An Act making appropriations for certain civil functions administered by the Department of Defense, the Panama Canal, certain agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Atomic Energy Commission, the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Delaware River Basin Commission, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and for other purposes
PL 88-511 (H.R.11579), enacted 08/30/1964

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[78 STAT. 
Public Law 88-511 
August 30, 1964 
[H. R. 11579] 
Public Works 
Appropriation 
Act, 1965. 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for certain civil functions 
administered 
by the 
Department of Defense, the Panama Canal, certain agencies of the Depart-
ment of the Interior, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Saint Lawrence 
Seaway Development Corporation, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the 
Delaware River Basin Commission, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, 
and for other purixjses. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year endmg June 30,1965, for certain 
civil functions administered by the Department of Defense, the Pan-
ama Canal, certain agencies of the Department of the Interior, the 
Atomic Energy Commission, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Develop-
ment Corporation, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Delaware 
River Basin Commission, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT or 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; maintenance of that portion of 
Congressional Cemetery to which the United States has title, 
Confederate burial places under the jurisdiction of the Department 
of the Army, and graves used by the Army in commercial cemeteries; 
$13,295,000: 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 quarters 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 Government prop-
erty within the same structure: Provided 
further^ That reimburse-
ment 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 direc-
tion 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, $22,194,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided^ That $210,000 of this 
Restriction. 
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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 con- nite.^^^ ^^^ 
sideration 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 pro-
tection, and related projects authorized by law; and detailed studies, 
and plans and specifications, of projects (including those for develop-
ment 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) ; $939,943,200, to 
remain available until expended^ of which $64,000 shall be available 
for the readjustment and alteration of the facilities of the Broughton 
Mutual Telephone Co. to permit continued service to the present 
users not affected by the Milford Dam and Reservoir project; and of 
which not to exceed $131,500 shall be available for construction of 
a road from the new townsite of Lower Brule to Counsellor Cove, 
and such work is hereby authorized: Provided^ That no part of this 
appropriation shall 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 conserva-
tion shall receive equal consideration and be coordinated with other 
features of water-resource development programs of the Department 
of the Army. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the preservation, operation, mainte-
nance, 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 commerce and navigation; financing the United 
States share of the cost of operation and 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 north-
western lakes and connecting waters; clearing and straightening 
channels; and removal of obstructions to navigation; $158,676,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL, HURRICANE AND SHORE PROTECTION 
EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary for emergency flood control, hurricane and 
shore protection activities, as authorized by section 5 of the Flood 
Control Act approved August 18, 1941, as amended, $4,150,000, to ^ %^^^^\ \^^' 
remain available until expended: Provided^ That the unobligated 
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balance of funds heretofore appropriated for the foregoing purposes 
shall be merged with this appropriation. 
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(lENERAL EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for general administration and related 
functions in the Office of the Chief of Engineers and offices of the 
Division Engineers; activities of the Board of Engineers for Rivers 
and Harbors and the Coastal Engineering Research Center; com-
mercial statistics; and miscellaneous investigations; $15,575,000. 
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 
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rojects threatened or destroyed by flood, as authorized by law (33 
'.S.C. 702a, 702g-l), $77,862,000, to remain available until expended. 
45 Stat. 534; 
49 Stat. 1511. 
5 u s e 2318. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations in this title shall be available for expenses of 
attendance by military personnel at meetings in the manner author-
ized by section 19(b) of the Act of July 7, 1958 (72 Stat. 336), 
uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of Septem-
68 Stat. 1114. 
ber 1, 1954, 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 sucli 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 EngineerSj shall be available for 
purchase (not to exceed one hundred and sixty-seven for replace-
ment only) and liire of passenger motor vehicles. 
T H E PANAMA CANAL 
CANAL ZONE GOA^RNMENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For operating expenses necessary for the Canal Zone Government, 
including operation of the Postal Service of the Canal Zone; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized 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 Gov-
72 Stat. 327. 
emmeut as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.); contingencies 
of the Governor; 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; maintaining and altering facilities of 
other Government agencies in the Canal Zone for Canal Zone Gov-
ernment use; and payments of not to exceed $50 in any one case to 
persons within the Government service who shall furnish blood for 
transfusions, $29,088,000. 
CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For acquisition of land and land under water and acquisition, 
construction, and replacement of improvements, facilities, structures, 
and equipment, as authorized by law (2 C.Z. Code, Sec. 2; 2 C.Z. 
76A Stat. 7,26. 
Code, Soc. 371), iiicludiug the purchase of not to exceed fourteen 
passenger motor vehicles of which nine are for replacement only, and 
of which twelve are for police-type use without regard to the general 
purchase price limitation for tne current fiscal year; improving 
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facilities of other Government agencies in the Canal Zone for Canal 
Zone Government use; and expenses incident to the retirement of 
such assets; $4,821,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ 
That notwithstanding the limitation under this head in the Second 
Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1961, appropriations for "capital 
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outlay" may be used for expenses related to the construction of 
quarters of non-U.S. citizen employees at a unit cost not exceeding 
$16,500. 
PANAMA CANAL COMPANY 
CORPORATION 
The Panama Canal Company is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to it and in accordance with law, and to make such contracts 
and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided 
by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
amended (31 U.S.C. 849), as may be necessary in carrying out the 
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programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 
such corporation, including maintaining and improving facilities of 
other Government agencies in the Canal Zone for Panama Canal 
Company use. 
LIMITATION ON GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $10,639,000 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, including 
operation of tourist vessels and guide services, which shall be com-
puted on an accrual basis. Funds available to the Panama Canal 
Companv for operating expenses shall be available for the pur-
chase of not to exceed twenty-three passenger motor vehicles, of 
which eighteen are for replacement only, and for uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. 2131). 
esstat. n u . 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THE PANAMA CANAL 
The Governor of the Canal Zone is authorized to erhploy services as 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2,1946 (6 U.S.C. 55a), 
so stat. sio. 
in an amount not exceeding $30,000: Provided^ That the rates for 
individuals shall not exceed $100 per diem. 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT O F T H E INTERIOR 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for "Construction" for the purposes set 
forth in the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 885), $1,800,000. 
i6 use vn-2. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
For carrying out the functions of the Bureau of Reclamation as 
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rovided in the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 
tat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) ^^^ ^^^ ^''^ 
and other Acts applicable to that Bureau, as follows: 
note 
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GKNEKAI. INVESTIGATIONS 
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, rehabili-
tation and betterment, financial adjustment, or extension of existing 
projects, including not to exceed $450,000 for investigations of 
projects in Alaska, to remain available until expended, $11,404,000, 
of which $10,054,000 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and 
$500,000 shall be derived from the Colorado Kiver development 
fund: Provided^ That none of this appropriation shall be used for 
more than one-half of the cost of an investigation requested by a 
State, municipality, or other interest: Provided 
further^ 
That 
$870,000 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 
16 use 661 
s^^^ Qf ;^958 (72 gtat. 563-565) to provide that wildlife conserva-
tion shall receive equal consideration and be coordinated with other 
features of water-resource development programs 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 
available until expended, $185,616,500, of which $83,030,000 shall be 
derived from the reclamation fund: Provided^ That no part of this 
appropriation shall be used to initiate the construction of transmis-
sion facilities within those areas covered bj^ power wheeling service 
contracts which include provision for service to Federal establish-
ments 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 integra-
tion of Federal projects or for service to a Federal establishment or 
preferred customer: Provided further^ That not to exceed $2,000,000 
as proposed in Senate Document 89, Eighty-eighth Congress, for 
maintaining suitable water quality in the Colorado River shall be non-
reimbursable: Provided further. That no funds shall be made avail-
able under this appropriation for the construction in Contra Costa 
County, California, of any portion of the interceptor drain in con-
nection with the San Luis Unit which terminates at any point east 
of Port Chicago: Provided further^ That not to exceed $26,000 shall 
be available for reimbursement to the city of Malta, Montana, for 
the cost of improvements to street? and appurtenant 
facilities 
adjoining property under the jurisdiction of the Department of the 
Interior in that city to be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable: 
Provided further. That not to exceed $150,000 of funds made avail-
able for improvement of access roads in the Weber Basin project 
area shall be nonreimbursable. 
OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
For operation and maintenance of reclamation projects or parts 
thereof and 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, $40,219,000, of which 
$30,758,000 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $1,605,000 
shall be derived from the Colorado River Dam fund: 
Provided, 
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That funds advanced by water users 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 
he expended, and the unexpended balances 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 
construction of projects, as authorized by the Acts of July 4, 1955, 
as amended (43 U.S.C. 421a-421d), and August 6, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 
422a-422k), as amended (71 Stat. 48), including expenses necessary 
for carrying out the program, $12,307,000 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. 1187,1197). 
EMERGENCY FUND 
70 Stat. 1044. 
43 u s e 388. 
To reimburse the emergency fund authorized by the Act of June 26, 
1948 (62 Stat. 1052), for expenses incurred for repair of 
flood 
43use502,503. 
damage to irrigation facilities of the Milk River and Sun River 
Federal reclamation projects, $1,000,000, to remain available until 
June 30,1965. 
UPPER COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT 
70 Stat. 107. 
43 u s e 620g. 
For the Tapper Colorado River Storage Project, as authorized by 
the Act of April 11, 1956 (43 T^.S.C. 620d), to remain available until 
expended, $62,300,000, of which $57,800,000 shall be available for the 
"Upper Colorado River Basin Fund" authorized by section 5 of said 
Act of April 11, 1956, and $4,500,000 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-
ment through or in cooperation with State or other Federal agencies, 
and advances to such Federal agencies are hereby authorized: 
Promded, That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be 
available for construction or operation of facilities to prevent waters 
of Lake Powell from entering any National Monument. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary 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, $10,400,000, to be 
derived from the reclamation fund and to be nonreimbursable pur-
suant to the Act of April 19, 1945 (43 U.S.C. 377): Provided, That 
59 stat. 54. 
no part of any other appropriation in this Act shall be available for 
activities or functions budgeted for the current fiscal 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 Colorado River develop-
ment fund, are appropriated from the special funds in the Treasury 
created by the Act of June 17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 391), the Act of 
^2 stat. 388. 
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December 21, 1928 (43 U.S.C. 6l7a), and the Act of July 19, 1940 
(43 U.S.C. 618a), respectively. Such sums shall be transferred, 
upon request of the Secretary, to be merged with and expended under 
the heads herein specified; and the unexpended balances of sums 
transferred for expenditure under the heads "Operation and Main-
tenance" and "General Administrative Expenses" shall revert and be 
credited to the special fund from which derived. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations to the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available 
for purchase of not to exceed sixty-seven passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only; purchase of one aircraft for replacement 
only; payment of claims for damage to or loss of property, personal 
injury, or death arising out of activities of the Bureau of Reclama-
tion; 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 represent the United States in the 
negotiation and administration oi interstate 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 Reclamation; per-
formance of the functions specified under the head "Operation and 
Maintenance Administration", Bureau of Reclamation, in the 
5
8 Stat. 487. 
Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1945; preparation and 
dissemination of useful information including recordings, photo-
graphs, and photographic prints; and studies ot recreational uses of 
reservoir areas, and investigation and recovery of archeological and 
paleontological remains in such areas in the same manner as pro-
4
9 Stat. 666. 
^Idcd foT iu the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461-467): 
Provided^ That no part of any appropriation made herein shall be 
59 Stat. 54. 
available 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 River 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 State and other Federal 
agencies, and advances to such agencies are hereby authorized. 
Sums appropriated herein which are expended in the perform-
ance of reimbursable functions of the Bureau of Reclamation shall 
be returnable to the extent and in the manner provided by law. 
No part of any appropriation for the Bureau of Reclamation, 
contained in this 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). 
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No funds appropriated to the Bureau of Reclamation for opera-
tion 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, 
organization, 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. 
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 
necessary 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 Betterment Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 724). 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations, 
and appurtenant facilities, as authorized by law, $87,420,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of the Bonne-
ville transmission system and of marketing electric power and energy, 
$14,980,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations of the Bonneville Power Administration shall be 
available to carry out all the duties imposed upon the Administrator 
pursuant to law. Appropriations made herein to the Bonneville 
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 work by force account or on a hired-labor basis. 
SOUTHEASTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION 
Limitation. 
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
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 southeastern power area, 
including purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement 
only, $1,000,000. 
58 Stat. 890. 
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[78 STAT. 
