Disaster Relief Act of 1967: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Roads of the Committee on Public Works, United States Senate, Ninetieth Congress, First Session, on S. 438, a Bill to Provide Additional Assistance for Areas Suffering a Major Disaster, Dunlap, Indiana, June 9, 1967; Washington, D.C., July 27, 1967U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967 - 125 pages Considers S. 438, to amend the Small Business Act and the Consolidated Farmer\s Home Administration Act to authorize loans to disaster victims for repair and reconstruction of property, to establish a program of Federal aid to states for repairing private property damage, to revise Federal aid programs for road and highway reconstruction, and to authorize use of Federal funds for repair and reconstruction of water resource development projects damaged in disasters. June 9 hearing was held in Dunlap, Ind. |
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Page 116 - ... ('(6) to make such loans (either directly or in cooperation with banks or other lending institutions through agreements to participate on an immediate or deferred basis) as the Administration may determine to be necessary or appropriate to assist any small business concern in...
Page 6 - Federal disaster assistance" shall include any Federal financial assistance which may be made available to any person as a result of — (1) a major disaster (within the meaning of that term as determined by the President pursuant to the Act entitled "An Act to authorize Federal assistance to State and local governments in major disasters, and for other purposes", as amended (42 USC 1855-1855g...
Page 8 - ... to repair, restore, or reconstruct any project of a State, county, municipal. or other local government agency for flood control, navigation, irrigation, reclamation, public power, sewage treatment, water treatment, watershed development. or airport construction...
Page 91 - Major disaster" means any hurricane, tornado, storm, flood, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, drought, fire, explosion, or other catastrophe in any part of the United States which, in the determination of the President, causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant major disaster assistance under this Act, above and beyond emergency services by the Federal Government...
Page 7 - State or local laws of the inhabitants on such property ; (5) enter into agreements to pay annual sums in lieu of taxes to any State or local taxing authority with respect to any real property so acquired or owned ; (6) sell or exchange at public or private sale, or lease, real or personal property, and sell or exchange any securities or obligations...
Page 8 - Statutes, as amended (USC, title 46, sec. 91), is amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following...
Page 16 - An eligible project is any project of an eligible applicant for flood control, navigation, irrigation, reclamation, public power, sewage treatment, water treatment, watershed development, or airport construction...
Page 13 - New section 543 would authorize the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out part E through fiscal year 1973.
Page 72 - Whereas, an emergency exists for the more immediate taking effect of this act, the same shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage.
Page 13 - Provided further, That the Federal share payable on account of any repair or reconstruction of forest highways, forest development roads and trails, park roads and trails, and Indian reservation roads may amount to 100 per centum of the cost thereof, whether or not such highways, roads, or trails are on any Federal-aid highway system.