Interior Department Appropriation Bill for 1947: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 6335, a Bill Making Appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1947, and for Other Purposes, [May 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 1946] |
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Page 880 - Rate schedules shall be drawn having regard to the recovery (upon the basis of the application of such rate schedules to the capacity of the electric facilities of the projects) of the cost of producing and transmitting such electric energy, including the amortization of the capital investment allocated to power over a reasonable period of years.
Page 880 - 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 218 - The unexpended balances of any appropriations made pursuant to this section shall remain available until expended. Title to any lands or rights acquired pursuant to this Act shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the Indian tribe or individual Indian for which the land is acquired, and such lands or rights shall be exempt from State and local taxation.
Page 157 - It shall be the duty of such commission to advise upon the location of statues, fountains, and monuments in the public squares, streets, and parks in the District of Columbia, and upon the selection of models for statues, fountains, and monuments erected under the authority of the United States and upon the selection of artists for the execution of the same.
Page 708 - The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, from funds to be appropriated by the Congress, to construct or acquire, by purchase or other agreement, only such transmission lines and related facilities as may be necessary in order to make the power and energy generated at said projects available in wholesale quantities for sale on fair and reasonable terms and conditions to facilities owned by the Federal Government, public bodies, cooperatives, and privately owned companies.
Page 706 - Electric power and energy generated at reservoir projects under the control of the Department of the Army and, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Army, not required in the operation of such projects...
Page 117 - Council for Professional Development, the recognized accrediting body of the engineering profession, composed of representatives of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers...
Page 157 - Commission shall also advise generally upon questions of art when required to do so by the President or by any committee of either House of Congress.
Page 34 - One-third in the ratio which the area of each State bears to the total area of all the States ; one-third in the ratio which the population of each State bears to...
Page 549 - All reporting requirements of this agreement have been approved by, and subsequent reporting and recordkeeping requirements will be subject to the approval of the Bureau of the Budget in accordance with the Federal Reports Act of 1942.