Public Works Appropriations for 1961: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session Subcommittee on Public Works Appropriations Clarence Cannon, Missouri, Chairman ; Louis C. Rabaut, Michigan ; Ben F. Jensen, Iowa ; Michael J. Kirwan, Ohio ; John Taber, New York ; John E. Fogarty, Rhode Island ; Ivor D. Fenton, Pennsylvania ; John J. Riley, South Carolina ; H. Carl Anderson, Minnesota ; Joe L. Evins, Tennessee ; John R. Pillion, New York ; Edward P. Boland, Massachusetts ; Don Magnuson, Washington ; Carson Culp, Staff Assistant to the Subcommittee ...

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Page 150 - Senate, 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 report...
Page 505 - Work completed consists of a main channel, 12 feet dee]) and 125 feet wide, from near Orange, Tex., to the Mexican border; a railroad bridge across Mud Bayou at High Island: Port Bolivar dike; Brazos River floodgates; Colorado River locks: Port O'Connor jetties; tributary channels 9 feet deep to Palacios...
Page 865 - 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 181 - ... shall be based upon the average rate of interest payable by the Treasury on interest-bearing marketable securities of the United States outstanding at the end of the fiscal year preceding such computation which, upon original issue, had terms to maturity of 15 years or more.
Page 757 - No. 16, expressed willingness and ability to comply with the requirements of local cooperation. Formal assurances will be requested upon completion of definite project studies, expected by September 1959.
Page 687 - Location. — The project involves improvement of the Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio River to the mouth of the Missouri River.
Page 950 - River, about 7.8 miles above the confluence of these streams, approximately 1.5 miles upstream from Kyrock, 5 miles north of Brownsville and 12 miles south of Leitchfield, Ky.
Page 816 - States, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for construction of the project, hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction works, and maintain and operate all the works after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army.
Page 501 - Act authorized realinement of the main channel along the north shore of Aransas Bay from Rockport, Tex., via the town of Aransas Pass, Tex., to Corpus Christi Bay, a distance of about 17.2 miles.
Page 589 - Improvement 84.6 miles on Boeuf River, Ark. and La. (includes 5.6 miles of "no work