Modification of Local Participation in Flood Control Projects: Hearing Before the Committee on Public Works, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, First Session on H.R. 2185, to Authorize Modification of Local Participation in Flood Control Projects, August 4, 1959

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Page 2 - An Act to authorize Federal assistance to States and local governments in major disasters, and for other purposes...
Page 1 - States, the proportion that such lowincome families are of the total farm families of each of such areas, the relationship of the income levels of the families in each such area to the general levels of income in the United States, the extent to which "rural development...
Page 2 - Major disaster" means any flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, 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 2 - Secretary shall be guided, but not conclusively governed, by pertinent studies made, and information and data collected or compiled, by (1) departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal Government, (2) State and local governments, (3) universities and land-grant colleges, and (4) private organizations.
Page 1 - redevelopment areas" — (1) those areas in which he determines, upon the basis of standards generally comparable with those set forth in paragraphs (A) and (B), that there has existed substantial and persistent unemployment for an extended period of time. There shall be included among the areas so designated any area...
Page 2 - ... each of such areas, the relationship of the income levels of the families in each such area to the general levels of income in the United States, the extent to which "rural development" projects have previously been located in any such area under programs administered by the Department of Agriculture, the current and prospective employment opportunities in each such area, the availability of manpower in each such area for supplemental employment, the extent of migration out of the area...
Page 1 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever the Secretary of the Interior...
Page 18 - The types of assistance that would be provided by these bills include loans and participation in loans to establish or rehabilitate industrial or commercial plants, technical assistance grants to provide studies to evaluate the potentialities of these areas for economic growth, and financial assistance to the State vocational education agencies in providing training for the unemployed who must be taught new skills.
Page 18 - The enactment of this legislation will have no apparent effect on the budgetary requirements of the Department of the Army. The Bureau of the Budget advises that, from the standpoint of the Administration's program, there is no objection to the presentation of this report to the Committee.
Page 2 - ... Navy presentation I understand that Mr. Hepenstal will be here to represent the Secretary of Defense and he will give his views, and, of course, they will represent the top level agency. The subcommittee looks forward to the information that he is going to give us this morning. Admiral Royar, may I say, on behalf of the committee, we are delighted to have you here and if you have a presentation for the committee, if you will come up and take this chair, we will proceed. Admiral ROYAR. Thank you,...

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