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it is not surprising that some provisions of the CVPIA are less than clear and, as 

 a practical matter, do not work. It is also not surprising that in light of how the 

 CVPIA was developed, the Bureau of Reclamation has not implemented the 

 legislation in the most effective manner. The CVPIA clearly has major defects. 

 We believe two options exist. The first is to ignore these defects out of some ill- 

 defined fear that to modify the CVPIA at all is to destroy its environmental 

 effectiveness. The second option is to fix what is defective so that the CVPIA can 

 serve the purposes for which it was written. We do not think that there should 

 be any question about which course is the most appropriate way to proceed. We 

 must fix the defective aspects of the CVPIA so that it can serve as an effective 

 vehicle to carry out its intended purposes. We believe that H.R. 1906 does this in 

 an appropriate and reasonable manner. 



