Department of Agriculture Appropriations for 1953: Hearings ... 82d Congress, 2d Session1952 - 443 pages |
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acreage activities actual 1952 estimate advisory committees agencies Agricultural Engineering Agricultural Research amount ANDERSEN animals appropriation areas assistance authorized average bales Basin basis Bureau of Agricultural Bureau of Reclamation Chairman commodities Commodity Credit Corporation Congress conservation districts cooperation corn costs cotton crop dairy Department of Agriculture Economics employees equipment esti estimate 1953 estimate expenditures experiment stations farm Farm Credit Administration farmers Federal feed fertilizer field fiscal year 1952 foot-and-mouth disease forage Forest Service funds guayule halogeton HORAN improvement increase infestation inspection investigations irrigation June 30 land legumes livestock loan meat ment Mexico milk million acres national forests operations payments percent problems production projects Puerto Rico receipts regional reimbursements requested Research Administration Riverton Salaries and expenses Secretary BRANNAN seed Soil Conservation Service studies surveys tannin tion Total TRELOGAN utilization Virgin Islands watershed WHITTEN
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Page 136 - 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 488 - Territory in which said reserve is situated, to be expended as the State or Territorial legislature may prescribe for the benefit of the public schools and public roads of the county or counties in which the forest reserve is situated...
Page 523 - Mar. 4, 1913] an additional ten per centum of all moneys received from the national forests during each fiscal year shall be available at the end thereof, to be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture for the construction and maintenance of roads and trails within the national forests...
Page 308 - Islands into an insular possession of two districts: the municipality of St. Croix, and the municipality of St. Thomas and St. John. Congress has the authority and responsibility of legislating for the Virgin Islands. Federal legislation enacted for the States and Territories of the United States automatically applies to Alaska and Hawaii, but not to the Virgin Islands unless they are specifically included.
Page 523 - These deposits are made by non-Federal owners having land Intermingled with or adjacent to National Forests who wish these lands managed in accordance with good forest management practices. Their holdings are usually too small to warrant the employment of professional foresters to administer such tracts. The advantages to the Government Include the avoidance of possible high fire hazard...
Page 18 - October 1, 1967, respectively, unless pursuant to section 312 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, the Secretary of Agriculture is petitioned prior to November 10...
Page 631 - Office delegates substantial authority to agencies within the Department for the operational phases of the appointment, classification and disciplinary activities. Policy and basic procedures developed by the Office are carried out through agency personnel offices. In addition to the continuous day-to-day contacts on specific problems, the Office conducts a systematic and periodic review to insure unification of the personnel management program and to measure its effectiveness and how well it serves...
Page 629 - Department programs in the several river basins, renders administrative decisions in regulatory proceedings pertinent to Department programs, and maintains close liaison with Members of Congress on all matters pertaining to legislation and policy in order to insure effective performance of the agricultural programs. The following offices assist the Secretary and his immediate staff in the discharge of specific departmental functions : The Office of Personnel was established April 7, 1925, as the...
Page 491 - ... to remain available until expended : Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for salaries or other direct expenses of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare...
Page 496 - An additional 10 per cent of all moneys received from the national forests during each fiscal year is available at the end thereof, to be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture for the construction and maintenance of roads and trails within the national forests in the States from which such proceeds are derived (act Mar.