Second Supplemental Appropriation Bill for 1959: Hearings, Eighty-sixth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 5916

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Page 733 - Mr. Chairman, I do not want to take the time of the committee, but I wanted this traffic expert for these people up there to explain the inadequacy of the present channel.
Page 320 - TITLE VII— RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION IN MORE EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF TELEVISION, RADIO, MOTION PICTURES, AND RELATED MEDIA FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES PART A — RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER SEC.
Page 479 - Commission. (c) MEMBERS FROM PRIVATE LIFE. — The members from private life shall each receive $50 per diem when engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission plus reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of such duties.
Page 479 - The Commission is authorized to secure directly from any executive department, agency, or independent instrumentality of the Government any information it deems necessary to carry out its functions under this Act; and each such department, agency, and instrumentality is authorized to cooperate with the Commission and, to the extent permitted by law, to furnish such information to the Commission, upon request made by the Chairman.
Page 585 - 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 923 - Ruebhausen, a former member of the board of directors of the League of Women Voters of the United States and for 13 years their official observer at the United Nations.
Page 325 - Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund...
Page 164 - The Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, is authorized to purchase any obligations of the Corporation issued hereunder, and for such purpose the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to use as a public-debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities hereafter issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended, and the purposes for which securities may be issued under such Act, as amended, are extended to include any purchases of the Corporation's obligations hereunder.
Page 268 - An Act to protect the public health by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the use in food of additives which have not been adequately tested to establish their safety", and for other purposes.
Page 68 - USC 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but, unless otherwise provided, the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed $7,500 or 7.5 per centum of the cost of the building, whichever is greater...

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