Interior Department Appropriation Bill for 1948: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, First Session, Volume 18, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1947 - Bonneville Dam (Or. and Wash.) |
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... authority might be delegated to re- sponsible bureau and field officers . We are making progress in the issuance of delegation orders which will greatly facilitate the operation of the Department . It should be recognized , however ...
... authority might be delegated to re- sponsible bureau and field officers . We are making progress in the issuance of delegation orders which will greatly facilitate the operation of the Department . It should be recognized , however ...
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... authority makes supervision and coordi- nation more difficult and necessitates such a group of staff advisers . I urge that provision be made for the small additional funds needed to make the Power Division a more useful tool in my ...
... authority makes supervision and coordi- nation more difficult and necessitates such a group of staff advisers . I urge that provision be made for the small additional funds needed to make the Power Division a more useful tool in my ...
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... Authority . Total . Total ( see above schedule ) . 132 , 965 , 817 174,318 , 510 97,695 , 686 137 , 353 , 025 230 , 661 , 503 311 , 671 , 535 295,742 , 420 -15 , 929 , 115 Less : Activities discontinued or transferred by reorganization ...
... Authority . Total . Total ( see above schedule ) . 132 , 965 , 817 174,318 , 510 97,695 , 686 137 , 353 , 025 230 , 661 , 503 311 , 671 , 535 295,742 , 420 -15 , 929 , 115 Less : Activities discontinued or transferred by reorganization ...
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... authority is obtained covering royalty arrangements . Mr. JONES . Have you given any serious consideration to the Gov- ernment exploring the public domain rather than leasing it out for private exploration ? Secretary KRUG . The ...
... authority is obtained covering royalty arrangements . Mr. JONES . Have you given any serious consideration to the Gov- ernment exploring the public domain rather than leasing it out for private exploration ? Secretary KRUG . The ...
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... authority to make final decisions at the regional level ; but from all that I can learn , in a great many instances the decisions still have to be made in Washington , and we have a staff in Washington like we had before regional ...
... authority to make final decisions at the regional level ; but from all that I can learn , in a great many instances the decisions still have to be made in Washington , and we have a staff in Washington like we had before regional ...
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acres additional Administration agencies Alaska Railroad amount areas ARNOLD asking authority Bonneville Bonneville Power Administration Budget Bureau of Mines Bureau of Reclamation Chairman Colonel JOHNSON Colorado River Columbia River committee Congress conservation construction cooperative cost dams DEMARAY Departmental Division drilling DRURY due to Public employees engineers equipment expenditures Federal FENTON field fiscal year 1948 Fish and Wildlife fishery functions funds Geological Survey going GOLDSCHMIDT GORE Government Governor HASTIE grazing improvements increase industry Interior Department investigations JENSEN JONES June 30 justification KIRWAN Land Management mapping ment mineral National Park Service North Dakota NORTHROP oil and gas operation PAULSEN percent personnel petroleum problems Public Law 390 record regional offices requested road Secretary KRUG Southwestern Power Administration statement STOCKMAN supply Territory things tion TOLSON Total transferred United utilities War Department Washington Wildlife Service WOLFSOHN WRATHER
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Page 530 - ... to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.
Page 284 - Aeronautics to supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight, with a view to their practical solution...
Page 277 - The head of each department is authorized to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the government of his department, the conduct of its officers and clerks, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, and property appertaining to it.
Page 179 - States, is not a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States...
Page 305 - ... a. to ensure, with due respect for the culture of the peoples concerned, their political, economic, social, and educational advancement, their just treatment, and their protection against abuses; b. to develop self-government, to take due account of the political aspirations of the peoples, and to assist them in the progressive development of their free political institutions, according to the particular circumstances of each territory and its peoples and their varying stages of advancement;...
Page 179 - No part of any appropriation contained in this act shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence...
Page 225 - To carry out preventive measures, including, but not limited to, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, and changes in use of land; 3.
Page 285 - Provided, That mineral development on such lands shall be authorized by the Secretary of the Interior only when he is advised by the Secretary of Agriculture that such development will not interfere with the primary purposes for which the land was acquired and only In accordance with such conditions as may be specified by the Secretary of Agriculture in order to protect such purposes.
Page 278 - State if none of the petroleum constituting such contraband oil, or from which it was produced or derived, was produced, transported, or withdrawn from storage in excess of the amounts permitted to be produced, transported, or withdrawn from storage...
Page 178 - Act shall be expended for membership fees or dues of any officer or employee of the United States or of the District of Columbia in any society or association or for expenses of attendance of any person at any meeting or convention of members of any society or association, unless such fees, dues, or expenses are authorized to be paid by specific appropriations for such purposes or are provided for in express terms in some general appropriation.