Agriculture-environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriations for 1974: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, First Session, Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973 - United States |
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Page 84 - Indian tribes or tribal groups; or to individuals for the purpose of improving, developing, or financing business, industry, and employment and improving the economic and environmental climate in rural communities.
Page 42 - In the proposed operation, (3) are or will become owner-operators of not larger than family farms, and (U) are unable to obtain sufficient credit elsewhere to finance their actual needs at reasonable rates and terms, taking into consideration prevailing private and cooperative rates and terms in the community In or near which the applicant resides for loans for similar purposes and periods of time.
Page 868 - equal to" if it is determined there is an adequate State inspection law and regulations to enforce requirements equal to those of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act, appropriations and staffing, and administration of the State program.
Page 507 - The act also provides that any amount in excess of $90,000 available for allotment to any State, exclusive of the regional research fund, shall be matched by the State out of its own funds for research, and for the establishment and maintenance of facilities necessary for the prosecution of such research.
Page 301 - Act shall also include, (1) preservation and improvement of soil fertility ; (2) promotion of the economic use and conservation of land; (3) diminution of exploitation and wasteful and unscientific use of national soil resources; (4) the protection of rivers and harbors against the results of soil erosion in aid of maintaining the navigability of waters and water courses and in aid of flood control...
Page 436 - I have been in Congress that anybody who underestimates the craftiness, the wisdom, the knowledge, the experience of those people in foreign countries and their ability to negotiate, are not really facing facts. Do you agree with me that those guys aren't slow leaks when it comes to negotiations? Mr. MEADE. I don't think it would be appropriate for me to comment on that, Mr. Congressman. I do hope we can win some chips in these negotiations. I would like to see corn move into Europe without this...
Page 504 - Bulletins, reports, periodicals, reprints of articles, and other publications necessary for the dissemination of results of...
Page 250 - All bonds, notes, debentures, and similar obligations issued by the Corporation are subject to approval by the Secretary of the Treasury as required by the Act of March 8, 1938 (15 USC 713a-4).
Page 364 - America, to meet famine or other urgent or extraordinary relief requirements; to combat malnutrition, especially in children; to promote economic and community development in friendly developing areas; and for needy persons and nonprofit school lunch and preschool feeding programs outside the United States.
Page 362 - No commodity shall be available for disposition under this Act if such disposition would reduce the domestic supply of such commodity below that needed to meet domestic requirements, adequate carryover, and anticipated exports for dollars as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture at the time of exportation of such commodity. (6) Section 402 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, which provides as follows: The term "agricultural commodity...