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110th Congress Hearing Archives

Subcommittee on Water and Power Legislative Hearing on H.R. 317, H.R. 4841, and H.R. 5293

Thursday, March 13, 2008 | 10:00 AM

SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, March 13, 2008
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

  • H.R. 317 (Salazar): To authorize the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes "Arkansas Valley Conduit Act"
  • H.R. 4841 (Bono Mack): To approve, ratify, and confirm the settlement agreement entered into to resolve claims by the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians relating to alleged interferences with the water resources of the Tribe, to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to execute and perform the Settlement Agreement and related waivers, and for other purposes "Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians Settlement Act"
  • H.R. 5293 (Heller): To approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation in Nevada, to require the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the settlement, and for other purposes "Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act"

WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY

Panel I

Majel Russell
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs
Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.

Kyle R. Prior
Chairman
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes
Owyhee, NV

Allen Biaggi
Director
Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Carson City, NV

Jay Chamberlin
Project Manager
Owyhee Irrigation District
Nyssa, OR

Robert Salgado
Sr. Chairman
Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians
San Jacinto, CA

Randy A. Record
Director
Eastern Municipal Water District
Perris, CA

Panel II

Bill Long
President
Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District
Pueblo, CO

Jim Broderick
Executive Director
Colorado Water Conservancy District
Pueblo, CO

Norman Noe
Manager
South Swink Water Company
La Junta, CO

* Karl Wirkus, Deputy Commissioner for Operations, Bureau of Reclamation, Washington, D.C. , will be present to answer questions regarding H.R. 317.

* Robert Johnson, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Washington D.C., will provide written testimony for the record regarding H.R. 317.