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| | Statement of Larry Todd |
 | | I am pleased to be here today to present the views of the Department of the Interior (Department) regarding H.R. 1711, which would authorize assistance to be provided to the State of New Mexico for the development of comprehensive State water plans, and for other purposes. |
 | | In fact, technical assistance, water resources mapping, and comprehensive groundwater studies similar to those proposed in H.R. 1711 have been carried out in other States, generally under the authority of the USGS Cooperative Water Program, which is a long-standing cost-sharing program using Federal and State funds. |
 | | As the nation’s largest water, earth, biological science, and civilian mapping agency, USGS conducts the most extensive groundwater and surface water investigations in the nation in cooperation with state and local partners. |
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