The Great Lakes Basin: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session ... |
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... going , we would have no objection to the enactment of the proposed legislation . The Bureau of the Budget concurs in these views . That concludes my statement , Mr. Chairman . Senator WILEY . You say " subject to possible revision in ...
... going , we would have no objection to the enactment of the proposed legislation . The Bureau of the Budget concurs in these views . That concludes my statement , Mr. Chairman . Senator WILEY . You say " subject to possible revision in ...
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... going to testify that some changes are desirable ? Mr. FAST . I believe that may be the position that the States will take . Senator GREEN . Well , it seems to me much of this testimony which you have come prepared to give will be of ...
... going to testify that some changes are desirable ? Mr. FAST . I believe that may be the position that the States will take . Senator GREEN . Well , it seems to me much of this testimony which you have come prepared to give will be of ...
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... going to have an impact upon policy decisions and appropriations , aside from their representations in Congress through the Senators and Congressmen ? COMPACT WOULD INVOLVE DUPLICATION OF EFFORT AND AUTHORITY If these subjects are ...
... going to have an impact upon policy decisions and appropriations , aside from their representations in Congress through the Senators and Congressmen ? COMPACT WOULD INVOLVE DUPLICATION OF EFFORT AND AUTHORITY If these subjects are ...
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... going each to put in a million dollars to correct soil erosion and they were ready to do so and they came to the Federal Government , I am sure they would get agreement on it . But this instrumentality does not create an agreement . It ...
... going each to put in a million dollars to correct soil erosion and they were ready to do so and they came to the Federal Government , I am sure they would get agreement on it . But this instrumentality does not create an agreement . It ...
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... going to hold in Chicago on this coming Wednesday . We have an excellent group of witnesses who will be talking to us about prog- ress and problems under the Great Lakes Waterway , which Mr. Danielian here has had so much to do with ...
... going to hold in Chicago on this coming Wednesday . We have an excellent group of witnesses who will be talking to us about prog- ress and problems under the Great Lakes Waterway , which Mr. Danielian here has had so much to do with ...
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Page 4 - ... (b) Each of the commission's budgets of estimated expenditures shall contain specific recommendations of the amount or amounts to be appropriated by each of the party states.
Page 124 - ... will not permit the construction or maintenance on their respective sides of the boundary of any remedial or protective works or any dams or other obstructions in waters flowing from boundary waters or in waters at a lower level than the boundary in rivers flowing across the boundary, the effect of which is to raise the natural level of waters on the other side of the boundary, unless the construction or maintenance thereof is approved by the aforesaid International Joint Commission.
Page 4 - All receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the Commission shall be audited yearly by a qualified public accountant and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the Commission.
Page 123 - It is agreed that, in addition to the uses, obstructions, and diversions heretofore permitted or hereafter provided for by special agreement between the Parties hereto, no further or other uses or obstructions or diversions, whether temporary or permanent, of boundary waters on either side of the line...
Page 118 - India, being equally desirous to prevent disputes regarding the use of boundary waters and to settle all questions which are now pending between the United States and the Dominion of Canada involving the rights, obligations, or interests of either in relation to the other or to the inhabitants of the other, along their common frontier, and to make provision for the adjustment and settlement of all such questions as may hereafter arise...
Page 5 - boundary waters" means boundary waters, as defined in the Boundary Waters Treaty, that are within the Great Lakes System; (b) "Boundary Waters Treaty" means the Treaty between the United States and Great Britain Relating to Boundary Waters, and Questions Arising Between the United States and Canada...
Page 124 - April and 31st of October, inclusive, annually, the United States is entitled to a prior appropriation of 500 cubic feet per second of the waters of the Milk River, or so much of such amount as constitutes three-fourths of its natural flow...
Page 122 - Who, after having communicated to one another their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles...
Page 124 - ... the level of Lake Erie and the flow of the stream shall not be appreciably affected. It is the desire of both Parties to accomplish this object with the least possible injury to investments which have already been made in the construction of power plants on the United States...
Page 123 - ... except by authority of the United States Or the Dominion of Canada within their respective jurisdictions and with the approval, as hereinafter provided, of a joint commission, to be known as the International Joint Commission.