Water Rights: Oversight Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources of the Committee on Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, on Examining the Problems that States are Facing in Water Supply, October 4, 1995--Hermiston, OR, October 5, 1995--Boise, ID. |
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... Chairman DANIEL VAL KISH , Chief of Staff DAVID DYE , Chief Counsel CHRISTINE KENNEDY , Chief Clerk JOHN LAWRENCE , Democratic Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER RESOURCES JOHN T. DOOLITTLE , California , Chairman ROBERT ...
... Chairman DANIEL VAL KISH , Chief of Staff DAVID DYE , Chief Counsel CHRISTINE KENNEDY , Chief Clerk JOHN LAWRENCE , Democratic Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER RESOURCES JOHN T. DOOLITTLE , California , Chairman ROBERT ...
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... Chairman , Westland Irrigation District Rew , Lawrence B. , Chair , Umatilla Basin Watershed Council ( prepared statement ) Sampson , Donald , Chairman , Board of Trustees , Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Sanders ...
... Chairman , Westland Irrigation District Rew , Lawrence B. , Chair , Umatilla Basin Watershed Council ( prepared statement ) Sampson , Donald , Chairman , Board of Trustees , Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Sanders ...
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... ( Chairman of the Subcommittee ) presiding . STATEMENT OF HON . FRANK HARKENRIDER , MAYOR OF HERMISTON , OR Mr. HARKENRIDER . I would like to welcome everybody to our brand new community center , and the very , very first Congres- sional ...
... ( Chairman of the Subcommittee ) presiding . STATEMENT OF HON . FRANK HARKENRIDER , MAYOR OF HERMISTON , OR Mr. HARKENRIDER . I would like to welcome everybody to our brand new community center , and the very , very first Congres- sional ...
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... Chairman . I want to thank all the audience and the witnesses for attending this very important hear- ing today . It is always nice to see old friends and be very pleased that we are able to hold this formal meeting in the district so ...
... Chairman . I want to thank all the audience and the witnesses for attending this very important hear- ing today . It is always nice to see old friends and be very pleased that we are able to hold this formal meeting in the district so ...
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... Chairman Doolittle and the Members of Congress who took their time , their personal time off , to come to our community and listen to some of our problems . These people have a lot to do with the outcome and the future of water in the ...
... Chairman Doolittle and the Members of Congress who took their time , their personal time off , to come to our community and listen to some of our problems . These people have a lot to do with the outcome and the future of water in the ...
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Page 305 - The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.
Page 175 - The reclamation and settlement of the arid lands will enrich every portion of our country, just as the settlement of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys brought prosperity to the Atlantic States.
Page 73 - State courts for the adjudication of water rights (tiG Stat. 560) Consent is given to join the United States as a defendant in any suit (1) for the adjudication of rights to the use of water of a river system or other source, or (2) for the administration of such rights, where it appears that the United States is the owner of or is in the process of acquiring water rights by appropriation under State law, by purchase, by exchange, or otherwise, and the United States is a necessary party to such suit.
Page 74 - ... suit. The United States, when a party to any such suit, shall (1) be deemed to have waived any right to plead that the state laws are inapplicable or that the United States is not amenable thereto by reason of its sovereignty...
Page 272 - Although this power of changing the common-law rule as to streams within its dominion undoubtedly belongs in each State, yet two limitations must be recognized: First, that, in the absence of specific authority from Congress, a State cannot, by its legislation, destroy the right of the United States, as the owner of lands bordering on a stream, to the continued flow of its waters, so far, at least, as may be necessary for the beneficial uses of the government property...
Page 273 - This Court has long held that when the Federal Government withdraws its land from the public domain and reserves it for a federal purpose, the Government, by implication, reserves appurtenant water then unappropriated to the extent needed to accomplish the purpose of the reservation.
Page 74 - (b) Summons or other process in any such suit shall be served upon the Attorney General or his designated representative. "(c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing the joinder of the United States in any suit or controversy in the Supreme Court of the United States involving the right of States to the use of the water of any interstate stream.
Page 272 - State cannot by its legislation destroy the right of the United States, as the owner of lands bordering on a stream to the continued flow of its waters ; so far at least as may be necessary for the beneficial uses of the government property. "Second, that it is limited by the superior power of the General Government to secure the uninterrupted navigability of all navigable streams within the limits of the United States.
Page 280 - Chairman, and members of the subcommittee. It is an honor and a pleasure to make my first appearance before this subcommittee.
Page 272 - In determining whether there is a federally reserved water right implicit in a federal reservation of public land, the issue is whether the Government intended to reserve unappropriated and thus available water. Intent is inferred if the previously unappropriated waters are necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the reservation was created.