State of Colorado and chairman, Committee on Interior and

Insular Affairs, House of Representatives_- -

Hon. William H. Avery, a Representative in Congress from the State

of Kansas

John B. Barnard, Jr., chairman, Colorado Water Congress_

Hon. Elmer Bennett, Under Secretary of the Interior; accompanied

by Frank Horne, Special Assistant to the Solicitor, Department of

the Interior.

Page

246

20

265

281

317

Hon. Hamer H. Budge, a Representative in the U.S. Congress from

the State of Idaho__

33

Charles C. Butler, director of land and water department, American

Farm Bureau Federation

149

Hatfield Chilson, attorney, Denver, Colo. __

290

John R. Clayton, member legiislation committee, National Reclama-
tion Association.

240

J. Gilbert Cox, vice president, National Association of Soil Conservation

Districts

237

149

88, 248

Clarence Davis, attorney, representing American Farm Bureau
Federation___

O. F. Dent, representing the Governor of the State of Texas and the

Texas Board of Water Engineers - -

Hon. Henry Aldous Dixon, a Representative in the U.S. Congress from

the State of Utah___

197, 224, 232

K. C. Dodson, representing the Governor of the State of Tennessee-.
Northcutt Ely, representing the Governor of the State of California,
and the American Public Power Association..........
Bard Ferrall, representing the Governor of the State of Wyoming....
Willard W. Gatchell, General Counsel, accompanied by John C.
Mason, Deputy General Counsel, Federal Power Commission___
George L. Henderson, Bakersfield, Calif., representing the U.S. Cham-
ber of Commerce_

Lewis E. Hendricks, executive secretary, South Carolina Conservation
Committee, representing the Governor of South Carolina___
C. F. Hicks, special assistant to the attorney general of the Common-
wealth of Virginia, representing the Governor of the Commonwealth
of Virginia__-

139

340

143

141

273

Hon. Byron L. Johnson, a Representative in the U.S. Congress from

the State of Colorado.

48

Hon. David S. King, a Representative in the U.S. Congress from the

State of Utah.......

30

263

John B. Luce, representing the Governor of the State of Arkansas..
Hon. Thomas G. Morris, a Representative in the U.S. Congress from
the State of New Mexico..

Hon. Perry W. Morton, Assistant Attorney General, Lands Division,
Department of Justice; accompanied by David R. Warner, Chief,
Water Resources Section, Lands Division, Department of Justice__
Hon. Joseph C. O'Mahoney, a United States Senator from Wyoming
(as read by Congressman Wayne N. Aspinall).

Hon. Gracie Pfost, a Representative in the U.S. Congress from the
State of Idaho...

E. W. Rising, representing the Governor of the State of Montana and

the State Water Conservation Board..