An Act making appropriations for certain civil functions administered by the Department of Defense, certain agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Atomic Energy Commission, the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, the Tennessee Valley Authority
PL 88-257 (H.R.9140), enacted 12/31/1963

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PUBLIC LAW 88-251?-DEC. 31, 1963 
[77 STAT. 
Public Law 88-257 
December 31, 1963 
lAN ACT 
[H. R. 9140] 
Making appropriations for certain civil functions administered by tlie Depart-
ment of Defense, certain agencies of thie Department of tlie Interior, the 
Atomic Energy Commission, tlie Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Cor-
lioration, the Tennessee Valley Authority and certain river basin commissions 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, and for other purposes. 
Be if enacted hy the Senate and House of RepresentotiveK of the 
Public Works 
United /States of America in Congress assembled, That the followinjij 
f964°^"^*^°" ^''*' '^""^s are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, for certain 
civil functions administered by the Department of Defense, certain 
agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Atomic Energy Com-
mission, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, the 
Tennessee Valley Authority and certain river basin commissions, and 
for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary cemeterial expenses as authorized by law, including 
maintenance, operation, and improvement of national cemeteries, and 
purchase of headstones and markers for unmarked graves; purchase 
of two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; maintenance 
of that portion of Congressional Cemetery to which the LTnited States 
has title, (Confederate burial places under the jurisdiction of the 
Department of the Ai*my, and graves used by the Army in commercial 
cemeteries; $10,800,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not 
be used to repair more than a single approach road to any national 
cemetery: Provided 
further, 
That this appropriation shall not be 
obligated for construction of a superintendent's lodge or family quar-
ters at a cost per unit in excess of $17,000, but such limitation may be 
increased by such additional amounts as may be required to provide 
office space, public comfort rooms, or space for the storage of Govern-
ment property within the same structure: Provided further, That reim-
bursement shall be made to the applicable military appropriation for 
the pay and allowances of any military personnel performing services 
primarily for the purposes of this appropriation. 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under the direction 
of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of 
Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of the 
Army pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, 
and related purposes: 
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses necessary for the collection and study of basic infor-
mation pertaining to river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, 
and related projects, and when authorized by law, surveys and studies 
of projects prior to authorization for construction, $19,115,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, 
That $210,000 of this 
appropriation shall be transferred to the United States Fish and Wild-
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life Service for studies, investigations, and reports thereon as required 
by the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 563-565) 
le use ee i note. 
to provide that wildlife conservation shall receive equal consideration 
and be coordinated with other features of water-resource development 
programs of the Department of the Army. 
CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL 
For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control, shore protec-
tion, and related projects authorized by law; and detailed studies, and 
plans and specifications, of projects (including those for development 
with participation or under consideration for participation by States, 
local governments, or private groups) authorized or made eligible for 
selection by law (but such studies shall not constitute a commitment 
of the Government to construction); $827,146,500, to remain available 
until expended: Provided^ That no part of this appropriation shall 
Restriction. 
be used for projects not authorized by law or which are authorized by 
law limiting the amount to be appropriated therefor, except as may 
be within the limits of the amount now or hereafter authorized to be 
appropriated: Provided further^ That $500,000 of this appropriation 
shall be transferred to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
for studies, investigations, and reports thereon as required by the Fish 
and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 563-565) to provide 
that wildlife conservation shall receive equal consideration and be 
coordinated with other features of water-resource development pro-
grams of the Department of the Army. 
OPERATION AND MAINlTCNANCEi, GENERAIi 
For expenses necessary for the preservation, operation, maintenance, 
and care of existing river and harbor, flood control, and related works, 
including such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance of harbor 
channels provided by a State, municipality or other public agency, 
outside of harbor lines, and serving essential needs of general com-
merce and navigation; financing the United States share of the cost 
of operation ?tnd maintenance of the remedial works in the Niagara 
River; activities of the California Debris Commission; administration 
of laws pertaining to preservation of navigable waters; surveys and 
charting of northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; 
clearing and straightening channels; removal of obstructions to 
navigation; and emergency flood control and shore protection activi-
ties; $154,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for general administration and related func-
tions in the Office of the Chief of Engineers and offices of the Division 
Engineers; activities of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Har-
bors and the Beach Erosion Board; commercial statistics; and miscel-
laneous investigations; $15,000,000. 
FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood control, and 
rescue work, repair, restoration, or maintenance of flood control proj-
ects threatened or destroyed by flood, as authorized by law (33 U.S.C. 
702a, 702g-l), $77,862,000, to remain available until expended. 
45 stat. 534; 
49 Stat. 1511. 
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ITNin":!) STATKS SKCTIOX. SAINT l.AWKENCK HIVKH .lOIXT HOAKD OK 
ENOINEEKS 
For necessary expenses of the United States section of the Saint 
Lawrence River Joint Board of Engineei"s, established by Executive 
3 CFR 1949- 
Order 10500, dated November 4,1958, including sei^ices as authorized 
i^ 978*^°""^" 
^y section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates not 
'eo Stat. 810. 
to exceed $100 per day for individuals; $10,(K)0: Provided. That no 
part of these funds sliall be obligated until agreement has been entered 
into, by the United States Government and the United States entity 
authorized to construct the j>ower works in the International Rapids 
section of the Saint Lawrence River, providing for the I'eimbursement 
of the expenditures of the L^nited States section of this Board by the 
constiaiction entity. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations in this title shall be available for expenses of attend-
ance by military personnel at meetings in the manners authorized by 
5 use 2318. 
section 19(b) of the Act of July 7, 1958 (72 Stat. 88B), uniforais, or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, 
68 Stat. 1114. 
as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131), and for printing, either during a recess 
or session of Congress, of survey reports authorized by law, and such 
survey reports as may be printed during a recess of Congress shall 
be printed, with illustrations, as documents of the next succeeding 
session of Congress; and during the current fiscal year the revolving 
fund. Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase (not to 
exceed one hundred and eighty-three for i'ej)lacement only) and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles. 
T H E PANAMA CANAL 
CANAL ZONE 
GOVERNMENT 
O P E R A T I N G T.XPENSES 
For operating expenses necessary for the (^anal Zone (Tovernment, 
including operation of the Postal Service of the (^anal Zone; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); 
expenses incident to conducting hearings on the Isthmus; expenses of 
special training of employees of the Canal Zone Government as 
72 Stat. 327. 
authoHzed by law (5 U.S.(\ 2301 et seq.) ; contingencies of the Gov-
ernor; residence for the Governor; medical aid and support of the 
insane and of lepers and aid and support of indigent persons legally 
within the Canal Zone, including expenses of their deportation when 
practicable; and payments of not to exceed $50 in any one case to 
persons within the Government service who shall funiish blood for 
transfusions, $25,725,000. 
CAPITA li OUTLAY 
For acquisition of land and land under water and acquisition, con-
struction, and replacement of improvements, facilities, structures, 
and equipment, as authorized by law (2 C.Z. C^ode, Sec. 2; 2 C.Z. Code, 
7
6
A Stat. 7,26. Sec. 371), including the purchase of not to exceed nine passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only, of which seven are for police-type 
use without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the 
current fiscal year; and expenses incident to the retirement of such 
assets; $6,500,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, 
That notwithstanding the limitation under this head in the Second 
74 Stat. 827, 
Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1961, appropriations for "capital 
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outlay" may be used for expenses related to the const ruction of quar-
ters for non-V-S. citizen employees at a unit cost not exceeding $1(),5(M.>. 
P.VXAMA C A X A L 
C O M I ' A X Y 
CORPORATION 
The Panama Canal Company is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowhig authority avail-
able to it and in accordance with law, and 
to make such contracts 
and conmiitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro-
\'ided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, 
as amended (81 U.S.C. 849), as may be necessary in carrying out the ei stat. 584. 
pi"ograms set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such 
corporation, except as hereinafter provided: 
Xo real property or rights to the use of real property, or activity 
shall be disposed of or transferred by license, lease, or otherwise 
except to another agency of the Ignited States Government unless 
sfjecifically ap])roved by the aj^propriate legislative committees of the 
House and Senate. 
