Interior Department Appropriation Bill for 1949: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, Second Session, on the Interior Department Appropriation Bill for 1949, Volume 22, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948 |
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activities additional administration agencies Alaska Alaska Railroad amount anthracite appropriation approved areas asking attorneys authority bauxite Bonneville Power Administration BOYD Branch Budget Bureau of Land Bureau of Mines Bureau of Reclamation BURRILL Chairman CLAWSON coal coking committee Congress conservation construction contract cooperation cost dams deposits District of Columbia Division DRURY employees engineer equipment estimate Federal FENTON field FIELDNER fiscal year 1949 fish fuels functions funds Geological Survey going Government grazing HAVELL helium increase Indian industry Interior Department investigations JENSEN KIRWAN Land Management leases maps ment mineral National Park Service NORRELL NORTHROP oil and gas operation percent personal services personnel petroleum problem production projects public lands record regional offices reimbursement requested SCHWABE Secretary SEYMOUR staff Taylor Grazing Act things tion TOLSON Total obligations United vanadium Washington wildlife WRATHER
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Page 304 - No part of the money appropriated by any enactment of Congress shall, in the absence of express authorization by Congress, be used directly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, telephone, letter, printed or written matter, or other device, intended or designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress, to favor or oppose, by vote or otherwise, any legislation or appropriation by Congress, whether before or after the introduction of any bill or resolution proposing...
Page 602 - ... to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.
Page 45 - Congress to provide permanently for the control and prevention of soil erosion and thereby to preserve natural resources, control floods, prevent impairment of reservoirs, and maintain the navigability of rivers and harbors, protect public health, public lands, and relieve unemployment...
Page 250 - This policy is further declared to be that the projects herein provided for shall be considered primarily as for the benefit of the people of the section as a whole and particularly the domestic ' and rural consumers to whom the power can economically be made available...
Page 378 - ... and on behalf of the Government to investigate the mineral fuels and unfinished mineral products belonging to, or for the use of, the United States, with a view to their most efficient mining, preparation, treatment and use; and to disseminate information concerning these subjects in such manner as will best carry out the purposes of this Act.
Page 250 - In case of conflicting applications, if any, such conflicts shall be resolved by the said Secretary, after hearing, with due regard to the public interest, and in conformity with the policy expressed in the Federal water power act as to conflicting applications...
Page 339 - For all printing and binding for the Department of Agriculture, including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $1,094,970, including the purchase of reprints of scientific and technical articles published in periodicals and journals...
Page 855 - There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions and accomplish the purposes of this Act.
Page 250 - Interior, who shall transmit and dispose of such power and energy in such manner as to encourage the most widespread use thereof at the lowest possible rates to consumers consistent with sound business principles, the rate schedules to become effective upon confirmation and approval by the Federal Power Commission.
Page 304 - Congress, through the proper official channels, requests for legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary for the efficient conduct of the public business.