Supplemental Appropriation Bill, 1961: Hearing Before the Subcommittee ... Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1960 - 439 pages
Provides budget information on the following departments and agencies: District of Columbia, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, and U.S. Dept. of State.

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Page 55 - Plan developed by the National Capital Planning Commission and the National Capital Regional Planning Council. The plan projected a total regional population of five million by the year 2000.
Page 290 - Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, it is a privilege for me to appear before you today to discuss the Navy and the Marine Corps program of research and development for fiscal year 1963.
Page 218 - ... that he is not a member of the Communist Party or affiliated with such party, and that he does not believe in, and is not a member of or supports any organization that believes in or teaches, the overthrow of the United States Government by force or by any illegal or unconstitutional methods.
Page 218 - I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America ; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever ; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and articles of war.
Page 223 - An Act to provide for the further development of agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several States receiving the benefits of the Act entitled 'An Act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts,
Page 252 - Chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives.
Page 221 - States] (b) delegate, with the approval of the President, to the several departments and agencies of the Federal Government appropriate civil defense responsibilities, and review and coordinate the civil defense activities of the departments and agencies with each other and with the activities of the States and neighboring countries...
Page 233 - The Surgeon General shall conduct in the Service, and encourage, cooperate with, and render assistance to other appropriate public authorities, scientific institutions, and scientists in the conduct of, and promote the coordination of, research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations, and studies relating to the causes, diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention of physical and mental diseases and impairments of man, including water purification, sewage treatment, and pollution of lakes and...
Page 281 - ... for expanding the staff of the seismograph observatories of the US Coast and Geodetic Survey ; $175,000 on expanding and improving the tidal station network ; and $20,000 for a survey of possible research into the origin and behavior of seismic sea waves. Before closing, I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the chairman and members of this committee for the opportunity to speak in support of the budget request of the Health, Education, and Welfare Department for funds to implement the...
Page 337 - Law 763 provides that the compensation of such employees shall be fixed and adjusted from time to time as nearly as is consistent with the public interest in accordance with prevailing rates.

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