Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies appropriations for 1984: hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, Part 5U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983 |
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1983 Estimated acres activities additional Administration agreements agricultural products amount appropriation areas authorized budget Chairman Committee commodities Commodity Credit Corporation cooperation costs countries crop cropland decrease Department of Agriculture Departmental dollars erosion export farm farmers Federal financing fiscal year 1984 Foreign Agricultural Service funds grain HUNTER improve increase information follows International irrigation land LANDSAT livestock market development million National needs Office OICD operations payments percent personnel PETER MYERS planning plant problems projects proposed Public Law 480 RC&D reduce reports request Rural Electrification Rural Electrification Act Rural Electrification Administration Rural Telephone Secretary September 30 SLUC SMITH soil and water Soil Conservation Service soybean staff Statistical supply survey targeted technical assistance Telephone Bank tion Title tons Total trade U.S. agricultural USDA USDA agencies users water conservation watershed wheat WHITTEN
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Page 478 - Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 USC 2225), and not to exceed...
Page 383 - God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates ; a land of oil olive, and honey...
Page 97 - Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such Corporation, except as hereinafter provided.
Page 553 - For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn.
Page 539 - Resource Conservation and Development For necessary expenses [1n planning and carrying out projects for resource conservation and development and for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of section 32(e) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended (7 USC 1010-1011); 76 Stat.
Page 438 - Conservation plans developed by land users consist of their decisions to achieve conservation objectives, and contain soil and capability maps and other basic resource data Interpreted for alternative uses and treatment.
Page 66 - EXPLANATION OF ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONE LOAN PROGRAM The loan authorizations of the Rural Electrification Administration are used to carry out the provisions of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended.
Page 503 - To carry out preventive measures, including, but not limited to, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, and changes in use of land; 3.
Page 720 - Programs of assistance shall not be undertaken under this title during any calendar year which call for an appropriation to reimburse the Corporation of more than $600 million plus unused prior years' authorizations estimated at $1,325 million as of December 31, 1970.
Page 498 - USC 1001-1008) provides for cooperation between the federal government and the states and their political subdivisions in a program to prevent erosion, floodwater, and sediment damages in the watersheds of rivers and streams and to further the conservation, development, utilization and disposal of water.