LI>JTTATIOX o x (iEXKUAL AXl) ADMIXISTRATIVK KXI'KXS1<-S, PANAMA 
CAXAL COMPAXY 
Not to exceed $9,285,()()0 of the funds available to the Panama Canal 
Company shall be available during the current fiscal year for general 
and administrative expenses of the Company, indudhig o]>eration of 
tourist vessels and guide services, which shall be computed on an 
accrual basis. Funds available to the Panama Canal (^ompany for 
operating expenses shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 
sixteen passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, including one 
limousine at not to exceed $7,800 and for uniforms or allowances there-
for, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 
U.S.C. 2131). 
68 Stat, 114. 
GEXKRAL PROVISIOXS—THE PAXAMA CAXAI. 
The Governor of the Canal Zone is authorized to em])loy services 
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 I'.S.C. 55a), 
eo stat, sio. 
in an amount not exceeding $30,000: Prov'tded. That the rates for indi-
viduals shall not exceed $100 per diem. 
TITLE 
II—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
THE 
IXTERIOK 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATIOX 
For cariying out the functions of the Bui'eau of Reclamation as 
provided in the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 
Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thei"eof or supplementary thereto) and 43 use 371 note. 
other Acts applicable to that Bureau, as follows: 
GEXERAL IX^^2STIGATI0NS 
For engineering and economic investigations of proposed Federal 
reclamation projects and studies of water conservation and develop-
ment plans and activities preliminary to the reconstruction, i-ehabili-
tation and betterment, financial adjustment, or extension of existing 
projects, including not to exceed $400,000 for investigations of projects 
m Alaska, to remain available until expended, $10,294,000, of which 
$8,902,000 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $500,000 
shall be derived from the Colorado River development fund: Pro-
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vlded^ That none of this appropriation shall be used for more than 
one-half of the cost of an investigation requested by a State, munici-
pality, or other interest: Provided 
further^ That $340,000 of this 
appropriation shall be transferred to the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service for studies, investigations, and reports thereon as 
required by the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 
1
6 use 661 note. 563-565) to provide that wildlife conservation shall receive equal 
consideration and be coordinated with other features of water-resource 
development progi*ams of the Bureau of Reclamation. 
CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION 
For construction and rehabilitation of authorized reclamation 
projects or parts thereof (including power transmission facilities) 
and for other related activities, as authorized by law, to remain avail-
able until expended, $185,431,000, of which $75,000,000 shall be derived 
Restriction. 
fTom the reclamation fund: Provided, That no part of this appropria-
tion shall be used to initiate the construction of transmission facilities 
within those areas covered by power wheeling service contracts which 
include provision for service to Federal establishments and preferred 
customers, except those transmission facilities for which construction 
funds have been heretofore appropriated, those facilities which are 
necessary to carry out the terms of such contracts or those facilities 
for which the Secretary of the Interior finds the wheeling agency is 
unable or unwilling to provide for the integration of Federal projects 
or for service to a Federal establishment or preferred customer. 
OPERATION AND M A I N T E N A N C E 
For operation and maintenance of reclamation projects or parts 
thereof and of other facilities, as authorized by law; and for a soil and 
moisture conservation program on lands under the jurisdiction of 
the Bureau of Reclamation, pursuant to law, $38,000,000, of which 
$31,408,000 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $1,645,000 
shall be derived from the Colorado River Dam fund: Provided, That 
funds advanced for operation and maintenance of reclamation projects 
or parts thereof shall be deposited to the credit of this appropriation 
and may be expended for the same objects and in the same manner as 
sums appropriated herein may be expended, and the unexpended bal-
ances of such advances shall be credited to the appropriation for the 
next succeeding fiscal year. 
LOAN PROGRAM 
For loans to irrigation districts and other public agencies for con-
struction of distribution systems on authorized Federal reclamation 
projects, and for loans and grants to non-Federal agencies for con-
struction of projects, as authorized by the Acts of July 4, 1955, as 
69 Stat. 244. 
amended (43 U.S.C. 421a^21d), and August 6, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 
70 Stat. 1044. 
422a-422k), as amended (71 Stat. 48), including expenses necessary 
for carrying out the program, $12,367,000 to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That any contract under the Act of July 4,1955 
(69 Stat. 244), as amended, not yet executed by the Secretary, which 
calls for the making of loans beyond the fiscal year in which the 
contract is entered into shall be made only on the same conditions as 
those prescribed in section 12 of the Act of August 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 
43 use 388. 
