SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, March 8, 2006
10:00 a.m.
LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:
- H.R. 4588 (Doolittle), To reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply research regarding the water resources research and technology institutes established under the Water Resources Research Act of 1984
- H.R. 5079 (Walden), To provide for the modification of an amendatory repayment contract between the Secretary of the Interior and the North Unit Irrigation District, and for other purposes
- S. 214/H.R. 469 (Bingaman/Kolbe), To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with the States on the border with Mexico and other appropriate entities in conducting a hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, and modeling program for priority transboundary aquifers, and for other purposes
WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:
Panel I
Mr. Richard Macy
Chairman, Board of Directors
North Unit Irrigation District, Madras, Oregon
Mr. Einar L. Maisch
Director of Strategic Affairs
Placer County Water Agency
Dr. M. Karl Wood
Director
New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute
Dr. Sharon B. Megdal
Director, Water Resources Research Center
University of Arizona
Panel II
Mr. William E. Rinne
Acting Commissioner
Bureau of Reclamation
Dr. P. Patrick Leahy
Acting Director
U.S. Geological Survey
