Advance Procurement Appropriations: 1958, Hearing ... 85th Congress, 2d Session

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Page 38 - It Is hereby declared to be the sense of the Congress that such person should be restored to such position or to a position of like seniority, status, and pay.
Page 4 - Bureau of the Budget Council of Economic Advisers National Security Council Office of Defense Mobilization...
Page 2 - ... appropriations for the fiscal year 1958, and for other purposes Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the advance procurement (including advances to. supply funds therefor) of supplies, materials, and equipment, not to exceed...
Page 38 - Senate, members of both parties, that such construction programs for which funds have been appropriated, should be accelerated to the greatest practicable extent, so as to achieve the desirable objective of reducing unemployment.
Page 2 - ... appropriation, or without provision in the pertinent appropriation or fund, for the objects set forth under the first paragraph of this heading. Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted under this heading for advance procurement may be used for that purpose, during the fiscal year 1958, without the apportionment which would otherwise be required by subsections (c) and (d) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 USC 665), and the amounts made available under...
Page 16 - ... the various bureaus and offices In the Department of Commerce, in letting contracts, wherever possible abide by the requirements of Defense Manpower Policy No. 4, and Bureau of the Budget Bulletin No. 58-5 (Mar. 25, 1958) which states: "That heads of departments and agencies should, within the scope of their authority to do so, place orders and contracts with firms located in areas of substantial labor surplus.
Page 2 - Further action to accelerate procurement of supplies and equipment. — President recommended to Congress an appropriation provision which would make immediately available to civilian agencies one-half of the amounts estimated in the 1959 budget for supplies and equipment. This will allow a speedup of purchases which will be chargeable to the 1959 appropriations when enacted. Estimated amount to be made available is $840 million. Also, Budget Bureau issued instructions to agencies concerning immediate...
Page 40 - Congress were to take, it would be of smell effect, but I think you have to look at it in terms of...

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