1187,1197). 
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i r P K R ("OlAHtADO lUVKH STOHACJE IM{<MK(T 
For the Upper Colorado Kiver Storage Project, as autliorized h}' 
the Act of April 11, 1956 (43 T^.S.C. 62()d), to remain av^ailable until 
70 stat. 107. 
expended, $97,989,200, of which $94,036,700 shall be available for the 
"Upper Colorado River Basin Fund" authorized by section 5 of 
said Act of April 11, 1956, and $3,952,500 shall be available for con-
struction of recreational and fish and wildlife facilities authorized 
by section 8 thereof, and may be expended by bureaus of the Depart- 
70 stat. 110. 
ment through or in coo])eration with State or other Federal agencies, 
'*3 use 620g. 
and advances to such Federal agencies are hereby authorized: Pro-
vided^ That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be available 
for construction or operation of facilities to prevent waters of T^ake 
Powell from entering any National Monument. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessaiy expenses of general administration and related func-
tions in the offices of the Commissioner of Reclamation and in the 
regional offices of the Bureau of Reclamation, $10,(K)0,0(M), to be 
derived from the reclanuition fund and to be nonreimbursable ])ursu-
ant to the Act of Ai)ril 19, 1945 (43 U.S.(\ 377) : Provided, That no 
59 stat. 54. 
part of any other a})propriation in this Act sliall be available for 
activities oi- functions budgeted for the current Hscal year as general 
administrative expenses. 
SPECIAL FUNDS 
Sums herein referred to as being derived from the reclamation fund, 
the Colorado River Dam fund, or the (^olorado River development 
fund, are appropriated from the sj)ecial funds in the Treasury created 
by the Act of June 17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 391), the Act of December 21, 
32 stat. ass. 
1928 (43 U.S.C. 617a), and the Act of July 19, 1940 (43 I^.S.C. 618a), 
45 stat. 1057; 
respectively. Such sums shall be transferred, upon request of the Sec- ^'^ ^*^*- '^^'*-
retary, to be merged with and expended under the heads herein speci-
fied ; and the unexpended balances of sums transferred for expenditure 
under the heads "Operation and Maintenance'" and "General Admin-
istrative Expenses" shall revert and be credited to the special fund 
from which derived. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS 
Approi)riations to the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for 
])urcliase of not to exceed eighty-five passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only; purchase of one aircraft; payment of claims for 
damage to or loss of propei-ty, personal injury, or death arising out of 
activities of the Bureau of Reclamation; payment, except as otherwise 
provided for, of compensation and expense of persons on the rolls of 
the Bureau of Reclamation appointed as authorized by law to repre-
sent the United States in the negotiation and administration of inter-
state compacts without reimbursement or return under the reclamation 
laws; rewards for information or evidence concerning violations of 
law involving property under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Recla-
mation ; performance of the functions specified under the head "Opera-
tion and Maintenance Administration'", Bureau of Reclamation, in 
the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1945; preparation and 
ss stat. 487. 
dissemination of useful information including recordings, photo-
graphs, and photographic prints; and studies of recreational uses of 
reservoir areas, and investigation and recoveiy of archeological and 
paleontological remains in such areas in the same manner as provided 
for in the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461-467) : Provided, 
49 stat. 666. 
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That no part of any appropriation made herein shall be available 
59 Stat. 54. 
pursuant to the Act of April 19, 1945 (43 U.S.C. 377), for expenses 
other than those incurred on behalf of specific reclamation projects 
except "General Administrative Expenses" and amounts provided for 
reconnaissance, basin surveys, and general engineering and research 
under the head "General Investigations''. 
Allotments to the Missouri Eiver Basin project from the appropria-
tion under the head "Construction and Rehabilitation" shall be avail-
able additionally for said project for those functions of the Bureau of 
Reclamation provided for under the head "General Investigations" 
(but this authorization shall not preclude use of the appropriation 
under said head within that area), and for the continuation of investi-
gations by agencies of the Department on a general plan for the 
development of the Missouri River Basin. Such allotments may be 
expended through or in cooperation with Stat© and other Federal 
agencies, and advances to such agencies are hereby authorized. 
