Flood Control Act of 1949: Hearing Before the Committee on Public Works, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, First Session, on H.R. 5472, (title II) Authorizing the Construction, Repair, and Preservation of Certain Public Works on Rivers and Harbors for Navigation, Flood Control, Soil Conservation, and for Other Purposes. May 16-20, 23-27, June 1 and 2, 1949H.R. 5472, (title II) authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors for navigation, flood control, soil conservation, and for other purposes. |
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... Statement- . Letter___ . Page 1031 1082 1085 Abels , Edwin F. , president , Kaw River Valley Association , statement-- 239 , 251 Agriculture , Department of , letter --- 973 Ahlquist , H. Maurice , National Reclamation Association ...
... Statement- . Letter___ . Page 1031 1082 1085 Abels , Edwin F. , president , Kaw River Valley Association , statement-- 239 , 251 Agriculture , Department of , letter --- 973 Ahlquist , H. Maurice , National Reclamation Association ...
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... statement . Bureau of Reclamation , statements-- 1022 , 1131 634 Bureau of Reclamation , jurisdiction in investigations . Bursum , H. O. , Socorro , N. Mex . , statement ... . 939 339 Burton , Hon . Clarence G. , Member of Congress , ...
... statement . Bureau of Reclamation , statements-- 1022 , 1131 634 Bureau of Reclamation , jurisdiction in investigations . Bursum , H. O. , Socorro , N. Mex . , statement ... . 939 339 Burton , Hon . Clarence G. , Member of Congress , ...
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... statement__ Cosgrove , M. F. , Kansas Conservation Association , statements . Council Grove Reservoir , project ---- Cronin , Dan J. , Roanoke , Va . , statement . Cunningham , James E. , mayor , San Bernardino , Calif . , letter ...
... statement__ Cosgrove , M. F. , Kansas Conservation Association , statements . Council Grove Reservoir , project ---- Cronin , Dan J. , Roanoke , Va . , statement . Cunningham , James E. , mayor , San Bernardino , Calif . , letter ...
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... statement .. 899 Friesen , Herbert , Hillsboro ( Kans . ) , Chamber of Commerce , letter --- Funk , Arnold E. , Marion County , Kans . , statements-- . Gage , John E. , Kansas City , Mo. , letter__ . 462 440 , 443 , 469 1117 Gaines ...
... statement .. 899 Friesen , Herbert , Hillsboro ( Kans . ) , Chamber of Commerce , letter --- Funk , Arnold E. , Marion County , Kans . , statements-- . Gage , John E. , Kansas City , Mo. , letter__ . 462 440 , 443 , 469 1117 Gaines ...
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... statement .__ 81 Hare , Hon . James B. , Member of Congress , statement_ Harris , Hon . Oren , Member of Congress , statement ... . Harrison , Col. R. L. , Albuquerque , N. Mex . , statement_ 52 808 328 Hartwell Dam , Savannah River ...
... statement .__ 81 Hare , Hon . James B. , Member of Congress , statement_ Harris , Hon . Oren , Member of Congress , statement ... . Harrison , Col. R. L. , Albuquerque , N. Mex . , statement_ 52 808 328 Hartwell Dam , Savannah River ...
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acre-feet acres additional agencies agricultural amount ANGELL annual appropriation approved Arkansas Army engineers authorized benefits Board Bradford Bureau of Reclamation CHAIRMAN channel Chief of Engineers Clark Hill Colonel GEE Colonel POTTER Colonel WEAVER Columbia Basin Columbia River Basin committee completed comprehensive plan Congress construction costs Corps of Engineers COSGROVE Council Grove County Creek damage dikes district DONDERO drainage economic electric estimated cost farm favor feet figures Flood Control Act flood protection flood-control project flow Hartwell Hartwell Dam hearings hydroelectric improvement increase industrial interests irrigation Kans Kansas City Kansas River Keystone Dam kilowatts land levees located loss Marion ment miles Missouri River navigation Neosho River Ozawkie percent PICKETT plant present production proposed recommended represent reservoir Roanoke River Santa Ana River Savannah River Smith Mountain soil conservation statement storage stream tion town tributaries United Valley Falls Washington watershed Willamette
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Page 159 - National Park Service" of section 1 of the Act of March 4, 1929 (45 Stat. 1602: 16 USC 14). Section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes", approved December 24, 1944 (16 USC 460d), as amended by the Flood Control Act of 1962 (76 Stat.
Page 667 - To agree to furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for the new work in the improvement of the Hudson River and for subsequent maintenance when and if required.
Page 575 - States for flood-control purposes shall be turned over to the States for the benefit of public schools and public roads of the counties in which the land is situated.
Page 45 - Congress approved this project as part of "the comprehensive development of the Savannah River Basin for flood control and other purposes.
Page 394 - I do have a prepared statement that I would like to submit for the record, and I also have a brief comment on some of those projects.
Page 503 - The committee met at 10 am, Hon. Will M. Whittington (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will be in order.
Page 43 - The general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Arkansas River Basin, as set forth in Flood Control Committee Document No. 1, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War, and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 156 - January 17, 1944, forwarding copies of the reports of the district and division engineers, and of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors on the Savannah River SC and Ga., and requesting comments thereon.
Page 420 - ... hear the justification for the budget estimates of the Commodity Stabilization Service. This agency is under the direction of Dr. James Ralph, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. I believe this is the first time you have appeared before the committee, Dr. Ralph. We are pleased to welcome you here and we will be glad to have any statement you desire to make and for you to present any witnesses you desire to present to the committee. Dr. RALPH. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, it is a...
Page 381 - One of our projects dealing with snow melt forecasting involves the Corps of Engineers, the Soil Conservation Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bonneville Power Administration and agencies in the states of Colorado, California and Arizona. A complementary project with the Corps of Engineers, using test sites in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Texas and California deals with water runoff and its effect on peak flows, while another project...