Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriation Bill, 1950: Supplemental Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Eighty-first Congress, First Session on H.R.3083

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1949 - 76 pages

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Page 27 - ... supplies as have been mined or produced in the United States, and only such manufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been manufactured in the United States...
Page 27 - This section shall not apply with respect to articles, materials, or supplies for use outside the United States, or if articles, materials, or supplies of the class or kind to be used or the articles, materials, or supplies from which they are manufactured are not mined, produced, or manufactured, as the case may be, in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of a satisfactory quality.
Page 82 - Council is hereby exempted with respect to such appointment, from the operation of sections 281, 283, 284, and 1914 of title 18 of the United States Code, and section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 USC 99), except as otherwise specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection.
Page 82 - The President is further authorized, to the extent he deems it necessary and appropriate in order to carry out the provisions of this Act, and subject to such regulations as he may issue, to employ persons of outstanding experience and ability...
Page 30 - Secretaries of the military departments to authorize the negotiation of purchases and contracts pursuant to the authority contained in section 2 (c) (1) of the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947. The Munitions Board has recommended, and I have approved, the following statement of policy.
Page 276 - If there are any other questions, I will be glad to answer them. Senator HILL.
Page 83 - Administration, and individuals so employed may be compensated at rates not in excess of $50 per diem and while away from their homes or regular places of business, they may be paid actual travel expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses while so employed.
Page 73 - Appropriations of the executive departments and independent establishments of the Government shall be available for the expenses of committees, boards, or other interagency groups engaged in authorized activities of common interest to such departments and establishments and composed in whole or in part of representatives thereof who receive no additional compensation by virtue of such membership: Provided, That employees of such departments and establishments rendering service for such committees,...
Page 335 - Interior, who shall transmit and dispose of such power and energy in such manner as to encourage the most widespread use thereof at the lowest possible rates to consumers consistent with sound business principles, the rate schedules to liecoine effective upon confirmation and approval by the Federal Power Commission.
Page 369 - I went to work in the testing department of the Bureau of Power and Light of the city of Los Angeles and I worked there for 7^ years.

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