Flood Control: Hearings, Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 6597, an Act Authorizing the Construction of Certain Public Works on Rivers and Harbors for Flood Control, and for Other Purposes. June 24-26, 1946Considers (79) H.R. 6597. |
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... Present : Senators Overton , Robertson , Hart , McClellan , and Gossett . Also present : Senators Clyde R. Hoey and Elmer Thomas ; Repre- sentatives Jane Pratt and John H. Folger . Senator OVERTON . The committee will come to order ...
... Present : Senators Overton , Robertson , Hart , McClellan , and Gossett . Also present : Senators Clyde R. Hoey and Elmer Thomas ; Repre- sentatives Jane Pratt and John H. Folger . Senator OVERTON . The committee will come to order ...
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... Present : Senators Overton , Robertson , Hart , McClellan , and Gossett . Also present : Senators Clyde R. Hoey and Elmer Thomas ; Repre- sentatives Jane Pratt and John H. Folger . Senator OVERTON . The committee will come to order ...
... Present : Senators Overton , Robertson , Hart , McClellan , and Gossett . Also present : Senators Clyde R. Hoey and Elmer Thomas ; Repre- sentatives Jane Pratt and John H. Folger . Senator OVERTON . The committee will come to order ...
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... present that project . Senator OVERTON . There are projects contained in the bill , as it passed the House , and , first , I want to find out whether there is any- body appearing in opposition to any of the projects that have been ...
... present that project . Senator OVERTON . There are projects contained in the bill , as it passed the House , and , first , I want to find out whether there is any- body appearing in opposition to any of the projects that have been ...
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... present time we have in this country approved plans for water resources development in all regions , and the program of carrying out the improvements is moving forward in a steady and orderly manner . I consider this concept of ...
... present time we have in this country approved plans for water resources development in all regions , and the program of carrying out the improvements is moving forward in a steady and orderly manner . I consider this concept of ...
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... present bill is another forward stride to inaugurate this second , and I am sure greater , decade of flood - control progress . Senator OVERTON . Thank you very much , General . I would like to express this thought in connection with ...
... present bill is another forward stride to inaugurate this second , and I am sure greater , decade of flood - control progress . Senator OVERTON . Thank you very much , General . I would like to express this thought in connection with ...
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acre-feet acres ALLEN amendment Anderson Ranch Dam annual Arkansas River Army engineers Arrowrock Dam average benefits bill Board of Engineers Boise project Boise River Boise Valley Bureau of Reclamation Carden's bottom Chairman Chief of Engineers Colonel FERINGA Colonel HERB construction County Covington crops Department detention dams district engineer DIXON drainage Elkin estimated cost farm Federal feet FERGUSON flood damage flood protection flood-control project flow Fredericksburg Gathright going hearings HICKMAN House Document Idaho improvement interests Interior inundated irrigation Jackson River James River June levee Lucky Peak Reservoir miles Mississippi River North Wilkesboro operation percent Petit Jean River Polecat Creek Queen Creek recommendations record River Basin Rivers and Harbors SCHEIDENHELM second-feet Secretary Senator GOSSETT Senator HART Senator HOEY Senator MCCLELLAN Senator OVERTON Senator OVERTON interposing Senator ROBERTSON statement storage stream STRICKLAND substantially in accordance tion town upper Yadkin River
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Page 44 - That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, created under Section 3 of the River and Harbor Act approved June 13, 1902, be, and is hereby requested to review the...
Page 60 - ... the Federal Government should improve or participate in the improvement of navigable waters or their tributaries, including watersheds thereof, for floodcontrol purposes if the benefits to whomsoever they may accrue are in excess of the estimated costs, and if the lives and social security of people are otherwise adversely affected.
Page 47 - 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 15 - After full consideration of the reports secured from the district and division engineers, the Board recommends that the existing project for...
Page 69 - California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document Numbered 630, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers...