: AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1959 -U.S. Copy HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. R. 10746 MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 23673 Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1958 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 1959 TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1958 UNITED STATES SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, D. C. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10 a. m., in room F-82, the Capitol, Hon. Carl Hayden, chairman, presiding. Present: Chairman Hayden, Senators Young and Dworshak. STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN Chairman HAYDEN. The committee will come to order. This morning we begin the hearings on H. R. 10476, the Department of the Interior and related agencies appropriation bill for fiscal year 1959. This bill includes funds for the Department of the Interior, exclusive of the Southeastern Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, the Bonneville Power Administration, and the Bureau of Reclamation, and the following related agencies: Forest Service, Department of Agriculture Fine Arts Commission Federal Coal Mine Safety Board of Review National Capital Planning Commission Smithsonian Institution National Gallery of Art The Virgin Islands Corporation For the current fiscal year, $460,234,100 was appropriated for these agencies, including funds in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1958. The budget estimates for fiscal year 1959 total $414,484,600. The bill, as it passed the House of Representatives, provides appropriations totaling $413,145,600. I will include in the record a tabulation giving the 1958 appropriation, the 1959 budget estimate, and the House allowances for each appropriation in the bill. (The information referred to follows:) 1 |