Protection of Land Resources Against Soil Erosion: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session on S. 2149, S. 2418, and H.R. 7054, Bills to Provide for the Protection of Land Resources Against Soil Erosion, April 2, and 3, 1935Considers (74) S. 2149, (74) S. 2418, (74) H.R. 7054. |
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Page 2 - To cooperate, or enter into agreements with, and within the limits of appropriations duly made available to it by law, to furnish financial or other aid to any agency, governmental or otherwise, or any...
Page 5 - The administrative expenses provided for under this section shall include, among others, expenditures for personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, for law books and books of reference, for contract stenographic reporting services, and for printing and paper in addition to allotments under the existing law.
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Page 4 - As a condition to the extending of any benefits under this act to, or the performance of work upon, any lands not owned or controlled by this State or any of its agencies...
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Page 5 - SEC. 6. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this Act such sums as Congress may from time to time determine to be necessary.
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| Title | Protection of Land Resources Against Soil Erosion: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session on S. 2149, S. 2418, and H.R. 7054, Bills to Provide for the Protection of Land Resources Against Soil ... |
| Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | May 30, 2007 |
| Length | 78 pages |
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