Unemployment in the United States

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Identifikator:: 1828236179

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-226169

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Unemployment in the United States

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: United States, Government Printing Office

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: II, 193 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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10 UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES PREPARATION OF INDEX OF EMPLOYMENT Sec. 8. For the preparation of the Index of Employment there shall be made available to the Secretary of Labor, upon his request, statistics collected or com- piled by any executive department, independent commission, board, bureau, office, agency, or other establishment of the Government. The Secretary of Labor is further authorized to utilize, to such extent as he deems advisable, statistics collected or compiled by any State or political subdivision thereof, or by any private, industrial, commercial, banking, labor, or other association or enterprise, and to obtain such additional facts and statistics as he deems necessary for such purposes. ACCELERATION OF EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION Sec. 9. For the purpose of preventing unemployment during periods of business depression and of permitting the Government to avail itself of opportunity for speedy, efficient, and economical construction during such periods the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Agriculture are directed to accelerate during such periods, to such extent as is deemed practicable, the prosecution of all public works within their control. ADVANCE PLANNING Sec. 10. It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to arrange the con- struction of public works, so far as practicable, in such manner as will assist in the stabilization of industry and employment through the proper timing of such construction, and that to further this object there shall be advance planning and detailed preparation of public works, to be accomplished (a) in the case of river and harbor and flood-contrel works and projects and public-building projects by means (1) of preliminary reports, made under the subsequent provisions of this act or existing law, as to the desirability of the project; and (2) of annual authorizations of projects, the total estimates for which are sufficiently in excess of the annual appropriations made for the work thereon to result in uncompleted projects being available for the expenditure. of public works emergency appro- priations when made; and (b), in the case of public roads projects, by means of advance approval of projects in accordance with the provisions of the Federal highway act, and amendments and supplements thereof, and of this act. PUBLIC-ROADS PROJECTS Suc. 11. (a) In addition to the projects authorized to be approved under the Federal highway act, and amendments and supplements thereof, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to approve emergency Federal-aid road projects for the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of Federal-aid highways, the share of the United States in the cost of which is to be paid primarily out of public works emergency appropriations made for the purpose. Such emergency projects may be approved in advance of any such appropriation, but only to such extent as the Secretary of Agriculture deems advisable in order that uncompleted projects for the expenditure of money so appropriated may be immediately available at the time such appropriation 1s made. If the amount apportioned to the State of the public works emergency appropriation made for the purpose is insufficient to meet the share of the United States in the cost of all approved emergency projects within the State, the balance of the share of the United States shall be paid out of the amount apportioned to the State from any subsequent appropriations made for Federal-aid highways. (b) The approval of emergency projects for roads within a State shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of its pro- portional contribution to the cost of the projects only to the extent of the amount apportioned to the State and remaining unpaid of the public works emergency appropriation made for the purpose and the subsequent appropriations made for Federal-aid highways. (¢) The provision of the Federal highway act in respect of the apportionment of Federal-aid appropriations shall not apply to public works emergency appro- priations, but the Secretary of Agriculture may apportion such appropriations among all the States or in the State in the area or areas designated by Congress in such a way as may be fixed by Congress or shall in his judgment be best calcu- lated to prevent unemployment. (d) For the purpose of equalizing among the several States the amount of Federal funds apportioned under the Federal hischwav act. as amended and sup-

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