58 Stat. 890. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations, 
and appurtenant facilities, and for administrative expenses connected 
therewith, in carrying 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, $2,610,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
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 five passenger motor vehicles^ 
for replacement only, $1,680,000. 
Emergency con-
struction. 
Fire prevention. 
Operation of 
warehouses, etc. 
47 Stat. 417. 
Southwestern 
Power Adminis-
tration, funds. 
CONTINUING FUND 
Not to exceed $4,500,000 shall be available during the current fiscal 
year from the continuing 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 
S E C 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 be made available under this authority 
until funds specifically made available to the Department of the 
Interior for emergencies shall have been exhausted. 
S E C 202. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer 
(within each bureau or office) of any appropriation 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. 
S E C 203. Appropriations in this title shall be available for opera-
tion of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, wherever 
consolidation 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 reimburse-
ments are received. 
S E C 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, 
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69 Stat. 471. 
TITLP: III—ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary operating expenses of the Commission in carrying 
out the purposes of the Atomic Energjr Act of 1954, as amended, 
^ J^c 2ca^" 
including the employment of aliens; services authorized by section 15 note. 
of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); hire, maintenance 
eostat. sio. 
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; $2,261,573,000, 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 Commis-
sion, notwithstanding the provisions of section 3617 of the Revised 
Statutes (31 U.S.C. 484), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided. 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 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 appro-
priation to which transferred: 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 
ill excess of $90,000 per annum, or for the operation of a transporta-
tion 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 connec-
tion 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 
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion; purchase of not to exceed three hundred and 
eighty-four for replacement only (including three at not to exceed 
$3,000 each), and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase of 
one aircraft; $363,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided. That not to exceed $9,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
herein for an isotopes production plant may be transferred to the 
appropriation for "Operating expenses", if the Commission deter-
mines such transfer to be necessary to enter into an arrangement for 
construction of all or a part of such plant by private industry. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
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 1965 to finance the procure-
ment of materials, services, or other costs which are a part of work 
or activities for which funds have been provided in any other 
appropriation available to the Commission: Provided, 
That appro-
Procurement of 
materials, etc. 
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[78 STAT. 
Transfer of 
funds. 
Reports to 
congressional 
committees. 
Restriction on 
fellowships. 
Penalty. 
61 Stat. 584. 
31 use 849. 
priate transfers or adjustments between such appropriations shall 
subsequently be made for such costs on the basis of actual application 
determined 
in 
accordance 
with generally 
accepted 
accounting 
principles. 
Not to exceed 5 per centum of appropriations made available for 
the fiscal year 1965 for "Operating expenses" and "Plant and cap-
ital 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 
Committees of the House and Senate. 
No part of any appropriation herein shall be used to confer a 
fellowship on any person who advocates or who is a member of an 
organization or party that advocates the overthrow of the Govern-
ment of the United States by force or violence or with respect to whom 
the Commission finds, upon investigation and report by the Civil 
Service Commission on the character, associations, and loyalty of 
whom, that reasonable 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 advocates the overthrow 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 which 
are paid from any appropriation 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 be in addition to, and not in 
substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. 
TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
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 
Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying 
out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 
such Corporation, except as hereinafter provided. 
68 Stat. 1114. 
60 Stat. 810. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY 
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
Not to exceed $460,000 shall be available for administrative expenses 
which shall be computed on an accrual basis, including not to exceed 
$4,000 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 
law (5 U.S.C. 2131), and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act 
of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), 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. 
78 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-51 1-AUG. 30, 1964 
693 
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTFIORITY 
PAYMENT TO TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY FUND 
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Tennessee 
Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended (16 IJ.S.C, ch. 12A), 
48 stat. =8. 
including hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, and purchase 
(not to exceed two hundred and eight for replacement only) and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, $47,915,000, 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 
authorized by law (75 Stat. 716), $39,000. 
CONTRIBUTION TO 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), $92,000. 
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 (76 Stat. 541), including services as ^^^l^^^ ^^'^^ 
authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 LT.S.C. 55a), "°6o*stat. aio. 
but at rates for individuals not to exceed $75 per diem, $4,000,000. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
SEC. 501. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum 
ft^'^^^u:*.."^ 
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 pur-
chase 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. T^nless otherwise specified and during the current fiscal pa^m'^ntT.^ ^"°" 
year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act 
citizenship 
shall be used to pay trie compensation of any officer or employee of ^^^^ require-
the Government of the United States (including any agency the ""*"' 
majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the 
ITnited States) whose 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 ITnited 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 
purpose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person shall 
be considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of this sec-
tion with respect to his status have been complied with: Provided 
^e^^ity. 
further. That any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a 
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[78 STAT. 
