Development of Resources and Stabilization of Employment in the United States, Part 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1941 - Natural resources |
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49 Stat Act of Aug Act of June affecting land allocated appropriate areas authority basin beneficiaries benefits bituminous coal Bureau of Reclamation Chief of Engineers coal Congress construction contributions cooperation defense desirable drainage drainage basins economic employment energy resources erosion evaluation expenditures farm Federal agencies Federal Government Federal Power Act Federal Power Commission financing flood control function improvement industry Interior investigations irrigation joint costs June 22 Land Committee land-use adjustment land-use field Leland Olds ment multiple-purpose National Resources Planning national water policy navigation needs nomic operation pollution present production promote proposed public interest public works affecting public works program purposes recommended regulation reservoir Resources Committee Resources Planning Board rural Secretary Secretary of War social soil conservation specific stabilization streams Tennessee Valley Authority tion types United utilization waste water planning water power water problems water projects water resources water supply
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Page 45 - Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named: ***** Sec.
Page 47 - No expenditures for the construction of any new project, new division of a project, or new supplemental works on a project shall be made, nor shall estimates be submitted therefor, by the Secretary until after he has made an investigation thereof and has submitted to the President and to the Congress his report and findings on — (1) the engineering feasibility of the proposed construction; (2) the estimated cost of the proposed construction...
Page 47 - ... (3) the part of the estimated cost which can properly be allocated to irrigation and probably be repaid by the water users ; (4) the part of the estimated cost which can properly be allocated to power and probably be returned to the United States...
Page 47 - ... artesian wells, and to report to Congress at the beginning of each regular session as to the results of such examinations and surveys, giving estimates of cost of all contemplated works, the quantity and location of the lands which can be irrigated therefrom, and all facts relative to the practicability of each irrigation project; also the cost of works in process of construction as well as of those which have been completed.
Page 45 - That, in the investigation and study of these questions consideration shall be given only to their bearing upon the improvement of navigation, to the possibility and desirability of their being coordinated in a logical and proper manner with improvements for navigation to lessen the cost of such improvements and to compensate the Government for expenditures made in the interest of navigation...
Page 45 - Engineers, be reviewed in like manner by said board ; and the said board shall also, on request by resolution of the Committee on Commerce of the Senate or the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives, submitted to the Chief of Engineers, examine and review the report of any examination or survey made pursuant to any Act or resolution of Congress...
Page 27 - Survey who have specialized in the subjects treated by them, with a view to carrying out the provision of the organic act of the Survey which directs it to classify the public lands and to examine the geologic structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain.
Page 45 - That hereafter the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, shall indicate In his annual reports the character of the terminal and transfer facilities existing on every harbor or waterway under maintenance or improvement by the United States, and state whether they are considered adequate for existing commerce.
Page 47 - ... no such facilities shall be located where they will encourage the cultivation of lands which are submarginal and which should be devoted to other uses in the public interest...
Page 45 - ... expressly directed. If upon such preliminary examination the proposed improvement is not deemed advisable, no further action shall be taken thereon without the further direction of Congress; but in case the report shall be favorable to such proposed improvement, or that surveys di- a survey and estimate should be made to determine the rected...