Civil Functions, Department of the Army Appropriation Bill for 1950: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, First Session

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1949 - Public works - 1232 pages

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Page 602 - Interior, who shall transmit and dispose of such power and energy in such manner as to encourage the most widespread use thereof at the lowest possible rates to consumers consistent with sound business principles, the rate schedules to become effective upon confirmation and approval by the Federal Power Commission.
Page 45 - Army, who is referred to as the "stockholder". (b) As provided in 2 CZC 63, 76A Stat. 19, the management of the corporation is vested in a board of directors appointed by and holding office at the pleasure of the stockholder.
Page 653 - Act shall be expended on the construction of any project until States, political subdivisions thereof, or other responsible local agencies have given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will (a) provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project...
Page 828 - The $2,000,000 in the budget for this project is a step toward providing funds for Federal construction but. while it is good as far as it goes, it does not, go far enough to keep up with the construction program of the local interests. The district engineer has indicated he could use $4,000,000 very advantageously during the next fiscal year, 1949-50, and that this amount would be used in constructing the connecting shallow-draft canal between the Sacramento River and the deep-water turning basin...
Page 210 - That the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary may be employed...
Page 433 - States free from any damages that may result from the proposed dredging and disposal of excavated material. 3. After due consideration of these reports, I concur in the views and recommendations of the Board.
Page 520 - OF HON. CLARK W. THOMPSON, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS; AND WH BATJEB, OF PORT LAVACA, TEX.
Page 175 - That project is the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway between Apalachee Bay, Fla., and the Mexican border. This is for the Galveston district.
Page 853 - Without objection it is so ordered. (The matter referred to is as follows:) VETERANS REGULATION No.
Page 390 - It has been determined by the administrative authorities concerned, that all laws and administrative regulations now applicable to personnel of the United States Army in relation to the Soldiers' Home are equally applicable to personnel of the United States Air Force.

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