Amending the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act: Hearing...Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session on H.R. 8750, an Act to Amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act. July 3, 1956U.S. Government Printing Office, 1956 - 112 pagini Considers legislation to broaden scope of USDA watershed programs, permit construction of larger dams and reservoirs, and facilitate the financing of small flood control projects. |
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Pagina 10
... effects , ultimate financial effects , would be if we immediately got a widespread use of public works all over the country about which the Government was going to assume the complete finan- cial responsibility . That is the matter that ...
... effects , ultimate financial effects , would be if we immediately got a widespread use of public works all over the country about which the Government was going to assume the complete finan- cial responsibility . That is the matter that ...
Pagina 11
... effects of that erosion on every hand . However , by the time it leaves that area it may have reached the reaches of streams which are then capable and able to handle it without having any flood damage actually to anyone below that ...
... effects of that erosion on every hand . However , by the time it leaves that area it may have reached the reaches of streams which are then capable and able to handle it without having any flood damage actually to anyone below that ...
Pagina 16
... effects of watershed programs for flood control in agri- cultural watersheds . My purpose was to dramatize the results attained by the watershed program and spotlight the fact that it was not receiving proper credit and recognition at ...
... effects of watershed programs for flood control in agri- cultural watersheds . My purpose was to dramatize the results attained by the watershed program and spotlight the fact that it was not receiving proper credit and recognition at ...
Pagina 30
... effects of the proposed legislation and presented his view that : ( a ) The bill would authorize an increased public - works program , expanding Federal responsibility in fields such as drainage , fish and wildlife enhancement , and ...
... effects of the proposed legislation and presented his view that : ( a ) The bill would authorize an increased public - works program , expanding Federal responsibility in fields such as drainage , fish and wildlife enhancement , and ...
Pagina 31
... effects of the amendments to Public Law 566 which H. R. 8750 would accomplish . These are : ( a ) The bill would eliminate the limitation of works of improve- ment to the " agricultural phases " of water resource development , and would ...
... effects of the amendments to Public Law 566 which H. R. 8750 would accomplish . These are : ( a ) The bill would eliminate the limitation of works of improve- ment to the " agricultural phases " of water resource development , and would ...
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acre-feet acre-foot approved Army engineers Association of Soil authorized believe benefits BROWN Bureau of Reclamation capacity in excess carrying Chairman Chief of Engineers Colorado committee Congress congressional construction cost contract coordination Corps of Engineers cost of structural cost sharing dams Department of Agriculture downstream enactment farm farmers Federal agencies Federal Government finance fish and wildlife flood control Flood Prevention Act going GUTERMUTH improvement interest irrigation ITSCHNER legislation limitation loans ment municipal water supply National Grange Oklahoma operation organizations percent permit PETERSON Poage bill problem proposed amendments Protection and Flood Public Law 566 purposes reservoirs rights-of-way RITTENOURE River Secretary of Agriculture Senator ALLOTT Senator HRUSKA Senator KERR small projects soil and water Soil Conservation Districts Soil Conservation Service statement storage subcommittee Thank tion total capacity United States Senate upstream water conservation water resources Watershed Act Watershed Protection
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Pagina 79 - God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of oil...
Pagina 65 - That all moneys received from the sale and disposal of public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico...
Pagina 94 - ... the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives.
Pagina 70 - Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.
Pagina 65 - For the purposes of this section — (1) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die ; and (2) the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of any period of time in which Congress is in continuous session.
Pagina 3 - For the purposes of this Act, the following terms shall mean: The "Secretary — the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States. "Works of improvement...
Pagina 2 - ... (2) Except as to the installation of works of improvement on Federal lands, the Secretary shall not construct or enter into any contract for the construction of any structure: Provided, That, if requested to do so by the local organization, the Secretary may enter into contracts for the construction of structures.
Pagina 79 - For the LORD thy GOD bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Pagina 2 - Agriculture. (4) acquire, or provide assurance that landowners or water users have acquired, such water rights, pursuant to State law, as may be needed in the installation and operation of the work of improvement.
Pagina 3 - Army, respectively, for his views and recommendations at least thirty days prior to transmission of the plan to the Congress through the President.