Rivers and Harbors: Hearings, Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 6407, an Act Authorizing the Construction, Repair and Preservation of Certain Public Works on Rivers and Harbors, and for Other Purposes. June 10-14, 1946Considers (79) H.R. 6407. |
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... Chairman . I am proud to present the projects included in the pending River and Harbor bill . As you know , the Corps of Engineers considers itself the consulting engineers of Congress and , more specifically , of the Committees on ...
... Chairman . I am proud to present the projects included in the pending River and Harbor bill . As you know , the Corps of Engineers considers itself the consulting engineers of Congress and , more specifically , of the Committees on ...
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... Chairman , I regret that I must leave at this time . The Senate is meeting at 11 o'clock today , and I have the floor on an amendment which is pending to the bill now under con- sideration . I want , before leaving , to express my ...
... Chairman , I regret that I must leave at this time . The Senate is meeting at 11 o'clock today , and I have the floor on an amendment which is pending to the bill now under con- sideration . I want , before leaving , to express my ...
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... Chairman , the Corps of Engineers has served the country for more than a century in times of peace as well as in times of war , and I am exceedingly proud of the service the corps has rendered . It is now , and will continue to be my ...
... Chairman , the Corps of Engineers has served the country for more than a century in times of peace as well as in times of war , and I am exceedingly proud of the service the corps has rendered . It is now , and will continue to be my ...
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... Chairman , the Board of Engineers meets at irregular times , about once every 6 weeks , and considers whatever reports come before it . In each case the authorization for making a study and report must come from a congressional ...
... Chairman , the Board of Engineers meets at irregular times , about once every 6 weeks , and considers whatever reports come before it . In each case the authorization for making a study and report must come from a congressional ...
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... Chairman and members of the committee , the report on Grand Bayou Pass , Bayou Scofield , and waterway from Empire , La . , to the Gulf of Mexico is in response to an item in the River and Harbor Act approved March 2 , 1945 . The ...
... Chairman and members of the committee , the report on Grand Bayou Pass , Bayou Scofield , and waterway from Empire , La . , to the Gulf of Mexico is in response to an item in the River and Harbor Act approved March 2 , 1945 . The ...
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Page 423 - ... developing, coordinating, and preserving a national transportation system by water, highway, and rail, as well as other means, adequate to meet the needs of the commerce of the United States, of the Postal Service, and of the national defense. All of the provisions of this Act shall be administered and enforced with a view to carrying out the above declaration of policy.
Page 474 - ... arising in States lying wholly or party west of the ninety-eighth meridian shall be only such use as does not conflict with any beneficial consumptive use, present or future, in States lying wholly or partly west of the ninety-eighth meridian, of such waters for domestic, municipal, stock water, irrigation, mining, or industrial purposes.
Page 284 - California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document Numbered 630, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 11 - Pond, subject to the provisions that local interests furnish free of cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas...
Page 73 - That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, created under Section 3 of the River and Harbor Act approved June 13, 1902, be, and is hereby requested to review the...
Page 209 - International Association of Machinists; International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America; International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers; Sheet Metal Workers...
Page 73 - Resolved by the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives, United States, That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors created under section 3 of the River and Harbor Act, approved June 13...
Page 423 - Congress to provide for fair and impartial regulation of all modes of transportation subject to the provisions of this Act, so administered as to recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of each; to promote safe, adequate, economical, and efficient service and foster sound economic conditions in transportation and among the several carriers...
Page 10 - Avenue to the navigation turning basin ; all generally in accordance with the plans of the district engineer, and with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...