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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1636 

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Hoover Dam. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 

Mrs. NAPOLITANO (for herself, Mr. BACA, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. COSTA, Mr. 

DREIER, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. 

GRIJALVA, Mr. HONDA, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. RICHARDSON, Ms. 

ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. TITUS, 

Ms. WATSON, Ms. CHU, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. HELLER, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. 

GEORGE MILLER of California, and Mr. FARR) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

RESOLUTION 

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Hoover Dam. 

Whereas the Hoover Dam, a concrete arch-gravity storage 

dam, was built in the Black Canyon of the Colorado 

River between the States of Nevada and Arizona, forever 

changing how water is managed across the West; 

Whereas, on September 30, 1935, President Franklin D. 

Roosevelt dedicated the Hoover Dam; 

Whereas the construction of the dam created Lake Mead, a 

reservoir that can store two years average flow of the 

Colorado River providing vitally critical flood control, 

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port the economic growth and development of the Southwestern United States; 

Whereas the Hoover Dam has prevented an estimated 

$50,000,000,000 in flood damages in the Lower Colorado 

River Basin, provides water for more than 18,000,000 

people, for 1,000,000 acres of farmland in Arizona, California, and Nevada, and for 500,000 acres in Mexico, 

and produces on average 4,000,000,000 kilowatt-hours of 

hydroelectric power each year; 

Whereas the Hoover Dam, an engineering marvel at 726.4 

feet from bedrock to crest, was the highest dam in the 

world at construction; 

Whereas the Hoover Dam is an enduring symbol of the country’s ingenuity and persistence of hard working Americans at the time of the Great Depression; 

Whereas the Hoover Dam is the model for major water management projects around the world; and 

Whereas the Hoover Dam is registered as a National Historic 

Landmark on the United States National Register of 

Historic Places and is considered one of seven modern 

engineering wonders by the American Society of Civil Engineers: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) celebrates and acknowledges the thousands 

3 of workers and families that overcame difficult work4 ing conditions and great challenges to make con5 struction of the facility possible; 


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1 (2) celebrates and acknowledges the economic, 

2 cultural, and historic significance of the Hoover 

3 Dam and its role in meeting future challenges; 

4 (3) recognizes the past, present, and future 

5 benefits of its construction to the agricultural, indus6 trial, and urban development of the Southwestern 

7 United States; and 

8 (4) joins the States of Arizona, California, Ne9 vada, and the entire Nation in celebrating the 75th 

10 anniversary of the dedication of the Hoover Dam. 

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