Public Works Appropriations for 1963: Hearings ... 87th Congress, 2d Session, Part 2

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Page 419 - 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 may be advisable...
Page 274 - Army 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 992 - In order that the valuable time of your committee while considering the Public Works appropriation bill may be saved, may I request that this letter be Incorporated as a part of the record? I would like to call to the committee's attention two resolutions which were adopted by the House Committee on Public Works on August 24, 1961, and on August 15, 1961.
Page 278 - Local interests are required to assume at least 20 percent of the cost (except costs of planning, design, and acquisition of water rights) of the completed project, payable either as construction proceeds or pursuant to a contract providing for payment with interest within 50 years. Local...
Page 23 - Now, therefore, be It Resolved, That the 43d Annual Convention of the Associated General Contractors of America strongly condemns this latest intrusion on the time-honored principle of awarding public works contracts to the lowest responsible bidder after free and open competition.
Page 419 - The general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Ohio River Basin...
Page 577 - You can put that in the record. (The information requested follows:) The...
Page 504 - JOHNSTON, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT BRANCH A. LOHMANN, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT BRANCH BH DODGE, PLANNING REPORTS BRANCH VR ROMANO, CONSTRUCTION-OPERATIONS DIVISION Mr. FooARTY. The committee will come to order. We are pleased to have you with us, General Lipscomb. ATLANTIC COAST STORM OF MARCH 1962 In order to get started, will you give us a rough comprehensive report on the scope and effect of the recent coastal storm and also describe in some detail the functions of the corps in the handling of...
Page 7 - Program and financing [In thousands of dollars] 1961 actual 1962 estimate 1963 estimate Program by activities...

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