Hearings on Cost Escalation in Defense Procurement Contracts and Military Posture and H.R. 6722 ...: Ninety-third Congress, First Session, Part 4 |
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Page 4094 - 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; nor shall any such officer, or employee involve the Government in any contract or other obligation, for the payment of money for any purpose, in advance of appropriations made for such purpose, unless such contract or obligation is authorized by law.
Page 4094 - No contract or purchase on behalf of the United States shall be made unless the same is authorized by law, or is under an appropriation adequate to its fulfillment. except in the War and Navy Departments, for clothing, subsistence, forage, fuel, quarters or transportation, which, however, shall not exceed the necessities of the current year.
Page 4089 - Directive applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Unified and Specified Commands, and the Defense Agencies (hereafter referred to as "DoD Components"). The term, "Military Service," as used herein, refers to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
Page 4104 - However, the fact that the corpus of the trust is not supplied by the beneficiaries is not sufficient reason in itself for classifying the arrangement as an ordinary trust rather than as an association or partnership. The fact that any organization is technically cast in the trust form, by conveying title to property to trustees for the benefit of persons designated as beneficiaries, will not change the real character of the organization if, applying the principles set forth in §§ 301.7701-2 and...
Page 4371 - I reiterated my intention to fight against the decision to terminate the nuclear frigate building program. The purpose of this letter is to call your attention to the enclosed record of an investigation of "Nuclear Propulsion for Naval Warships" made by our Military Applications Subcommittee, chaired by Senator Henry M. Jackson. This investigation has extended over most of the period of the 92d Congress.
Page 3782 - To serve as a realistic deterrent, our general purpose forces, together with those of our allies, must be such as to convince potential enemies that they have nothing to gain by launching conventional attacks. "To deter conventional aggression, we and our allies together must be capable of posing unacceptable risks to potential enemies. We must not be in a position of being able to employ only strategic weapons to meet challenges to our interests. On the other hand, having a full range of options...
Page 4386 - Several years ago the Weapons Systems Evaluation Group in the Office of the Secretary of Defense prepared a report on "Operational Experience of Fast Carrier Task Forces in World War II" which contained a summary of carrier battle damage including the cause and effect of the damage.
Page 4091 - During the current fiscal year, cash balances in working capital funds of the Department of Defense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, may be maintained in only such amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disbursements to be made from such funds: Provided, That transfers may be made between such funds and the "Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense...
Page 3778 - US forces are to be delivered to support our overseas allies in the face of opposition at sea, that is if we are to have any credible alliances, we will need carriers and modern ones. Third, the carrier provides peacetime presence. As the number of our land-based forces deployed overseas declines, we will need to keep some evidence of US power in sight. This will at the same time sustain our allies...