Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

Front Cover

From inside the book

Contents

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 14 - Stat. 89), is further amended by adding a new subsection at the end to read as follows: "(i) The Commission shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Page 26 - The Congress authorizes and directs that, to the fullest extent possible: (1) the policies, regulations, and public laws of the United States shall be interpreted and administered in accordance with the policies set forth in this Act...
Page 2 - California, the Secretary of the Interior, acting pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws ( Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto...
Page 47 - In the meantime, if it meets with the approval of the committee, I would like to defer to my able colleague, Mr.
Page 28 - March following such general election, and who shall be entitled to receive official recognition as such Commissioner by all of the departments of the Government of the United States, upon presentation, through the Department of State, of a certificate of election of the Governor of Porto Rico.
Page 34 - (C) In fixing the sale or lease value of property to be disposed of under subparagraph (A) and subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the Board shall take into consideration any benefit which has accrued or may accrue to the United States from the use of such property by any such state, political subdivision, instrumentality, or institution.
Page 50 - Domini nineteen hundred, and every two years thereafter, choose a resident commissioner to the United States, who shall be entitled to official recognition as such by all Departments, upon presentation to the Department of State- of a certificate of election of the governor of Porto Rico...
Page 75 - Representative in the Congress of the United States, to the Secretary of the Interior, and to the Secretary of Agriculture.
Page 69 - Congress may not only abrogate laws of the Territorial legislatures, but it may itself legislate directly for the local government. It may make a void act of the Territorial legislature valid, and a valid act void.

Bibliographic information