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108th Congress Hearing Archives

Subcommittee on Water and Power HR 885, HR 1753

Thursday, October 2, 2003 | 12:00 AM washington, D.C.

H.R. 885 (Hayworth) To provide for adjustments to the Central Arizona Project in Arizona, to authorize the Gila River Indian Community water rights settlement, to reauthorize and amend the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act of 1982, and for other purposes.

H.R.1753 (Nethercutt) To provide for equitable compensation of the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation in settlement of claims of the Tribe concerning the contribution of the Tribe to the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam, and for other purposes.

Panel I

The Honorable Jon Kyl, U.S. Senator, Arizona (H.R. 885)

The Honorable George Nethercutt, Jr., U.S. Representative, Washington, 5th District (H.R. 1753)

Panel II

Mr. Bennett W. Raley, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior
accompanied by Aurene Martin, Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs (H.R. 885)

Mr. Steven Hickok, Deputy Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration (H.R. 1753)

Panel III

Mr. Warren Seyler, Chairman, Spokane Tribe of Indians (H.R. 1753)

Governor Richard Narcia, Governor of Gila River Indian Reservation (H.R. 885)

Ms. Vivian Juan-Saunders, Chairwoman, Tohono O'odham Nation (H.R. 885)

Mr. Stanley Pollak, Water Rights Counsel, Navajo Nation (H.R. 885)
Submitted Mr. Shirley's written testimony

Ms. Kathy W. Kitcheyan, Tribal Chairwoman, San Carlos Apache Tribe (H.R. 885)

Mr. Herbert R. Guenther, Director, Arizona Department of Water Resources (H.R. 885)

Mr. Estevan R. Lopez, Director, New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission (H.R. 885)