Miscellaneous Projects and Amendments THE LIBRANT OF 1 BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. R. 3961 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 98593 APRIL 25 AND MAY 3, 1944 PART 1 Printed for the use of the Committee on Commerce UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1944 RIVERS AND HARBORS OMNIBUS BILL TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1944 UNITED STATES SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met at 10:30 a. m., pursuant to call, in the Capitol, Senator John H. Overton, chairman of the subcommittee, presiding. Present: Senators Overton (chairman of the subcommittee), Bailey, Bilbo, and Cordon. Present also: Senator Maybank. Senator OVERTON (chairman of the subcommittee). The subcommittee will please come to order. We have before us for consideration H. R. 3961 authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. (The bill, H. R. 3961, is as follows:) [H. R. 3961, 78th Cong., 2d sess.] AN ACT Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following works of improvement of rivers, harbors, and other waterways are hereby adopted and authorized in the interest of national security and the stabilization of employment, and shall be prosecuted as speedily as may be consistent with budgetary requirements, under the direction of the Secretary of War and supervision of the Chief of Engineers, in accordance with the plans in the respective reports hereinafter designated and subject to the conditions set forth therein: Provided, That no project herein authorized shall be appropriated for or constructed until 6 months after the termination of the present wars in which the United States is engaged unless the construction of such project has been recommended by an authorized defense agency and approved by the President as being necessary or desirable in the interest of the national defense and security, and the President has notified the Congress to that effect: Provided further, That penstocks or other similar facilities adapted to possible future use in the development of hydroelectric power shall be installed in any dam herein authorized when approved by the Secretary of War upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers and of the Federal Power Commission, and such recommendations shall be based upon consideration of the proper utilization and conservation in the public interest of the resources of the region. Northeast Harbor, Maine; House Document Numbered 132, Seventy-sixth Congress; Isle au Haut Thoroughfare, Maine; Senate Document Numbered 15, Seventyseventh Congress; Hendricks Harbor, Maine; Senate Document Numbered 40, Seventy-sixth Con gress; Portland Harbor, Maine; House Document Numbered 560, Seventy-sixth Congress; and the maintenance of Soldier Ledge Channel in Hussey Sound, Casco 1 |