Sums appropriated herein which are expended in the performance 
of reimbursable functions of the Bureau of Reclamation shall be 
returnable to the extent and in the manner provided by law: Provided,^ 
That net revenues not to exceed $140,000 arising from the lease of 
grazing and agricultural lands within the Tule Lake and Lower 
Klamath Lake Divisions as determined by the Secretary may be 
credited to the cost heretofore and hereafter incurred for the Klamath 
project water rights program, notwithstanding the provisions of 
58 Stat. 279. 
sectiou 2(c) of the Act of June 17, 1944 and sections 2(a), 2(b), 2(c) 
70 Stat. 799. 
of the Act of August 1,1956. 
43 use 612 note. 
No part of any appropriation for the Bureau of Reclamation, con-
Restrictions. 
talued lu thls Act or in any prior Act, which represents amounts 
earned under the terms of a contract but remaining unpaid, shall be 
obligated for any other purpose, regardless of when such amounts 
are to be paid: Provided^ That the incurring of any obligation pro-
hibited by this paragraph shall be deemed a violation of section 3679 
of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665). 
No funds appropriated to the Bureau of Reclamation for operation 
and maintenance, except those derived from advances by water users, 
shall be used for the particular benefits of lands (a) within the 
boundaries of an irrigation district, (b) of any member of a water 
users' organization, or (c) of any individual when such district, orga-
nization, or individual is in arrears for more than twelve months in 
the payment of charges due under a contract entered into with the 
United States pursuant to laws administered by the Bureau of 
Reclamation. 
Limitation. 
Not to exceed $225,000 may be expended from the appropriation 
"Construction and rehabilitation" for work by force account on any 
one project or Missouri Basin unit and then only when such work is 
unsuitable for contract or no acceptable bid has been received and, 
other than otherwise provided in this paragraph or as may be neces-
sary to meet local emergencies, not to exceed 12 per centum of the 
construction allotment for any project from the appropriation "Con-
struction and rehabilitation" contained in this Act shall be available 
for construction work by force account: Provided^ That this para-
graph shall not apply to work performed under the Rehabilitation and 
43 use 504 and 
Betterment Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 724). 
"°*^- 
The amount of $241,160 shall be available from "Refunds and re-
turns" for transfer to the Yuma County Water Users Association, 
representing the amount of credits accumulated as a reserve for depre-
ciation and/or replacement of Siphon Drop powerplant, Yuma proj-
ect, Arizona-California; this sum to be transferred to the Yuma 
County Water Users Association only after a contract providing for 
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the custody, use, or expenditure of said money and containing terms 
satisfactory to the Secretary lias been entered into witli said asso-
ciation. 
BoxxEViLLE POWP:K ADMIXISTRATIOX 
COKSTKUCTIOX 
For construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations, 
and appurtenant facilities, as authorized by law, $36,204,0()0, to remain 
available until expended. 
OPERATIOX AXD MAIXTEX'AXCE 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of the Bonne-
ville transmission svstem and of marketing electric power and energv. 
$13,500,000. 
ADMIXISTRATIVE TROVISIOXS 
Appropriations of the Bonneville Power Administration shall be 
available to carry out all the duties imposed upon the Administrator 
]>ursuant to law-. Appropriations made herein to the l^onneville 
Power Administration shall be available in one fund, except that the 
appropriation herein made for operation and maintenance shall be 
available only for the service of the current fiscal year. 
Other than as may be necessary to meet local emergencies, not to 
exceed 12 per centum of the appropriation for construction herein 
made for the Bonneville Power Administration shall be available for 
construction Avork by force account or on a hired-labor basis. 
SOUTTIEASTERX P o W E R 
A D M I X I S T R A T I O X 
OPERATIOX AXD MAIXTEXAX'CE 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy 
])ursuant to the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 
(16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southeastern power area, 
ss stat. 89o. 
$1,000,000. 
