Mr. FOLEY. Thank you very much, Mr. Simon. That, at least on the part of the Chair, was the understanding that we had, that there was no commitment involved. There were other possible offers for future consideration of private sales of the ranch property and any legislation would be subject to prior sale.

If there are no other questions by any of the subcommittee members, the Chair would like to express its appreciation to Mr. Lott, Mr. Simon, and Dr. Nelson and Mr. Galley for attendance at the hearing. We will be making a report to the full Agriculture Committee and subject to the decision of the chairman of the full committee, the matter will be taken up by the Agriculture Committee for consideration and decision.

Again, we appreciate your coming, particularly the gentlemen from New Mexico. You have come a very long distance, but it is extremely helpful to the committee to have firsthand information on these rather complicated matters on this ranch.

Thank you again.

The subcommittee will stand adjourned to meet at the call of the Chair.

(Whereupon, at 11:15 a.m., the subcommittee was adjourned subject to the call of the Chair.)

MISCELLANEOUS

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 13169

ISSUE COTTON CROP REPORTS SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH
THE GENERAL CROP REPORTS

APRIL 12, 1972

H.R. 645

FLOOD PREVENTION IN THE LOWER RIO GRANDE BASIN,

TEXAS

JUNE 27, 1972

H.R. 10638

RELIEF OF JOHN P. WOODSON IN CONNECTION WITH
REAL PROPERTY IN EL DORADO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

CONTENTS

H.R. 13169

H.R. 13169, a bill to amend existing statutes to authorize the Secretary
of Agriculture to issue cotton crop reports simultaneously with the
general crop reports..

Gillen, Neal P., vice president and general counsel, American Cotton
Shippers Association, letter of April 13, 1972.

Statement of:

Brown, Dr. George, Director, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department
of Commerce..

Kelly, Bruce W., Director, Agricultural Estimates Division, Statis-
tical Reporting Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture..
Rhodes, F. Marion, president, New York Cotton Exchange.
Schafer, Raymond L., Washington representative, National Cotton
Council of America..

H.R. 645

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H.R. 645, a bill authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a program for flood prevention and other purposes in the Lower Rio Grande Basin, Tex., to enhance and stabilize the agricultural economy of the area....

Larson, John W., Assistant Secretary of the Interior, letter of June 26, 1972, report on H.R. 645..

Statement of:

Buie, Eugene C., Assistant Deputy Administrator for Watershed Planning, Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture..

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Cooper, Brig. Gen. Kenneth B., Deputy Director of Civil Works,
Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army.
Melden, Charles L., Edinburg, Tex__.

Rapp, Judge Bill, county judge, Willacy County, Raymondville, Tex.

H.R. 10638

H.R. 10638, a bill for relief of John P. Woodson, his heirs, successors in interest or assigns.

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Campbell, J. Phil, Acting Secretary of Agriculture, letter of July 7, 1972, report on H.R. 10638_

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Statement of:

Johnson, Hon. Harold T., a Representative in Congress from the
State of California__.

Nelson, Thomas C., Deputy Chief, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture__

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