Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Appropriations, Part 2

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Page 500 - It is the purpose of this title to help curb urban sprawl and prevent the spread of urban blight and deterioration, to encourage more economic and desirable urban development, and to help provide necessary recreational, conservation, and scenic areas...
Page 639 - ... (c) manage and liquidate the existing mortgage portfolio of the Federal National Mortgage Association in an orderly manner, with a minimum of adverse effect upon the home mortgage market and minimum loss to the Federal Government. CREATION OF ASSOCIATION SEC. 302. (a) There is hereby created a body corporate to be known as the "Federal National Mortgage Association" (hereinafter referred to as the "Association"), which shall be a constituent agency of the Housing and Home Finance Agency.
Page 626 - ... as a means of retarding or stopping a decline in mortgage lending and home building activities which threatens materially the stability of a high level national economy...
Page 645 - Indicate the types of mortgages; for example, first or second mortgages and whether such mortgages are to be insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the Veterans...
Page 433 - Administrator to enter into contracts to make grants to public or private bodies or agencies "for the purposes of developing and demonstrating new or improved means of providing housing for low-income persons and families.
Page 466 - Treasury which shall be not more than the higher of (1) 2% per centum per annum, or (2) the average annual interest rate on all interest-bearing obligations of the United States then forming a part of the public debt as computed at the end of the fiscal year next preceding the issuance by the Commissioner and adjusted to the nearest one-eighth of 1 per centum.
Page 908 - ... have graduated. There are currently 2,787 medical students, 1,160 dental students, and 319 other health professional students in the program. The number of health professionals needed in the Armed Forces is presently being reappraised in an inter-agency study on military health care. This joint effort by the Department of Defense, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and Office of Management and Budget will assess alternative means of resolving problems related to the potential shortage...
Page 626 - FHA.¿ insured and VA-guaranteed mortgages of $13,500 or less, covering low and moderate priced housing on which construction had not commenced at the time application was made for FNMA's commitment The...
Page 646 - Association is authorized to issue, upon the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, and have outstanding at any one time obligations...
Page 692 - A second objective is to develop, or have developed, end items — hardware, processes, et cetera — that the Federal Government needs directly for its own purposes. These fall mostly, at the present time, in the areas of defense and space. Thirdly, I believe that the Federal Government should foster and encourage and, as appropriate, assist in practical developments that are in the general public interest, for which the public, as distinguished from the Government, is the customer. These include...

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