S o U T i n V E S T E R X PoW^ER A D M I X I S T R A T I O X 
COX^STRUCTIOX 
For construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations, 
and appurtenant facilities, and for administrative expenses connected 
therewith, in canying out the provisions of section 5 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southwestern 
power area, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATIOX' AND MAINTEXAX-^CE 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy 
pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 
1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southwestern power area, 
including purchase of not to exceed four passenger motor vehicles, 
for replacement only, $1,500,000. 
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Fire prevention. 
CONTINUING FUND 
Not to exceed $4,500,000 shall be available during the current fiscal 
year from the cojitinumg fund for all costs in connection with the 
purchase of electric power and energy, and rentals for the use of 
transmission facilities. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
Emergency funds. 
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this title shall be available for expendi-
ture or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the approval of 
the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement or repair 
of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam-
aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: 
Provided^ That no funds shall l)e made available under this authority 
until funds specifically made available to the Department of the 
Interior for emergencies shall have been exhausted. 
SEC. 202. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer 
(within each bureau or office) of any appropiiation in this title, in 
addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the sev-
eral agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of forest 
or range fires on or threatening lands under jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment of the Interior. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations in this title shall be available for operation 
of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, wherever con-
solidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or economy, and 
said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any 
other activity in the same manner as authorized by the Act of June 30, 
1932 (31 U.S.C. 686) : Provided, That reimbursements for costs of 
supplies, materials and equipment, and for services rendered may be 
credited to the appropriation current at the time such reimbursements 
are received. 
SEC. 204. No part of any funds made available by this Act to the 
Southwestern Power Administration may be made available to any 
other agency, bureau, or office for any purposes other than for services 
rendered pursuant to law to the Southwestern Power Administration. 
TITLE III—INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 
Operation of 
warehouses, etc 
47 Stat, 417. 
Restriction. 
68 Stat. 919. 
42 use 2011 
note. 
60 Stat. 810. 
69 Stat. 471. 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessaiy operating expenses of the Commission in carrying 
out the purppses of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 
including the employment of aliens; sei-vices authorized by section 
15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); hire, maintenance 
and operation of aircraft; publication and dissemination of atomic 
information; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms; official 
entertainment expenses (not to exceed $30,000); reimbursement of 
the General Services Administration for security guard services; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; $2,342,669,000, and any moneys 
(except sums received from disposal of property under the Atomic 
Energy Community Act of 1955 (42 U.S.C. 2301)) received by the 
Commission, notwithstanding the provisions of section 3617 of the 
Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 484), to remain available until expended: 
Provided^ That of such amount $100,000 may be expended for objects 
of a confidential nature and in any such case the certificate of the 
Commission as to the amount of the expenditure and that it is deemed 
inadvisable to specify the nature thereof shall be deemed a sufficient 
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853 
voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended: Provided 
further^ That from this appropriation transfers of sums may be made 
to other agencies of the Government for the performance of the work 
for which this appropriation is made, and in such cases the sums so 
transferred may be merged with the appropriation to which trans-
ferred : Provided further^ That no part of this appropriation shall be 
used in connection with the payment of a fixed fee to any contractor 
or firm of contractors engaged under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract or 
contracts at any installation of the Commission, where that fee for 
community management is at a rate in excess of $90,000 per annum, 
or for the operation of a transportation system where that fee is at a 
rate in excess of $45,000 per annum. 
PLANT AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT 
For expenses of the Commission, as authorized by law, in connection 
with the purchase and construction of plant and the acquisition of 
capital equipment and other expenses incidental thereto necessary in 
carrying out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended, including the acquisition or condemnation of any real 
es stat. 919. 
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construe- J^l^^^'^ ^°^^ 
tion, or expansion; purchase (not to exceed four hundred and twenty-
three for replacement only, including two at not to exceed $3,000 
each) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $400,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided^ That the obligated balance as of 
June 30, 1963, of amounts included in appropriations to the Atomic 
Energy Commission for "Operating expenses", for capital equipment 
not related to construction, shall be merged with this appropriation: 
Provided further^ That the unexpended balance as of June 30, 1963, 
of the appropriation "Plant acquisition and construction" shall be 
merged with this appropriation: Provided further^ That not to exceed 
$30,000,000 for a spectral shift power reactor may be transferred from 
this appropriation to the appropriation for "Operating expenses", 
if the Commission determines such transfer to be necessary to carry 
out such cooperative power reactor demonstration program as may 
be authorized by law. 
