October 2, 1968. A river, or river section, may be designated by the U.S. Congress or the Secretary of the Interior. In 1968, as part of the original act
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federal agency in 2015 In 2012, the DOT awarded $742.5 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to 11 transit projects. The awardees
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After the war, in 1946, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was created to control the future of the project. The Atomic Energy Act of 1946 also created
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organization with the word "environment" in its title, ESSA was the first such organization chartered to study the global natural environment as whole, bringing
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appears on the obverse of the ten-dollar bill, while the Treasury Building in Washington, D.C. is depicted on the reverse. The history of the Department
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or to the associate attorney general (in the case of the Antitrust, Civil, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, and Tax Divisions and the Office
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from the Nixon administration's involvement in Watergate eroded his support in Congress and the country. The scandal began with a break-in at the Democratic
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responsible for the overall management and oversight of the office. In 1968, the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) was established under the Omnibus
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Sessler as the Laboratory Director in 1973, during the 1973 oil crisis. He established the Energy and Environment Division at the Lab, expanding for the first
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The United States deputy attorney general is the second-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice and oversees the day-to-day
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Laboratory resulted in the production of the purest rare-earth metals in the world while at the same time greatly reducing their price. In most cases, Lab
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"Father of the Department of Agriculture." In 1849, the Patent Office was transferred to the newly created Department of the Interior. In the ensuing years
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including DIII-D in San Diego, EAST in China, JET in the United Kingdom, KSTAR in South Korea, the LHD in Japan, the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) device in Germany,
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for the Civil Rights Act of 1968, although it was generally unpopular in his district. In 1968, Bush joined several other Republicans in issuing the party's
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University in 1968. He was elected to the New Castle County Council in 1970 and the U.S. Senate in 1972. As a senator, Biden drafted and led the effort to
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appointed by the President of the United States with and by the advice and consent of the Senate, and reports to the Associate Attorney General. The current
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Insurance Program The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is a program created by the Congress of the United States in 1968 through the National Flood
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(RCA) of 1959, in the 86th Congress. The bill would have established a Council on Environmental Quality in the Executive Office of the President, declared
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general in the discharge of their responsibilities. The secretary of state, the secretary of the treasury, the secretary of defense, and the attorney general
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program and the epilepsy initiative. Stroke was added to the institute's mandate in the 1960s and in October 1968 the institute became the "National Institute
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