Drought Disaster Relief: Hearings Before a Subcommittee, Eighty-fifth Congress, First Session, on S. 304, S. 511, S. 855, S. 956, S. 1096, S. 1345, S. 1441, S. 1525, S. 1527, and H.R. 2367, Bills to Establish a Deferred Grazing Program and a Protein Feed Program as Parts of the Relief Available to Drought Stricken Areas Under Public Law 875, 81st Congress, and for Other Purposes. March 18-19, 1957

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Page 54 - Government to supplement the efforts and available resources of States and local governments in alleviating the damage, hardship, or suffering caused thereby, and respecting which the governor of any State (or the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia) in which such catastrophe may occur or threaten certifies the need for disaster assistance under this Act...
Page 5 - President finds that such use will not displace or interfere with normal marketing of agricultural commodities and (2) in connection with any major disaster determined by the President to warrant assistance by the Federal Government under Public Law 875, Eighty-first Congress, as amended (42 USC 1855).
Page 106 - STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK A. BARRETT, A UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF WYOMING SUNDANCE, WYO.
Page 2 - Be it enacted by the Senate and Bouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Housing Amendments of 1957".
Page 18 - Congress to provide an orderly and continuing means of assistance by the Federal Government to States and local governments in carrying out their responsibilities to alleviate suffering and damage resulting from major disasters, to repair essential public facilities in major disasters, and to foster the development of such State and local organizations and plans to cope with major disasters as may be necessary.
Page 10 - Hon. ALLEN J. ELLENDER, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate.
Page 13 - February 29, 1936, as amended (amounting to $250,000,000, including administration, and formulated on the basis of a distribution of the funds available for payments and grants among the several States in accordance with their conservation needs as determined by the Secretary...
Page 54 - major disaster" means any hurricane, tornado, storm, flood, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, earthquake, drought, fire, or other catastrophe in any part of the United States, which, in the determination of the President, is or threatens to be of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant disaster assistance by the Federal Government...
Page 1 - OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, Washington, DG The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10 am, in room 324, Senate Office Building, Senator Johnston presiding.
Page 54 - 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...

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