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and any project which would exceed the total amount appropriated by that act:
but within the time limit and within the amount allowed to him I think that
when he authorizes a project it is tantamount to authorization by Congress. I
think he has authority to do it.
 Senator COPnLAND. That is the position Senator Fletcher takes.
 Senator McAnoo. I say, within those limitations.
 Senator CoPELAND. And I suppose Senator Hatch and Senator Chavez take
that position.
 Senator CHAvm. Yes, Mr. Chairman.
 Senator HATCH. Yes, Mr. Chairman.
 Senator McAnoo If I am correct about that, or if Senator Fletcher is correct,
then I think these projects have been properly started and this is a conspicuous
case here not only because work is under way but a large amount of money
has been expended, and the county itself is contributing to the project, and
I think that the Government is bound in good faith to see the project com-
pleted.
 Senator CoPmLAxD. That is a matter that we will have to argue in the com-
mittee.
 Senator PFLxtrn. Were they included in the Budget recommendations?
 Senator MoAnoo. I do not know.
 Senator FPtronm. They were not only recommended by the Budget but they
were recommended by the Chief Engineer.
 Senator CoPLAND Now, Senator Hatch, you had something to say.
 Senator HATCH. Yes, Senator. It will be very brief, because most of the
things that I intended to say have already been said. I just wanted to make
the same statement which the Senator from California [Senator McAdoo]
made, except I do want to call the attention of the committee to the language
of the 1985 relief act.
 It was stated here yesterday rather vehemently that all these projects are
without authorization; everything that the President authorized under the
emergency relief act could not amount to an authorization by Congress.
 I sharply disagree with that statement. I think the language of the 1935 act
itself authorizes the President of the United States to make allocations for
certain specific purposes, included and so stated in the act, which include
rivers and harbors, irrigation, reclamation, and all of these things specified. I
think-
 Senator CoPILLa Within certain limitations.
 Senator HATCH. Within certain limitations, certainly, and that is the point
the Senator from California [Senator McAdoo] made.
 And, I think within those limitations, this is positive authorization by Con-
gress, acting through the President, and that those arguments that there is no
authority, to my mind, must fail.
 Now, the other point I want to make-
 Senator CABmr. Senator, will you read the language?
 Senator HATCH. Here it is. This is subdivision (b):
 "(b) Rural rehabilitation and relief in stricken agricultural areas, and water
conservation, transmountain water diversion, and irrigation and reclamation,
$500,000,000." And-
 "(h) Sanitation, prevention of soil erosion, prevention of stream pollution, sea-
coast erosion, reforestation, forestation, flood control, rivers and harbors, and
miscellaneous projects, $350,000,000."
 That is a point that seems to me to be clear, Mr. Chairman, that Congress
had specifically placed the stamp of approval upon this class of projects, and
we did authorize the President to enter upon these programs and Congress
has directly and specifically authorized every project which comes within the
limitation.
 Senator COPELAND. Well, Senator Hatch, what are you going to say, how-
ever, to the fact that those appropriations were to come out of that particular
appropriation, out of the $4,880,000,000? Does it extend beyond that?
 Senator HATCH. Well, I thought the argument was made yesterday, and I
might have misunderstood the Senator from Michigan (Senator Vandenberg),
but I thought that he argued the President acted entirely beyond the authori-
zation of Congress and he rather made light of the Florida canal, and those
projects not within the purview of the 1935 Relief Act
 Senator CAa Y. On the other hand, Senator, let me ask you a question. Do
you think that authorization of the President authorized him to go ahead and
commence projects beyond the amount of money that was appropriated in that
act? The act limited him to say $850,000,000, we will say, for rivers and