Show House Authorizes Additional Funds For Water Projects An additional authorization of million million mil mu- lion was approved Monday for the Upper Colorado Storage Project by the U U. S. S House of Representatives IT TOOK the House only six minutes to dispose of the bill which authorizes the the ex expenditure of more than n million during the next five years for the Central Central Central Cen Cen- Utah Water Project Over half of the total amount in this bill is earmarked for the Bonneville Unit of the Central Ut Utah h Project which will provide a new source of water for the heavily populated Wasatch Front counties counties coun coun- ties of the state said Rep Sherman P P. P Lloyd Utah R-Utah who was one of those who spoke for the legislation THE PRINCIPAL speaker was Rep Wayne N N. N Aspinall D D-Colo chairman of the Committee on Interior and arid Insular Insular In In- sular Affairs who explained that when the project was first authorized in 1956 1950 it was referred to as a billion dollar program but the bill contained a million ceiling which now has been just about reached Last week at a Senate subcommittee hearing Sen Fr Frank E E. E Moss Utah D-Utah served notice he would fight for the million figure when the bill is considered by the Interior Committee of which heis heis he heis is a member IF SEN Moss gets the Senate to to accept the larger figure it will be necessary necessary necessary ne ne- ne- ne to take the bill bull to conference to resolve the differences in the Senate and House measurers The House-approved House bill authorizes the expenditure Jre during the next five years of million for the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project There is also 54 million for the Jensen Unit million for the Upalco Unit 16 million for the Emery County Project and 1 million for the nearly completed Vernal Project THE SENATE Interior Subcommittee has been asked by Sen Moss for the following increased funding Bonneville Unit million Jensen Unit 97 million Upalco Uit million Vernal Vernal Vernal Ver Ver- nal Unit 1 million and Glen Canyon Project 2 million |