sources,

and roul and Affairs, Subcommittee on
MISSOURI RIVER BASIN INDUSTRIAL
WATER MARKETING

INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

THE SALE OF WATER FROM THE UPPER MISSOURI RIVER
BASIN BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE DEVELOP-

Energy

COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington, Chairman

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CONTENTS

STATEMENTS

Abourezk, Hon. James, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Dakota__

Butler, Secretary Vern, Department of Natural Resources, on behalf of

Hon. Richard Kneip, Governor of the State of South Dakota----

Ford, Charles R., Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works,
Department of the Army, accompanied by D. E. Lawhun, Chief of Legis-
lative Coordination, Office of Policy, Civil Works, Office of Chief of Engi-
neers, on behalf of Brig. Gen. Kenneth E. McIntyre, Deputy Director,
Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers__

Horton, Hon. Jack O., Assistant Secretary, Land and Water Resources,

Department of the Interior, accompanied by Gilbert Stamm, Commis-

sion, Bureau of Reclamation; Ernie London, Assistant Solicitor, Depart-

ment of the Interior; and Edward Sullivan, Assistant Commissioner,

Bureau of Reclamation__

Tonasket, Mel, President, National Congress of the American Indians__

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL

Church, Hon. Frank, a U.S. Senator from the State of Idaho, letter to

Hon. Kent Frizzell, acting secretary of the Interior and Hon. Howard B.

Callaway, Secretary of the Army, June 6, 1975‒‒‒‒‒‒

Frizzell, Kent, solicitor, Department of the Interior, memorandum to

Secretary of the Interior, November 27, 1974--

Horton, Hon. Jack O., Assistant Secretary of the Interior, letter to Gov.

Richard L. Lamm, Governor of Colorado, March 25, 1975--

Judge, Thomas L., Governor of the State of Montana, letter to Senator

Metcalf, October 7, 1974_

Metcalf, Hon. Lee, a U.S. Senator from the State of Montana, statement

before the Senate Public Works Committee, May 7, 1975-

APPENDIX

Abourezk, Hon. James, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Dakota,

letters received from:

George A. Costello, legislative attorney, Congressional Research Serv-

ice, February 5 and June 24, 1975-.

Morris Thompson, Commission of Indian Affairs, July 14, 1975----

"Confiscation of Indian Winters Rights in the Upper Missouri River

Basin," by William H. Veeder____

Hon. Richard Kneip, Governor, South Dakota, July 17, 1975-.

Hon. Ed Herschler, Governor, Wyoming, July 17, 1975-

"Indian Prior and Paramount Rights versus State Rights," by Wililam H.

Veeder, reprinted from North Dakota Law Review, fall 1974-.

"Indian Water Rights in the Upper Missouri River Basin, by William H.

Veeder, reprinted from North Dakota Law Review, summer 1972‒‒‒‒

McCollister, Hon. John Y., a U.S. Representative from the State of Ne-

braska, statement

198

203

165

143

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McGovern, Hon. George, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Dakota,

statement

196

Nelson, Jeff, staff assistant, East River Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.,

Madison, S. Dak., statement

100

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