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On the recordMarch 12, 1950
The effect of the plan will be to place the entire responsibility for the approval and administration of the grant and loan provisions of the Water Pollution Control Act in the Federal Security Agency, as the agency with the predominant interest in the attainment of the objectives of the legislation.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plans 15, 16, and 17 of 1950.

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