Withdrawal, Reservation, and Restriction of Public Lands: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 1785, H.R. 3342, H.R. 5252, and H.R. 6377 Bills to Require an Act of Congress for Public Land Withdrawals in Excess of 5,000 Acres in the Aggregate for Any Project Or Facility of Any Department Or Agency of the Government; H.R. 4060 a Bill to Provide that Withdrawals and Reservations of Public Lands for Nondefense Uses Shall Take Effect Only Upon Certain Conditions, and for Other Purposes; H.R. 8783 a Bill to Provide a Uniform Policy and Procedure for the Withdrawal, Reservation, Or Restriction of Public Lands, Including Lands of the Outer Continental Shelf, and for Other Purposes, March 21, June 6, July 13 and 14, 1961, and June 1, 1962 |
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Page 139 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it is the purpose of this Act to...
Page 53 - Whenever the Commission shall determine that the value of any lands of the United States so applied for, or heretofore or hereafter reserved or classified as power sites, will not be injured or destroyed for the purposes of power development...
Page 141 - If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and the applicability of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Page 112 - Original public domain lands which have never left Federal ownership; also, lands in Federal ownership which were obtained by the Government in exchange for public lands or for timber on such lands; also original public domain, lands which have reverted to Federal ownership through operation of the public land laws.
Page 50 - Whether, and if so to what extent, the proposed use will affect continuing full operation of the public land laws and Federal regulations relating to conservation, utilization, and development of mineral resources, timber and other material resources, grazing resources, fish and wildlife resources, water resources, and scenic, wilderness, and recreation and other values...
Page 51 - Part, upon payment of any damages to crops, buildings, or other improvements caused thereby to the owner thereof, or upon giving a good and sufficient bond to the United States for the use and benefit of the owner to secure the payment of such damages as may be determined and fixed in an action brought upon the bond in a court of competent jurisdiction, said bond to be in the form prescribed by the Commission...
Page 53 - Commission may determine, subject to and with a reservation of the right of the United States or its permittees or licensees to enter upon, occupy, and use any part or all of said lands necessary, in the judgment of the Commission, for the purposes of this Part, which right shall be expressly reserved in every patent issued for such lands...
Page 134 - The fundamental idea of forestry is the perpetuation of forests by use. Forest protection is not an end of itself; it is a means to increase and sustain the resources of our country and the industries which depend upon them.
Page 50 - The Bureau of the Budget has advised that there is no objection to the presentation of this report from the standpoint of the administration's program. Sincerely yours, JOHN A. CARVER, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
Page 55 - States so applied for, or heretofore or hereafter reserved or classified as power sites, will not be injured or destroyed for the purposes of power developed by location, entry or selection...