Second Deficiency Appropriation Bill for 1940, Hearings Before ... 76-3, on H.R. 101041940 - 173 pages |
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additional Administration agencies ALTMEYER amendment American republics amount appropriation bill attorney Bldg building Bureau Chairman CLAGGETT Commission committee Congress construction cost cotton crude rubber dams DAVIS Department of Agriculture emergency Federal fiscal year 1941 FREY funds going Government heating plant hog producers Holston House HOYT hundredweight increase industry June June 30 kilowatts KRUG Metal Trades Department national defense PARKER personnel pest pink bollworm present President processing tax processors proposed Public Works Administration rates refunds request REYNOLDS schools second deficiency Secretary WALLACE Senator ADAMS Senator BANKHEAD Senator BYRNES Senator GURNEY Senator HALE Senator HAYDEN Senator MCKELLAR Senator OVERTON Senator RUSSELL Senator TOWNSEND Senator TYDINGS STATEMENT STUDEBAKER supplemental estimate synthetic rubber Tennessee Valley Authority tion UNITED STATES SENATOR WALKER Washington white-fringed beetle workers Yuma County
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Page 60 - Territories or possessions, in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the act of June 3, 1926, as amended, in which connection claim for reimbursement may be made only for items in the following schedule and contingent upon prior authorization: (1) Rail fare: 'First-class fare.
Page 147 - That nothing herein contained shall be construed to repeal or impair the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to prevent the importation of impure and unwholesome tea," approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and any Act amendatory thereof.
Page 62 - Agriculture to participate effectively in the general program of cooperation between the United States and the other American republics...
Page 146 - In the present national emergency these international unions again pledge their loyal, active, and cooperative support to the Nation in the effort to speed production required for national defense. These international unions pledge themselves to the Nation with an understanding of their responsibility to contribute their full share to the Nation's defense and the protection and perpetuation of those institutions of freedom which are now menaced by totalitarian powers. During the ensuing months the...
Page 24 - ... as to be not legible or readable for a distance of not less than sixty (60) feet, the owner may be required to make application to the secretary of state for duplicate plate or plates or insignia of the same number as was originally assigned to him. Any person who shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this proviso shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed twentyfive dollars ($25). In addition to the numerals,...
Page 147 - Collector, under sections 41-46 and 47-50 of this title unless the importer or consignee of such tea or merchandise, prior to such examination, has paid for deposit into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts, a fee of 3.5 cents for each hundredweight or fraction thereof of such tea and merchandise.
Page 158 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to say that at the present time we have more experts than we want. Mr. Mercker, I want to thank you for your very excellent statement, and I believe that it will help us on this problem that is confronting this subcommittee, and the full committee, in this area of research and the responsibility for that research— in this field, which...
Page 59 - ... Authority will be assisted in the planning and design of these facilities by a nationally recognized engineering firm specializing in design of steam plants. 4. Transmission facilities. — The supplemental appropriation will provide $3,000,000 to start construction of the transmission facilities needed to tie the generating facilities described above into the Tennessee Valley Authority power system and to carry this power to the market. It is estimated that an additional $6,000,000 in fiscal...
Page 147 - An Act to prevent the importation of impure and unwholesome tea," as amended, including payment of compensation and expenses of the members of the board appointed under section 2 of the Act and all other necessary officers and employees 41, 630.
Page 59 - ... electric generating facilities. — The supplemental appropriation will provide $7,500,000 to start construction of additional steam electric generating facilities in the area served by the Authority with an installed capacity of approximately 120,000 kilowatts. This amount, together with $3,000,000 in the fiscal year 1942, will be sufficient to have these facilities on the line by December 1941. The Authority will be assisted in the planning and design of these facilities by a nationally recognized...