SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER
1334 Longworth House Office Building
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 1970 (Udall), To amend the Colorado River Storage Project Act and Public Law 87-483 to authorize the construction and rehabilitation of water infrastructure in Northwestern New Mexico, to authorize the use of the reclamation fund to fund the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund, to authorize the conveyance of certain Reclamation land and infrastructure, to authorize the Commissioner of Reclamation to provide for the delivery of water, and for other purposes. "The Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act"
• H.R. 2515 (Heller), To authorize appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation to carry out the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program in the States of Arizona, California, and Nevada, and for other purposes. "The Lower Colorado Multi-Species Conservation Program Act"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Mr. Robert Johnson 
Commissioner
Bureau of Reclamation
Washington, D.C.

Ms. Susan Bitter-Smith
President
Central Arizona Project Board
Phoenix, AZ

Mr. George Caan
Chairman
Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program
Las Vegas, NV

Ms. Kara Gillon
Senior Staff Attorney
Defenders of Wildlife
Albuquerque, NM

Mr. Gerald R. Zimmerman
Executive Director
Colorado River Board of California
Glendale, CA

Panel II

Mr. Robert Johnson
Commissioner
Bureau of Reclamation
Washington, D.C.
* Mr. Johnson will also be accompanied by W. Patrick Ragsdale, Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C.

Mr. Joe Shirley, Jr.
President
Navajo Nation
Window Rock, AZ

Mr. Jim Dunlap
Chairman
Interstate Stream Commission of the State of New Mexico
Santa Fe, NM

Ms. Patricia Lundstrom
President
Northwestern New Mexico Council of Governments
Gallup, NM

Mr. Gregg Houtz
Deputy Council
Arizona Department of Water Resources
Phoenix, AZ

Mr. Gerald R. Zimmerman
Executive Director
Colorado River Board of California
Glendale, CA