Interior Department Appropriation Bill for 1942: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Seventy-seventh Congress, First Session, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1940 - Petroleum |
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Page 86
... irrigated lands under reclamation projects . In the aggregate , lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior constitute a major part of the principal water- sheds of the West on which irrigation depends ; they are the ...
... irrigated lands under reclamation projects . In the aggregate , lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior constitute a major part of the principal water- sheds of the West on which irrigation depends ; they are the ...
Page 576
... irrigation and of hydroelectric power for national defense are primary objectives of this program . The population of the 11 Mountain and Pacific States is increasing at a rate twice that of the Nation at large . This adds emphasis to ...
... irrigation and of hydroelectric power for national defense are primary objectives of this program . The population of the 11 Mountain and Pacific States is increasing at a rate twice that of the Nation at large . This adds emphasis to ...
Page 577
... irrigated farm on which a family could become self - sustaining , and repay the cost to the United States Treasury . 7. Inland cities and towns , dependent on irrigation or where new or additional irrigation works are required , felt ...
... irrigated farm on which a family could become self - sustaining , and repay the cost to the United States Treasury . 7. Inland cities and towns , dependent on irrigation or where new or additional irrigation works are required , felt ...
Page 579
... irrigation has been recognized by the Bureau of Reclamation . The studies of its engineers indicate there is sufficient water which can be used economically for about twice the present irrigated area of 20,000,000 acres . The Bureau of ...
... irrigation has been recognized by the Bureau of Reclamation . The studies of its engineers indicate there is sufficient water which can be used economically for about twice the present irrigated area of 20,000,000 acres . The Bureau of ...
Page 582
... irrigation districts are included in these operations . Operation and maintenance expense of regular reclamation projects is financed by reimbursable appropriations or by funds advanced by water users ' organiza- tions . Budget ...
... irrigation districts are included in these operations . Operation and maintenance expense of regular reclamation projects is financed by reimbursable appropriations or by funds advanced by water users ' organiza- tions . Budget ...
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acres additional Administration agencies All-American Canal allotment amount Appropriation Act approved approximately Boise project Bonneville Bonneville Power Administration Boulder Budget building Bureau of Reclamation BURLEW CAEMMERER canal Canyon Central Valley project Civilian Conservation Corps Colorado River committee completed construction contract cooperative cost County DEMARAY division electric employees equipment expenditure expenses facilities Federal fiscal year 1942 FITZPATRICK following justification Geological Survey Government Grand Coulee Grand Coulee Dam increase installation Interior Department investigations irrigation JOHNSON of Oklahoma June 30 JUSTIFICATION OF ESTIMATE kilovolts kilowatts Lake lands LEAVY located magnesium maps MENDENHALL ment miles mineral MUCK National Monument National Park Service necessary operation and maintenance PEHRSON percent power plant pumping purchase ranger RAVER reclamation fund Regular appropriation Reservoir revenues roads SAYERS SCRUGHAM Secretary Shasta Dam SHEPPARD station substation tion transferred transmission lines United Valley Washington
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Page 249 - And that the director and members of the geological survey shall have no personal or private interests in the lands or mineral wealth of the region under survey, and shall execute no surveys or examinations for private parties or corporations...
Page 628 - ... which shall be charged to the general reclamation fund and shall not be charged as a part of the construction or operation and maintenance cost payable by the water users under the projects, $35,000.
Page 82 - To carry out preventive and control measures within the district including, but not limited to, engineering operations...
Page 330 - That the director of said Bureau shall prepare and publish, subject to the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, under the appropriations made from time to time by Congress, reports of inquiries and investigations, with appropriate recommendations of the Bureau, concerning the nature, causes, and prevention of accidents, and the improvement of conditions, methods, and equipment, with special reference to health, safety, and prevention of waste in the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, and other...
Page 551 - An Act for the preservation of historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national significance, and for other purposes', approved August 21, 1935 (49 Stat.
Page 330 - Interior, to conduct inquiries and scientific and technologic investigations concerning mining, and the preparation, treatment, and utilization of mineral substances with a view to improving health conditions, and increasing safety, efficiency, economic development, and conserving resources through the prevention of waste in the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, and other mineral industries...
Page 570 - Now I would like to ask you a few questions about the itemized provisions in this statement.
Page 86 - Department lands from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of the Interior.
Page 706 - Secretary of studies and investigations by the Bureau of Reclamation for the formulation of a comprehensive plan for the utilization of waters of the Colorado River system for irrigation, electrical power, and other purposes, in the States of the upper division and the States of the lower division, including studies of the quantity and quality of water and all other relevant factors.
Page 130 - For the purchase or exchange of professional and scientific books, law and medical books, and books to complete broken sets, periodicals, directories, and other books of reference relating to the business of the department...