Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Bill, 1957: Hearings Before the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Eighty-fifth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 4249, an Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1957, and for Other Purposes

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Page 11 - ... (1) if not treated, will impair or endanger the land, (2) materially affect the productive capacity of the land, (3) represent damage which is unusual in character and, except for wind erosion, is not the type which would recur frequently in the same area, and (4) will be so costly to rehabilitate that Federal assistance is or will be required to return the land to productive agricultural use, and for reimbursement to the appropriation to the President for "Disaster relief...
Page 224 - State programs of old-age assistance, aid to the blind, aid to dependent children, and aid to the permanently and totally disabled...
Page 44 - EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS SEC. 4. In making loans under this title, the amount which is devoted to such purpose during any fiscal year shall be distributed equitably among the several States and Territories on the basis of farm population and the prevalence of tenancy, as determined by the Secretary.
Page 202 - States for assistance and administration of four programs of public assistance — old-age assistance, aid to dependent children, aid to the blind, and aid to the permanently and totally disabled.
Page 176 - The Secretary of the Treasury shall fix a reasonable rate of extra compensation for overtime services of inspectors, storekeepers, weighers, and other customs officers and employees who may be required to remain on duty between the hours of five o'clock postmeridian and eight o'clock antemeridian, or on Sundays or holidays, to perform services in connection with the lading or unlading of cargo...
Page 203 - For grants to States for old-age assistance, aid to dependent children, aid to the blind, and aid...
Page 208 - State for any prior period under such section was greater or less than the amount which should have been paid to the State for such prior period under such section.
Page 22 - Major disaster" means any hurricane, tornado, storm, flood, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, drought, fire, explosion, or other catastrophe in any part of the United States which, in the determination of the President, causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant major disaster assistance...
Page 208 - ... to promote the well-being of the Nation by encouraging the States to place greater emphasis on helping to strengthen family life and helping needy families and individuals attain the maximum economic and personal independence of which they are capable...
Page 7 - Provided, That this appropriation may be expended without regard to the adjustments required under section 8 (e) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (16 USC 590h), and may be distributed among States and individual farmers without regard to other provisions of law.

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