Legislative Establishment Appropriation Bill for 1940: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Seventy-sixth Congress, First Session, on the Legislative Establishment Appropriation Bill for 1940 |
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... estimate for 1940 over the appropriation for 1939 is $ 354,405 . Of this sum : $ 5,380 is to cover the increases ... estimates . $ 28,060 is to cover the balance of $ 128,060 requested in the estimates for 1939 ( $ 100,000 was ...
... estimate for 1940 over the appropriation for 1939 is $ 354,405 . Of this sum : $ 5,380 is to cover the increases ... estimates . $ 28,060 is to cover the balance of $ 128,060 requested in the estimates for 1939 ( $ 100,000 was ...
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... Estimate , 1940_ LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE Increase ... To restore the deduction made in the appropriation for the fiscal year 1939 in anticipation of lapses ---- With the increasing demands made upon this Service by Con- gress and ...
... Estimate , 1940_ LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE Increase ... To restore the deduction made in the appropriation for the fiscal year 1939 in anticipation of lapses ---- With the increasing demands made upon this Service by Con- gress and ...
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... Estimate , 1940 .. Increase .. Due to the inadequacy in former years of the appropriations for the purchase of law material , our law collection is still in many fields imperfect . It is especially important , at this time , that the ...
... Estimate , 1940 .. Increase .. Due to the inadequacy in former years of the appropriations for the purchase of law material , our law collection is still in many fields imperfect . It is especially important , at this time , that the ...
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... Estimate , 1940 . Increase .. CONTINGENT EXPENSES - MISCELLANEOUS There has been no increase in the contingent fund since 1932 . The present appropriation of $ 9,000 is the minimum required to meet the normal expenses for stationery and ...
... Estimate , 1940 . Increase .. CONTINGENT EXPENSES - MISCELLANEOUS There has been no increase in the contingent fund since 1932 . The present appropriation of $ 9,000 is the minimum required to meet the normal expenses for stationery and ...
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... estimates___ Net estimate ......... . It is also requested that the provision limiting the expenditures of $ 750 for special and temporary services be increased to $ 1,000 . Available , 1939_ Estimate , 1940_ Increase .. Sunday opening ...
... estimates___ Net estimate ......... . It is also requested that the provision limiting the expenditures of $ 750 for special and temporary services be increased to $ 1,000 . Available , 1939_ Estimate , 1940_ Increase .. Sunday opening ...
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additional Admiral MOREELL Admiral STARK Admiral TOWERS air-conditioning amount Annex annual appropriated for 1939 asking assistant bill BOND break-down Budget Bureau Capitol power plant Captain ALLEN cards catalog Chairman CLAPP clerk Colonel BURNS committee construction cost deficiency Department DITTER Division elevator employees engineer equipment estimate for 1940 expenditure expenses facilities FERNANDEZ FIFE fiscal year 1941 funds GIEGENGACK going Government helper HINCKLEY Hispanic House Office Building increase installed June 30 Law Library Legislative Legislative Reference Service Librarian Library of Congress LUDLOW LYNN MACLEISH maintenance material mechanic Members ment miscellaneous months Naval Navy necessary old building operation percent personnel positions present purchase PUTNAM RABAUT record reference repairs and alterations requested RICH roof salaries Senate SHANKS SOMMER statement STEFAN submitted Subprofessional supplies TABER tion United States Capitol VANCE West Virginia WIGGLESWORTH WOODRUM
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Page 316 - Amounts appropriated for the expenses of the joint committee shall be disbursed one-half by the Secretary of the Senate and one-half by the Clerk of the House.
Page 191 - CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS CAPITOL BUILDINGS For necessary expenditures for the Capitol Building and electrical substations of the Senate and House Office Buildings, under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including minor improvements, maintenance, repair, equipment, supplies, material, fuel, oil. waste, and appurtenances; furnishings and office equipment...
Page 73 - ... including expenses of attendance at meetings when incurred on the written authority and direction of the Librarian in the interest of collections, and all other expenses...
Page 32 - Reserves, including the same objects, and without regard to limitations, specified under this head in the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1941...
Page 23 - I do not know that it contains any branch of science which Congress would wish to exclude from their collection ; there is, in fact, no subject to which a member of Congress may not have occasion to refer.
Page 154 - In addition to these maintenance and repair activities, the Architect of the Capitol is charged with the planning and construction of such buildings as may be committed to his care by Congress from time to time.
Page 118 - CONSTRUCTION AND MACHINERY: On account of hulls and outfits of vessels and machinery of vessels heretofore and herein authorized, to be available until expended, $17,647,617.
Page 100 - For the publication of the Catalogue of Title Entries of the Copyright Office and the decisions of the United States courts involving copyright, $20,000.
Page 196 - Capitol Grounds : For care and improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings; Capitol Power Plant; personal and other services...
Page 158 - Board", a quasi corporation, with perpetual succession, and "all the usual powers of a trustee", including the power to "invest, reinvest, and retain investments...