Abstract :
The National Hydraulic Laboratory Bill authorizing an appropriation of $350,000 for construction and installation on the present site of the Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C., of a laboratory building with such equipment and appurtenances as may be necessary, has passed both the House and Senate. The bill as passed by the House contained two provisos not in the Senate bill: The first granted municipalities and state engineering agencies the privilege of consulting the laboratory; the second restricted the laboratory only to such tests concerning hydraulic projects under Federal agencies as were specifically requested by the heads of the departments concerned with the execution of these projects. The bill now goes to conference and it is anticipated that it will become a law within a few weeks.
