Joint resolution directing the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to study the economic and engineering feasibility of acquiring riparian rights from the Republic of Mexico to water in the Gulf of California for the piping and pumping of water from the Gulf of California to Arizona for irrigation purposes, and to acquire a permit to locate a desalinization plant within the territorial limits of the Republic of Mexico.

Summary

Directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to study the economic and engineering feasibility of acquiring riparian rights from the Republic of Mexico to water in the Gulf of California for the piping and pumping of water from the Gulf of California to Arizona for irrigation purposes, and to acquire a permit to locate a desalinization plant within the territorial limits of the Republic of Mexico. Requires the Secretaries to report to Congress the results, and its recommendations, of such study within three years after enactment of this joint resolution. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution.

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1. 20 February 1973

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   Introduced in House

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2. 20 February 1973

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   Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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3. 20 February 1973

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• Rep. Rhodes, John J. [R-AZ-1] · R · Sponsor
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