Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1976: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session, Part 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975 |
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acres activities Administrator agencies agreements agricultural experiment stations agricultural products Agricultural Research Service amount ANDREWS animal appropriation approved ASCS assistance beekeeper boll weevil BURLISON committee commodities Commodity Credit Corporation Congress conservation Cooperative State Research coordination cost-sharing costs cotton countries crops dairy Department of Agriculture disease economic EDMINSTER effective efficiency environmental evaluation export farm Farmer Cooperative Federal feed grains fiscal year 1975 forage Foreign Agricultural Service FRICK funds Hatch Act improved increase information follows insecticides insects KNUTSON LIBRARY livestock loans losses LOVVORN MAN-YEARS ment million North Dakota Office operations payments percent pest pesticides plans plant production problems proposed Public Law 480 reduce regional requested Research on plant rural scientists Secretary soil sorghum soybeans staff sugar supply tion Total trade USDA wheat WHITTEN
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Page 10 - Agriculture to acquire and preserve in his Department all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain by means of books and correspondence, and by practical and scientific experiments (accurate records of which experiments shall be kept in his office,) by the collection of statistics, and by any other appropriate means within his power...
Page 732 - 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 663 - Agriculture is authorized to make indemnity payments, at a fair market value, to dairy farmers who have been directed since January 1, 1964, to remove their milk from commercial markets because it contained residues of chemicals registered and approved for use by the Federal Government at, the time of such use.
Page 930 - States. (a) Whoever receives any salary, or any contribution to or supplementation of salary, as compensation for his services as an officer or employee of the executive branch of the United States Government, of any independent agency of the United States, or of the District of Columbia...
Page 7 - That there shall be at the seat of Government a Department of Labor, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with labor, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and especially upon its relation to capital, the hours of labor, the earnings of laboring men and women, and the means of promoting their material, social, intellectual, and moral prosperity.
Page 929 - Congress, to favor or oppose, by vote or otherwise, any legislation or appropriation by Congress, whether before or after the introduction of any bill or resolution proposing such legislation or appropriation; but this shall not prevent officers or employees of the United States or of its departments or agencies from communicating to Members of Congress on the request of any Member or to Congress, through the proper official channels, requests for legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary...
Page 467 - Bulletins, reports, periodicals, reprints of articles, and other publications necessary for the dissemination of results of...
Page 32 - Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: I welcome the opportunity to appear before the Subcommittee today to discuss the topic of foreign repair stations.
Page 893 - ... paid. The Corporation shall provide for the posting annually in each county at the county courthouse of a list of indemnities paid for losses on farms in such county. In the event that any claim for indemnity under the provisions of this title...
Page 732 - The board consists of six members, in addition to the Secretary, who are appointed by the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.