Interior Department Appropriation Bill for 1949: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, Second Session ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948 |
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activities additional administration agencies Alaska Alaska Railroad amount anthracite appropriation approved areas asking attorneys authority bauxite Bonneville Power Administration BOYD Branch Budget Bureau of Land Bureau of Mines Bureau of Reclamation BURRILL Chairman CLAWSON coal coking committee Congress conservation construction contract cooperation cost dams deposits District of Columbia Division DRURY employees engineer equipment estimate Federal FENTON field FIELDNER fiscal year 1949 fish fuels functions funds Geological Survey going Government grazing HAVELL helium increase Indian industry Interior Department investigations JENSEN KIRWAN Land Management leases maps ment mineral National Park Service NORRELL NORTHROP oil and gas operation percent personal services personnel petroleum problem production projects public lands record regional offices reimbursement requested SCHWABE Secretary SEYMOUR staff Taylor Grazing Act things tion TOLSON Total obligations United vanadium Washington wildlife WRATHER
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Page 304 - No part of the money appropriated by any enactment of Congress shall, in the absence of express authorization by Congress, be used directly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, telephone, letter, printed or written matter, or other device, intended or designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress, to favor or oppose, by vote or otherwise, any legislation or appropriation by Congress, whether before or after the introduction of any bill or resolution proposing...
Page 604 - ... to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.
Page 378 - ... and on behalf of the Government to investigate the mineral fuels and unfinished mineral products belonging to, or for the use of, the United States, with a view to their most efficient mining, preparation, treatment and use; and to disseminate information concerning these subjects in such manner as will best carry out the purposes of this Act.
Page 250 - In case of conflicting applications, if any, such conflicts shall be resolved by the said Secretary, after hearing, with due regard to the public interest, and in conformity with the policy expressed in the Federal water power act as to conflicting applications...
Page 340 - Interior, to make diligent investigation of the methods of mining, especially in relation to the safety of miners, and the appliances best adapted to prevent accidents, the possible improvement of conditions under which mining operations are carried on, the treatment of ores and other mineral substances, the use of explosives and electricity, the prevention of accidents, and other inquiries and technologic investigations pertinent to said industries...
Page 250 - 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 796 - August 28, 1937, which measure laid the foundation and framework for a new forest policy for the revested Oregon & California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands located in 18 counties in western Oregon.
Page 304 - Congress, through the proper official channels, requests for legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary for the efficient conduct of the public business.
Page 233 - April 11, 1940, transferred the activities of the Soil Conservation Service relating to soil and moisture conservation on Interior Department lands from the Department of Agriculture to the, Department of the Interior.
Page 83 - Alaska, and with a coal field or fields so as best to aid in the development of the agricultural and mineral or other resources of Alaska, and the settlement of the public lands therein, and so as to provide transportation of coal for the Army and Navy, transportation of troops, arms, munitions of war, the mails, and for other governmental and public uses, and for the transportation of passengers and property...