Second Deficiency Appropriation Bill for 1948: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Eightieth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 6935, an Act Making Appropriations to Supply Deficiencies in Certain Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1948, and for Other Purposes, [June 17, 1948]

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948 - United States - 203 pages

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Page 12 - No Executive Department or other Government establishment of the United States shall expend, in any one fiscal year, any sum in excess of appropriations made 'by Congress for that fiscal year, or involve the Government in any contract or other obligation for the future payment of money in excess of such appropriations unless such contract or obligation is authorized by law.
Page 85 - ... the need of each such air carrier for compensation for the transportation of mail sufficient to insure the performance of such service, and, together with all other revenue of the air carrier, to enable such air carrier under honest, economical, and efficient management, to maintain and continue the development of air transportation to the extent and of the character and quality required for the commerce of the United States, the Postal Service, and the national defense.
Page 161 - Service, and of the national defense; (b) The regulation of air transportation in such manner as to recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of, assure the highest degree of safety in, and foster sound economic conditions in, such transportation, and to improve the relations between, and coordinate transportation by, air carriers; (c) The promotion of adequate, economical, and efficient service by air carriers at reasonable charges, without unjust discriminations, undue preferences or advantages,...
Page 160 - Authority shall consider the following, among other things, as being in the public interest, and in accordance with the public convenience and necessity— (a) The encouragement and development of an air transportation system properly adapted to the present and future needs of the foreign and domestic commerce of the United States, of the Postal Service, and of the national defense...
Page 13 - SEC. 3. (a) From the sums appropriated therefor, the Secretary of the Treasury shall...
Page 68 - Sec. 2. The Commission shall hear and determine the following claims against the United States on behalf of any Indian tribe, band, or other identifiable group of American Indians residing within the territorial limits of the United States or Alaska...
Page 45 - Columbia, from any source other than the Government of the United States, except as may be contributed out of the treasury of any State, county, or municipality...
Page 106 - In computing the amount earned for overtime at the rate of "one-half day's pay for each 2 hours or fraction thereof of at least 1 hour that the overtime extends beyond...
Page 13 - ... prevent expenditures in one portion of the year which may necessitate deficiency or additional appropriations to complete the service of the fiscal year for which said appropriations are made...
Page 14 - State for such quarter under the provisions of subsection (a), such estimate to be based on (A) a report filed by the State containing its estimate of the total sum to be expended in such quarter in accordance with the provisions of such...

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