GENEEAL PKOVISIONS 
Any appropriation available under this or any other Act to the 
Atomic Energy Commission may initially be used subject to limita-
tions in this Act during the fiscal year 1964 to finance the procurement 
of materials, services, or other costs which are a part of work or 
activities for which funds have been provided in any other appropria-
tion available tp the Commission: Provided^ That appropriate trans-
fers or adjustments between such appropriations shall subsequently 
be made for such costs on the basis of actual aj)plication determined 
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. 
Not to exceed 5 per centum of appropriations made available for the 
Transfer of 
fiscal year 1964 for "Operating expenses" and "Plant and capital f""ds, 
equipment" may be transferred between such appropriations, but 
neither such appropriation, except as otherwise provided herein, shall 
be increased by more than 5 per centum by any such transfers, and 
any such transfers shall be reported promptly to the Appropriations 
Reports to con-
Committees of the House and Senate. 
mufe^'sr^^''°'"' 
No part of any appropriation herein shall be used to confer a fel- 
Restriction on 
lowship on any person who advocates or who is a member of an organi- fellowships. 
zation or party that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the 
United States by force or violence or with respect to whom the Com-
mission finds, upon investigation and report by the Civil Service Com-
854 
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177 STAT. 
missioji on tlie (-Imracter, associations, and loyalty of whom, that rea-
sonable grounds exist for belief that such person is disloyal to the 
Government of the United States: Provided, That any person who 
advocates or who is a member of an organization or party that advo-
cates the oveithrow of the Government of the United States by force 
or violence and accepts employment or a fellowship the salary, wages, 
stipend, grant, or expenses for whicli are paid from any appropria-
tion contained herein shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, 
shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 
.. one year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal clause shall 
1)6 in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of 
existing law. 
SAIXT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELorMExr (^ORPOKATIOX 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to such Corporation, and in accord with 
law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 
61 Stat. 584. 
(^orporatiou Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carry-
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jj^^ ^^^^ ^y^^ programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year 
for such Corporation, except as hereinafter provided: 
31 u s e 849. 
rJMITATlON OX ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, SAINT 
LAW'RENCE 
SEAWAY 
DEVEIA)1»MENT C( )RPORATION 
Not to exceed $429,000 shall be available for administrative expenses 
which shall be computed on an accrual basis, including not to exceed 
$2,000 for official entertainment expenses to be expended upon the 
approval or authority of the Administrator, uniforms or allowances 
therefor for operation and maintenance personnel, as authorized by 
68 Stat. 1114. 
law (5 LT.S.C. 2131), and services as authorized by section 15 of the 
60 Stat. 810. 
Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 56a) at rates for individuals not to 
exceed $100 per day: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 may be 
expended for services of individuals employed at rates in excess 
of $50 per day. 
TENNESSEE VALLEY ALTHORITY 
PAYMENT T O TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 
FUND 
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Tennessee 
48 Stat. 58. 
Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended (16 U.S.C, ch. 12A), 
including purchase (one for replacement only) and hire, maintenance, 
and operation of aircraft, and purchase (not to exceed one hundred 
and ninety for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$47,142,000, to remain available until expended. 
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the United 
States member of the Delaware River Basin Commission, as author-
ized by law (75 Stat. 716), $38,000. 
CONTRIBtrriON TO T H E DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 
COMMISSION 
For payment of the United States share of the current expenses of 
the Delaware River Basin Commission, as authorized by law (75 
Stat. 706, 707), $117,000. 
77 STAT. 1 
PUBLIC LAW 88-257-DEC. 81, 1963 
855 
TITLE IV 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
PUBLIC WORKS ACCELERATION 
For an additional amount for expenses necessary to enable the 
President to provide for carrying out the purposes of the Public 
"Works Acceleration Act, including services as authorized by section 
76 stat. 541. 
15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), but at rates for J^l^^^ ^641 
individuals not to exceed $75 per diem, $30,000,000. 
eostat. sio. 
TITLE V—GENEEAL PKOVISIONS 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
SEC. 501. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum 
amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with 
section 16 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 78), for the purchase 
eo stat, sio. 
of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses and ambulances), 
is hereby fixed at $1,500 except station wagons for which the maximum 
shall be $1,950. 
