First Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Bill for 1942: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Seventy-seventh Congress, First Session

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1941 - 523 pages
 

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Page 405 - Congress, or both, any defense article for the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States.
Page 83 - ... the Government may, by written notice to the contractor, terminate his right to proceed with the work or such part of the work as to which there has been a failure to pay said...
Page 457 - ... any matter within the scope of the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended, the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, as amended, the Merchant Marine Act, 1928, as amended, the Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933...
Page 125 - Now, therefore, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, and as President of the United States...
Page 406 - Government particularly the Office of Production Management and the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply, to...
Page 494 - Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes shall not be construed to apply to any contract for hazard insurance, or to any purchase or contract for services or supplies on account of such property if the amount thereof does not exceed $1,000.
Page 125 - Retired officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard of the United States, while not on active duty...
Page 178 - ... enlisted men on the retired list at the end of the fiscal year. PERSONS QUALIFIED TO HOLD VOLUNTEER COMMISSIONS. Certificates were issued during the year, under the provisions of section 23 of the act of Congress approved January 21, 1903 (32 Stat.
Page 116 - Provided further, That no part of this or any other appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for the procurement of any article of food...
Page 149 - Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $300,000,000 for essential equipment and facilities at either private or naval establishments for building or equipping any complete naval vessel or portion thereof heretofore or hereafter authorized...

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