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The Bureau of Reclamation's review of this project has not been completed; therefore any authorization would be premature.

Such projects have traditionally been the responsibility of non-Federal interests.

The five-year cost of the bill is estimated to be $91 billion, $30 billion more than the President's budget.

The most objectionable features of S. 2507 are: creating a new Federal subsidy for middle-income homeownership, which would be feasible only...