Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Appropriations

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Page 2839 - There is no more economical means, evaluated on a comparable basis, of accomplishing the same purpose or purposes which would be precluded from development if the plan were undertaken. This limitation refers only to those alternative possibilities that would be physically displaced or economically precluded from development if the project is undertaken.
Page 3135 - 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 become effective upon confirmation and approval by the Federal Power Commission.
Page 2877 - President through the Bureau of the Budget for advice as to the relationship of the proposed development to his program.
Page 3098 - Government under contractual arrangements for (1) delivery of power over non-Federal systems to load centers of preferred agencies for the account of the Government, and (2) purchase by the Government of energy to firm up federally generated power to the load factor required by preferred agencies...
Page 3047 - No officer or employee of the United States shall make or authorize an expenditure from or create or authorize an obligation under any appropriation or fund in excess of the amount available therein.
Page 2838 - The basic objective in the formulation of plans is to provide the best use, or combination of uses, of water and related land resources to meet all foreseeable short- and long-term needs.
Page 3085 - Administration of power sales contracts. Continuing service requirements begin with the initial delivery of power under each contract. Some are intermittent, such as the investigation of complaints, the negotiation of changes in the contract demand, and the establishment of new points of delivery. Others occur regularly in every month. In the latter category are power billing, collection of bill payments, and the maintenance of customer accounts. The billing routine comprises a major portion of the...
Page 2584 - It is now 9 minutes after 5. We will recess until 10 o'clock tomorrow. (Whereupon, at 5 :09 pm, Monday, April 28, the subcommittee was recessed, to reconvene at 10 am, Tuesday, April 29...

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