Exceptions. 
Quarters allow-
ices, etc. 
5 use 3033-
3038. 
U.S. Code An-
notated, etc., 
price limitation. 
59 Stat. 597. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Foreign credits, 
use. 
31 use 724. 
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 sub-
stitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided 
further^ 
That any payment mad!e to any officer or employee contrary to the 
provisions of this section shall lie recoverable in action by the Federal 
Government. This section shall not apply to citizens of the Republic 
of the Philippines or to nationals of those countries allied with the 
United States in the current defense effort, or to temporary employ-
ment of translators, 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). 
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. 
SEC. 505. No 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 United States Code, 
Annotated, and such volumes shall be purchased on condition and with 
the understanding that latest published cumulative annual pocket 
parts issued prior to the date of purchase shall be furnished tree of 
charge, or in excess of $4.25 per volume for the current or future vol-
umes of the Lifetime Federal Digest, or in excess of $6.50 per volume 
for the current or future volumes of the Modern Federal Practice 
Digest. 
SEC. 506. Funds made available by this or any other Act for admin-
istrative expenses in the current fiscal vear of the corporations and 
agencies subject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
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 
August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); and the objects specified under this 
head, 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 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 
(including the carrying 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 agencv 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 authorized by law, without reimbursement to the Treasury. 
SEC. 508. During the current fiscal year, any foreign currencies 
Publicity or 
propaganda. 
Short title. 
78 STAT.] 
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695 
held bv 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. 50^. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act, or of the funds available for expenditure by any corpo-
ration or agency, shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
designed to support or defeat legislation pendmg before Congress. 
This Act may be cited as the "Public Works Appropriation Act, 
1965". 
Approved August 30, 1964. 
Public Law 88-512 
AN ACT 
August 30, 1964 
To provide for the inclusion of Hopkins County, Texas, witliin the Paris Divi- 
[H. R. 5964] 
sion of the Eastern District for the United States District Courts in Texas. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate aifid House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenibUd^ That (a) paragraph 
^^^^^l^^ co'^^t 
(4) of subsection (c) of section 124 of title 28, United States Code, Tex!^ ^"^ """*^' 
is amended to read as follows: 
62 stat. 891. 
"(4) The Paris Division comprises the counties of Delta, Fan-
nin, Hopkins, Lamar, and Red River. 
"Court for the Paris Division shall be held at Paris." 
(b) Paragraph (5) of such subsection is amended by striking out 
"Hopkins,". 
Approved August 30, 1964. 
75 Stat. 772. 
Public Law 88-513 
AN ACT 
August 30, 1964 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to establish jurisdiction and venue for 
[H. R. 7508] 
appeals from orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission in judicial ref-
erence cases. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^sembled^ That section 1336 
interstate com-
of title 28, United States Code, is amended by designating its present "^^orders"""^^^^""' 
text as subsection (a) and by adding at the end thereof the following 
62 stat. 931. 
new subsections: 
"(b) When a district court or the Court of Claims refers a 
Question or issue to the Interstate Commerce Commission for 
etermination, the Qourt which referred th^ question or issue shall 
have exclusive jurisdiction of a civil action to enforce, enjoin, set 
aside, annul, or suspend, in whole or in part, any order of the 
Interstate Commerce Commission arising out of such referral. 
"(c) Any action brought under subsection (b) of this section 
shall be filed within 90 days from the date that the order of the 
Interstate Commerce Commission becomes final." 
SEC. 2. Section 1398 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
designating its present text as subsection (a) and by adding at the 
end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(b) A civil action to enforce, enjpin, set aside, annul, or 
suspend, in whole or in part, an order of the Interstate Commerce 
Commission made pursuant to the referral of a question or issue by 
a district court or oy the Court of Claims, shall be brought only 
in the court which referred the question or issue." 
Approved August 30, 1964. 
31-667 0-65—47 
62 Stat. 936.