Water Resources Planning Act: Hearings...88-2...March 23, 24, 26 and April 20, 1964 |
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... efforts . No other major responsibility of the Federal Government is so divided as that relating to the conservation , development , and utilization of the Nation's water and related land resources . An effective mechanism for bringing ...
... efforts . No other major responsibility of the Federal Government is so divided as that relating to the conservation , development , and utilization of the Nation's water and related land resources . An effective mechanism for bringing ...
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... efforts of the many Federal and State agencies in the basin , region , or group of basins , the ultimate ... effort should be made to reach a consensus on technical facts and policy judgments . At the same time , proper opportunities ...
... efforts of the many Federal and State agencies in the basin , region , or group of basins , the ultimate ... effort should be made to reach a consensus on technical facts and policy judgments . At the same time , proper opportunities ...
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... effort within a river basin for which such planning is currently or has heretofore been au- thorized by law the committee may wish to consider amending the bill to restrict the establishment of commissions to those areas within which a ...
... effort within a river basin for which such planning is currently or has heretofore been au- thorized by law the committee may wish to consider amending the bill to restrict the establishment of commissions to those areas within which a ...
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... efforts at all levels of government . And he goes ahead to state : I therefore urge the Congress to enact the Water Resources Planning Act , which I transmitted to the Congress last July , which would authorize Federal grants - in - aid ...
... efforts at all levels of government . And he goes ahead to state : I therefore urge the Congress to enact the Water Resources Planning Act , which I transmitted to the Congress last July , which would authorize Federal grants - in - aid ...
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... efforts . This group , which would be called the Water Resources Council , would be composed of the Secretary of the Interior , the Secretary of the Army , the Secretary of Agriculture , the Secretary of Health , Education , and Welfare ...
... efforts . This group , which would be called the Water Resources Council , would be composed of the Secretary of the Interior , the Secretary of the Army , the Secretary of Agriculture , the Secretary of Health , Education , and Welfare ...
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87th Congress administration Agriculture amendment ASPINALL Attorney authority basis bill Budget Bureau Chairman CHENOWETH Colorado Colorado River Committee on Interior comprehensive planning comprehensive water concerned Conference on Water Congress conservation cooperation coordinated planning Corps of Engineers D.C. DEAR Delaware River Department employees enactment established favor Federal agencies Federal Government Federal Power Commission Federal Water Federal-State functions going Governor Health HOSMER Insular Affairs interest Interior and Insular interstate compact Interstate Conference involved legislation major March 24 ment Missouri River Ohio River participation President projects QUIGLEY Reclamation recommendations related land resources Resources Planning Act responsibilities river basin commissions river basin planning ROGERS SAYLOR SCHWAN Secretary UDALL Senate STAATS statement subbasins subcommittee submitted tion United vote WALTER ROGERS water and related water pollution water pollution control water problems Water Resources Council water resources development water resources planning Welfare WESTLAND WILM
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Page 183 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 9 - United States for the three most recent consecutive years for which satisfactory data are available from the Department of Commerce. Such promulgation shall be conclusive for each of the two fiscal years in the period beginning July 1 next succeeding such promulgation...
Page 22 - ... of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit.
Page 5 - Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.
Page 77 - The Secretary shall, after careful investigation, and in cooperation with other Federal agencies, with State water pollution control agencies and interstate agencies, and with the municipalities and industries involved, prepare or develop comprehensive programs for eliminating or reducing the pollution of interstate waters and tributaries thereof and improving the sanitary condition of surface and underground waters.
Page 185 - We cannot withhold the suggestion, inspired by the consideration of this case, that the grave problem of sewage disposal presented by the large and growing populations living on the shores of New York Bay is one more likely to be wisely solved by cooperative study and by conference and mutual concession on the part of representatives of the States so vitally interested in it than by proceedings in any court, however constituted
Page 214 - The consent of the Congress is hereby given to two or more States to negotiate and enter into agreements or compacts, not in conflict with any law or treaty of the United States, for (1) cooperative effort and mutual assistance for the prevention and control of...
Page 156 - Secretary to be necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the plan; "(6) provide that the State agency will make such reports, in such form and containing such information, as the...
Page 9 - Federal share" for any State shall be 100 per centum less the State percentage and the State percentage shall be that percentage which bears the same ratio to 50 per centum as the per capita income of such State bears to the per capita income of the continental United States (excluding Alaska), except that (1) the Federal share...
Page 6 - ... use the United States mails in the same manner and upon the same conditions as other departments and agencies of the United States; (4...