Military Construction Appropriations for 1980: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, Part 3

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Page 758 - The Associated General Contractors of America 1957 E Street NW.
Page 728 - SBA representative cannot establish that there is a reasonable expectation that bids or proposals will be obtained from a sufficient number of responsible small business concerns so that awards will be made at reasonable prices; or (3) Where the proposed action would have serious adverse effects on Department programs.
Page 821 - Act would be inconsistent with interests of national security, and in connection therewith to acquire, construct, convert, rehabilitate, or install permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment...
Page 123 - Before discussing highlights of the various construction categories, I would like to call your attention to the following two tables which summarize the program. Table I shows the distribution of the appropriations request among major commands in the United States and Overseas. TABLE I - PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR...
Page 835 - Bowsher Comptroller General of the United States 441 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20548 Dear Mr. Bowsher...
Page 823 - Panama at the same time as the instruments of ratification of the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal, signed this date, are exchanged.
Page 290 - Public money ought to be touched with the most scrupulous consciousness of honor. It is not the produce of riches only, but of the hard earnings of labor and poverty. It is drawn even from the bitterness of want and misery. Not a beggar passes, or perishes in the streets, whose mite is not in that mass.
Page 297 - Defense, the Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps, we have a multitude of initiatives well underway to make our infrastructure more effective and less costly.
Page 323 - Additional reviews are then made by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Office of Management and Budget before our materiel program request is finalized.
Page 412 - This is the sixth year of this progressive program to reduce energy consumption in all of our existing buildings and utilities systems. The program is designed to accomplish retrofit work in older facilities on a cost-effective basis to lower energy-use levels and to achieve a significant savings in utility costs.

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