Interior Department Appropriation Bill for 1947: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session, on the Interior Department Appropriation Bill for 1947 ...

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Page 856 - Beatty, is here, and if there is no objection on the part of the committee we can have this item explained by Dr.
Page 357 - Company and, without making a detailed audit of the transactions, have examined or tested accounting records of the Company and other supporting evidence, by methods and to the extent we deemed appropriate.
Page 469 - ... 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 286 - Employees whose basic rate of compensation is fixed on an annual or monthly basis and adjusted from time to time in accordance with prevailing rates by wage boards or similar administrative authority serving the same purpose...
Page 357 - Our examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards applicable in the circumstances and included all procedures which we considered necessary.
Page 626 - Act of 1965 are hereby transferred to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may...
Page 561 - CONTRACT made and entered Into this day of , 19 -, by and between the United States of America, acting in this behalf by , Assistant Secretary of the Interior, party of the first part, and hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary...
Page 354 - ... (3) When a minor item of depreciable property is replaced independently of the unit of which it is a part, the cost of replacement shall be charged to the maintenance account appropriate for the item, except that if the replacement effects a substantial betterment (the primary aim of which is to make the property affected more useful, more efficient, of greater durability, or of greater capacity), the excess cost of the replacement over the estimated cost at current prices of replacing without...
Page 288 - Provided, That surplus electric energy generated at the dams authorized in this item shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Interior for disposition in accordance with existing laws relating to the disposition of power at Bonneville Dam...
Page 539 - He may also grant privileges, leases, and permits for the use of land for the accommodation of visitors in the various parks, monuments, or other reservations...

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