Public Works Appropriations for 1960: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, First Session, Volume 40, Part 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959 |
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Page 1235 - To educate its members and the public in the principles and policies of consumer ownership and operation of electric light and power utilities, and to...
Page 1068 - That the secretary of state be instructed to transmit enrolled copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, the Vice President of the United .States...
Page 1745 - The Nation as a whole is of course the gainer by the creation of these homes, adding as they do to the wealth and stability of the country, and furnishing a home market for the products of the East and South.
Page 1435 - Such a program has been outlined and approved by the Columbia Basin Interagency Committee. The National Wildlife Federation wishes to endorse this program and urge the appropriation of $450,000 under the Corps of Engineers Columbia River fisheries program to finance it. This money would be used by State fish and game agencies and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The interagency committee has requested $700,000 in fiscal 1059-60 for this vital work.
Page 1063 - Mr. FEGAN. I am Thomas Fegan. I represent the city commission of Junction City. I do not think there is anything I can add to the testimony which has not already been added and which is part of the record. I have filed a statement and the resolution from the city of Junction City was filed with the clerk and I would like it made part of the record. JUNCTION CITY CHAMBER...
Page 1460 - Delays encountered in transitting the bridge draw are interfering to a considerable extent with the transportation of cargoes on this waterway and are causing losses of time and money to the ship operators and shippers and consignees. The new bridge, which is now under construction, will provide a vertical lift span with vertical clearances of 135 feet above mean high water in the open position and 31 feet in the closed position. The center pier of the existing bridge would be eliminated and there...
Page 1557 - States free from damages due to the construction works; (c) maintain and operate all the works after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army...
Page 1504 - ... Conservation Service in the Department of Agriculture with respect to soil and moisture conservation operations conducted on any lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior are transferred to the Department of the Interior and shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of the Interior through such agency or agencies in the Department of the Interior as the Secretary shall designate.
Page 1745 - The reclamation and settlement of the arid lands will enrich every portion of our country, just as the settlement of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys brought prosperity to the Atlantic States.
Page 1219 - The Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938, approved the general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Upper Mississippi River Basin described in Flood Control Committee Document No.