Public Works Appropriations, 1960: Hearings Before the Subcommittee ... 86th Congress, 1st Session, on H.R. 7509, Making Appropriations for Civil Functions Administered by the Department of the Army, Certain Agencies of the Department of the Interior, and the Tennessee Valley Authority, for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1960, and for Other Purposes |
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Page 2881 - 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 2462 - I wish to thank you, Mr. Chairman, and the members of your committee, for the opportunity to...
Page 2766 - 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 2780 - STATEMENT OF HON. RUSSELL B. LONG, A US SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF LOUISIANA Senator LONG. Thank you very much, Mr.
Page 2922 - Engineers with necessary utilities and rail and highway connections open to all on equal terms; and (C) hold and save the United States free from any damages which may arise from construction, operation, and maintenance of the...
Page 2876 - At this time last year, the Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Soil Conservation Service, and the...
Page 2359 - States ; and be it further Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be hereby directed to transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States...
Page 2359 - Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of California, jointly. That the Legislature of the State of California respectfully memorializes the President and the Congress of the United States to...
Page 2664 - My name is CS Tindall of Greenville, Miss. I am attorney for the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners and chairman of the legislative committee of the Mississippi Valley Flood Control Association.
Page 2437 - Now, of course, the Federal Government must shoulder its own partnership obligations by undertaking projects of such complexity and size that their success requires Federal development. In keeping with this principle, I again urge the Congress to approve the development of the Upper Colorado River Basin to conserve and assure better use of precious water essential to the future of the West.