IV 
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, 
water supply, and electrical power to help create and sup-
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port the economic growth and development of the South-
western 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, Cali-
fornia, 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 coun-
try’s ingenuity and persistence of hard working Ameri-
cans at the time of the Great Depression; 
Whereas the Hoover Dam is the model for major water man-
agement 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 En-
gineers: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) celebrates and acknowledges the thousands 
of workers and families that overcame difficult work-
ing conditions and great challenges to make con-
struction of the facility possible; 
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(2) celebrates and acknowledges the economic, 
cultural, and historic significance of the Hoover 
Dam and its role in meeting future challenges; 
(3) recognizes the past, present, and future 
benefits of its construction to the agricultural, indus-
trial, and urban development of the Southwestern 
United States; and 
(4) joins the States of Arizona, California, Ne-
vada, and the entire Nation in celebrating the 75th 
anniversary of the dedication of the Hoover Dam. 
Æ 
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