Show Colorado River Bill Passes The Senate Senator Frank E. announced today his bill to revitalize the Upper Colorado River Basin Projects with million in authorization of construction has passed the THE BILL as reported by the Senate Interior Committee contains the text of the bill Moss introduced providing authorization of the full million requested by Department of the Interior as necessary to complete the Western Water said that more than one half of the funds will go into the construction of four sections of the Central Utah Bonneville Unit Jensen Unit Vernal Unit Upalco Unit THE HOUSE passed bill provides for an authorization of only a little more than million for the next five This smaller amount would require the Interior Department to request later additional funds necessary to complete the massive water project which because of fund already fallen behind feel very strongly that the full million should be Moss argument has been offered by the House that only will be required to meet the present construction I can't buy that MOSS SAID the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project is a key link in the Upper Colorado River but it only received token funding until this year's budget requests were realistic funding is not approved by the Moss will take 50 years to complete our and the Utah communities depending on Bonneville for tap water cannot wait that THE BILL muss be passed and signed before reclamation appropriation bills for construction now under consideration by the Senate and House Appropriations can be Moss said he will testify next Tuesday before the Public Works Subcommittee on Central Utah tion |