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To Implement Certain Recommendations Made Pursuant To Public Law 98-360, United States Congress, Us House Of Representatives

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This report, dated April 22, 1986, is the second part of a two-part report. The first report “Garrison Diversion Unit Reformulation Act of 1986 is dated April 9, 1986 and was written to accompany United States (US) House Resolution 1116.

This second part, presented by Morris K. Udall from the US House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, summarizes modifications proposed to the Garrison Diversion Unit and provides a cost estimated for the proposed bill. The report acknowledges the devastating effects that the Pick-Sloan Project had on the tribes living on Fort Berthold and Standing Rock reservations. US House Resolution …

Garrison Diversion Unit Reformulation Act Of 1986, United States Congress, Us House Of Representatives

US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations

This report from the United States (US) House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs dated April 9, 1986, was written to accompany US House Resolution 1116 which seeks authorization for the construction of the Garrison Diversion Unit to help meet the water needs of North Dakota (ND). US House Resolution 1116 proposes improved repayment methods for irrigation and includes provisions that will compensate for farmland lost to the implementation of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program. This report includes a history of the Garrison Dam project, including problems encountered with the proposed implementation of irrigation which some in Congress criticized as …