Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-05
@,473,63S HELD
4 IN INTERIOR BILL
Department Budget Before
House Less by S7,700,508
| Than Current Law.

Carrying a total of 1925 ,413,63S,
which is S7,T0o.5oS less than for the
current year, and $610.064 less than
the budget recommendation, the In
terror Department appropriation bill,
second of the big Government supply
measures completed in committee,
was laid before the House today by
Chairman Champion of the subcom-
mittee, which has been considering it.
In this total are carried 1924 900
for st. EliZabeth'S Hospital, S1l3 400
for the Columbia Institution for the
Deaf, $2lS,000 for Howard University
and $166, $40 for Freedman's Hospital,
all of which are local institutions. In
addition to the regular annual approN
priations, the estimated permanent
and indefinite appropriations for the
fiscal year 1927 aggregate $25, 63S.900.
making the total of the estimates for
the Interior Department. for the fiscal
year 1927, $252,722,6O2.
Congress Action Not Needed.
The permanent annual appropria-
lions are those which occur auto
matically each year without annual
action by Congress, and the amount
which the committee considered in
framing this bill is the aggregate of
the estimates for the Interior Depart
ment customarily submitted for an
nual action by Congressional sum is
SET ,0S2 702.
The total regular annual appropri-
alton for the Interior Department
for the fiscal year 1926. excluding
amounts transferred TO the Depart
ment of Commerce. with the Patent
Office and the Bureau of Mines,
amounted to S234,174,146.
The bill reported to the House to.
day is S7,700,50S less than the total
of the 1926 appropriations and S610.064
less. than the amount requested in
the estimates.
The outstanding differences between
the total appropriated for 1926 and
the amount recommended in the bill
for 1927 consist of reduction of $4,000
O00 for Army and Navy pensions;
$2,25S 900 for the Reclamation Serv-
Ice. 1901 ,290 for the General Land
Office and $4,000 for Howard Uni
yersity and an increase Of S4SO,51l
for the National Park Service.
Land Office Reduction.
The reduction for the General Land
ONE from a total of s2,633,59O to
81 1872. 300 results chiefly from re-
duction of S105,000 in the salary roll
in the District of Columbia and of
Sl65 600 for salaries of registrars and
receivers and for contigent expenses
of Land Offices.
For the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
the committee recommends resump-
ton of construction of the Flathead
irrigation project following very
thorough investigation thereof under
conditions that promise we'll for the
future the the project.
The bill continues provision for
Increased facilities for education and
for health and relief of distress under
the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
While the total appropriation for
the Bureau of Reclamation Is ST.
25S 900 below the 1925 appropriation
there are unexpended balances of the
1926 appropriation to the amount OF
over three million dollars, Mr.. Cram
ton explained, that are re-appropri-
ated and made available for use in
1927.
The increased appropriation for the
National Park Service is due to an
increase of 100000 for construction
of roads and trails under the three
year program previously adopted by
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