SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
3:00 p.m.
LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:
- H.R. 1711, (Wilson), To provide assistance to the State of New Mexico for the development of comprehensive State water plans, and for other purposes. "New Mexico Water Planning Assistance Act"
- H.R. 4750 (Osborne), To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of implementing a water supply and conservation project to improve water supply reliability, increase the capacity of water storage, and improve water management efficiency in the Republican River Basin between Harlan County Lake in Nebraska and Milford Lake in Kansas. "Lower Republican River Basin Study Act"
- S. 166 (Smith), A bill to amend the Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 to reauthorize the participation of the Bureau of Reclamation in the Deschutes River Conservancy, and for other purposes. "Deschutes River Conservancy Reauthorization Act of 2005"
WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:
Panel I
Mr. Tod Heisler
Executive Director
Deschutes River Conservancy
Mr. Estevan Lopez
Director
Interstate Stream Commission
Mr. David Cookson
Special Counsel to the Nebraska Attorney General
Lincoln , Nebraska
Panel II
Mr. Larry Todd
Deputy Commissioner
Bureau of Reclamation
