Supplemental Appropriation Bill: 1959, Hearings ... 85th Congress, 2d Session

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Page 507 - Law 763 provides that the compensation of such employees shall be fixed and adjusted from time to time as nearly as is consistent with the public interest in accordance with prevailing rates.
Page 206 - Whenever in the judgment of the Secretary such action will promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, he shall promulgate regulations fixing and establishing for any food, under its common or usual name so far as practicable, a reasonable definition and standard of identity, a reasonable standard of quality, and/or reasonable standards of fill of container...
Page 342 - All local observances will be handled by these groups, with the cooperation of the National Commission. The Director is also developing a coordinated plan in conjunction with the American Automobile Association and the National...
Page 680 - ... which (1) if not treated, will impair or endanger the land, (2) materially affect the productive capacity of the land, (3) represent damage which is unusual in character and, except for wind erosion, is not the type which would recur frequently in the same area, and (4) will be so costly to rehabilitate that Federal assistance is or will be required to return the land to productive agricultural use.
Page 286 - Strategic and critical materials are those materials required for essential uses in a war emergency, the procurement of which in adequate quantities, quality, and time is sufficiently uncertain for any reason to require prior provision for the supply thereof.
Page 626 - Washington (hereinafter called the "bank") is to aid in financing and to facilitate exports and imports and the exchange of commodities between the United States and any of its territories and insular possessions and any foreign country or the agencies or nationals thereof.
Page 823 - GENERAL STATEMENT FOR OPERATING EXPENSES ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATION This book contains the budget estimates for the appropriation "Operating expenses, Atomic Energy Commission
Page 270 - ... the Foundation shall be increasingly responsible for providing support by the Federal Government for general-purpose basic research through contracts and grants. The conduct and support by other Federal agencies of basic research in areas which are closely related to their missions is recognized as important and desirable, especially in response to current national needs, and shall continue.
Page 150 - Sec . 636. In carrying out the purposes of section 301 with respect to hospital facilities, the Surgeon General is authorized to conduct research, experiments, and demonstrations relating to the effective development and utilization of hospital services, facilities, and resources...
Page 52 - The appropriation requested is a consolidation of the estimates of the military departments for: retired pay of military personnel on the retired lists of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force; retainer pay for...

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