[CPEO-MEF] Compromise eases fort's responsibility; puts survival of river in sta

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Arizona
SIERRA VISTA HERALD
Compromise eases fort's responsibility; puts survival of river in state,
local hands
By Nate Searing, Diane Saunders and Bill Hess
November 8, 2003

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House of Representatives passed the National
Defense Authorization Act Friday that includes a compromised amendment
limiting Fort Huachuca's responsibility for off-post water use.

The amendment also bolsters the work of the Upper San Pedro Partnership
and require state and local governments to be more actively involved in
water management issues in the Sierra Vista Subwatershed.

By a vote of 362-40 with two abstentions, the House passed the bill that
includes a compromise between a Senate and House conference committee on
the issue of off-post water use stemming from an amendment submitted in
the summer by Rep. Rick Renzi Jr., R-Ariz.

"Congress has voted to both protect Fort Huachuca and preserve the San
Pedro River," Renzi said in a news release Friday. "The days of using
the fort as a pawn in the legal battle over water are finished."

This article can be viewed at:
http://www.svherald.com/articles/2003/11/08/news/news2.txt

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