Water Resources Planning Act of 1961: Joint Hearings of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Public Works, United States Senate, Eighty-seventh Congress, First Session, on S.2246, S.1629, and S.1778, Bills Pertaining to the Water Resources Planning Act of 1961 ; July 26 and August 16, 1961 ; and Hearing of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs on S. 1629, a Bill to Provide Financial Assistance to States for Water Resources Planning ; July 10, 1961Considers. S. 2246, the Water Resources Planning Act of 1961, to establish a Federal Water Resources Council to provide grants and guidelines for river basin development programs and to establish regional river basin commissions to coordinate Federal-state and Federal-local water resource development. S. 1629, the Water Resources Planning Act of 1961, to provide Federal aid to states for water resource development planning. S. 1778, the Public Works Planning Act of 1961, to establish a Federal Water Resources Planning Board to review, approve, and allocate funds for state water resource development proposals. |
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administration Alaska allotment August 16 authority basis believe bill Budget Bureau California Chairman CLINTON Colorado River compact Committee on Interior Committee on National comprehensive planning comprehensive water resources cooperation coordination D.C. DEAR SENATOR DEAR SENATOR ANDERSON Delaware River DENNIS CHAVEZ Department enactment establish Federal agencies Federal Government financial assistance Governor hearings Insular Affairs Committee interest Interior and Insular interstate compact MCFADZEAN ment National Farmers Union National Water Resources natural North Dakota Pacheco Pass participation President Reclamation recommendations region related land resources Resources Planning Act responsibilities river basin commissions river basin planning Secretary FREEMAN Select Committee Senate Select Committee Senator ALLOTT Senator HICKEY Senator KERR South Bay aqueduct statement TAYLOR Thank tion TRIGGS U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Senate United utilization Washington water and related water development water resource development Water Resources Council water resources planning watershed WYLIE
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Page 6 - United States for the three most recent consecutive years for which satisfactory data are available from the Department of Commerce. Such promulgation shall be conclusive for each of the two fiscal years in the period beginning July 1 next succeeding such promulgation...
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Page 116 - Secretary to be necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the plan; "(6) provide that the State agency will make such reports, in such form and containing such information, as the...
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Page 27 - Federal share" for any State shall be 100 per centum less the State percentage and the State percentage shall be that percentage which bears the same ratio to 50 per centum as the per capita income of such State bears to the per capita income of the continental United States (excluding Alaska), except that (1) the Federal share...
Page 10 - Council") which shall be composed of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Chairman of the Federal Power Commission.
Page 26 - Congress who are members of the Commission shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for their services as Members of Congress; but they shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the Commission.
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Page 116 - State program and in administering such program ; and (6) provides such accounting, budgeting, and other fiscal methods and procedures as are necessary for keeping appropriate accountability of the funds and for the proper and efficient administration of the program.
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