Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1999: Marketing and regulatory programs and conservation programs

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Page 480 - USC 1431), or purchased under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 USC 612c...
Page 343 - 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 $40,000 shall be available for employment under 5 USC 3109: Provided further.
Page 825 - No loan may be made until the Soil Conservation Service and the local organization have agreed on a plan for works of Improvement.
Page 819 - Current activities: 1 . Technical and financial assistance for construction includes: a. Land treatment measures: Assurance that a program of proper land use and treatment will be carried out is a basic requirement for assistance in the development of flood prevention subwatersheds or watershed projects.
Page 821 - Program Assignments The Soil Conservation Service has general responsibility for administration of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act and the work authorized under the Flood Control Act. This Includes responsibility for the installation of land treatment measures and structural works of improvement in authorized watersheds on non-Federal land and on Federal lands by arrangement with the administering tgency.
Page 491 - American agriculture. The agency's mission is carried out in two different segments of American agriculture: the Federal Grain Inspection Service...
Page 497 - The estimates include appropriation language for this item as follows (new language underscored; deleted matter enclosed in brackets) : Salaries and Expenses: For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the United States Grain Standards Act...
Page 819 - Act of 1944 authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to install watershed improvement measures to reduce flood, sedimentation, and erosion damages; further the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water, and the conservation and proper utilization of land. Flood prevention work is authorized in the eleven watersheds designated in the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944.
Page 819 - 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.
Page 820 - Detailed construction plans, designs and specifications are prepared for these measures by the Department or by private engineers employed by the local sponsoring organization or the Department. The Federal government...