SEC. 502. Unless otherwise specified and during the current fiscal 
year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act 
shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee 
of the Government of the United States (including any agency the 
majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the 
United States) w^hose post of duty is in continental United States 
unless such person (1) is a citizen of the United States, (2) is a person 
in the service of the United States on the date of enactment of this 
Act, who, being eligible for citizenship, had filed a declaration of 
intention to become a citizen of the United States prior to such date, 
(3) is a person who owes allegiance to the United States, or (4) is an 
alien from Poland or the Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the 
United States for permanent residence: Provided, That for the pur-
pose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person shall be con-
sidered prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section with 
respect to his status have been complied with: Provided further, That 
Penalty. 
any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and, 
upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $4,000 or imprisoned 
for not more than one year, or both: Provided 
further, 
That the 
above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, 
any other provisions of existing law: Provided further, That any pay-
ment made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this 
section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government. 
This section shall not apply to citizens of the Republic of the Philip- 
Exception. 
pines or to nationals of those countries allied with the United States 
in the current defense effort, or to temporary employment of transla-
tors, or to temporary employment in the field service (not to exceed 
sixty days) as a result of emergencies. 
SEC. 503. Appropriations of the executive departments and inde-
pendent establishments for the current fiscal year, available for 
expenses of travel or for the expenses of the activity concerned, are 
hereby made available for quarters allowances and cost-of-living 
allowances, in accordance with title I I of the Act of September 6,1960 
(74 Stat. 793). 
5 use 3033-
SEC. 504. No part of any appropriation for the current fiscal year ^°^®" 
contained in this or any other Act shall be paid to any person for the 
filling of any position for which he or she has been nominated after 
the Senate has voted not to approve the nomination of said person. 
856 
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[77 STAT. 
SEC. 505. Xo part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act for the current fiscal year shall be used to pay in excess of 
$4 per volume for the current and future volumes of the TTnited States 
Code, Annotated, and such Aolumes shall be purchased on condition 
and with the understanding that latest published cumulative annual 
ix)cket x^arts issued prior to the date of purchase shall be furnished 
free of charge, or in excess of $4.25 per volume for the current or 
future volumes of the Lifetime Federal Digest, or in excess of $6.50 
per volume for the current or future volmnes of the Modem Federal 
Practice Digest. 
SEC. 506. Funds made available by this or any other Act for 
administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations 
and agencies subject to the Government Corporation (^ontrol Act, as 
59 Stat. 597. 
amended (31 U.S.C. 841), shall be available, in addition to objects 
for which such funds are otherwise available, for rent in the District 
of Columbia; services in accordance with section 15 of the Act of 
60 Stat. 810. 
August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 5 5 a ) ; and the objects specified under this 
liead, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the expenditure 
of such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by which they are 
made available: Provided^ That in the event any functions budgeted 
as administrative expenses are subsequently transferred to or paid 
from other funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 
correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 507. Pursuant to section 1415 of the Act of July 15, 1952 (66 
31 use 724. 
Stat. 662). foreign credits (including currencies) owed to or owned by 
the United States may be used by Federal agencies for any purpose 
for which appropriations are made for the current fiscal year (includ-
ing the cari-ying out of Acts requiring or authorizing the use of such 
credits), only when reimbursement therefor is made to the Treasury 
from applicable appropriations of the agency concerned: Provided. 
That such credits received as exchange allowances or proceeds of 
sales of personal property may be used in whole or part payment for 
acquisition of similar items, to the extent and in the manner author-
ized by law, without reimbursement to the Treasury. 
SEC. 508. During the current fiscal year, any foreign currencies 
lield by the United States which have been or may be reserved or set 
aside for specified programs or activities of any agency may be car-
ried on the books of the Treasury in unfunded accounts. 
SEC. 509. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act, or of the funds available for expenditure by any corpora-
tion or agency, shall l)e used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
designed to support or defeat legislation pending before (^ongress. 
Short title. 
This Act mav be cited as the "Public "Works Appropriation Act, 
1964". 
Approved December 31, 1963.