An Act making appropriations for the Atomic Energy Commission, the Tennessee Valley Authority, certain agencies of the Department of the Interior, and civil functions administered by the Department of the Army, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and for o
PL 84-163 (H.R.6766), enacted 07/15/1955

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PUBLIC LAW 163-JULY 15, 1955 
[69 ST A T . 
Public Law 163 
CHAPTER 370 
July 15,1955 
[H. R. 6766] 
Public Works Aj)-
p r o p r i a tion Act, 
1956. 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Atomic Energy Coniinissiou, tlie Tennessee Valley 
Authority, certain agencies of the Department of the Interior, and civil func-
tions administered by the Department of the Army, for the liscal year ending 
June 30,1956, and for other purposes. 
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 otherwise 
appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, for the Atomic 
Energy Commission, the Tennessee Valley Authority, certain agencies 
of the Department of the Interior, and civil functions administered 
by the Department of the Army, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 
68 Stat. 919. 
42 u s e 
2011 
note. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Confidential ex-
penditures. 
T r a n s fer 
funds. 
of 
Community man-
agement and trans-
portation fees. 
Procurement fi-
nancing. 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary operating expenses of the Commission in carrying out 
the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, including the employ-
ment of aliens; rental in or near the District of Columbia only if no 
suitable Government-ow^ned space is available in such area as deter-
mined by the General Services Administration; services authorized 
by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a) ; mainte-
nance and operation of aircraft; publication and dissemination of 
atomic information; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms; 
purchase of newspapers and periodicals (not to exceed $5,000) ; offi-
cial entertainment expenses (not to exceed $5,000) ; not to exceed 
$3,070,000 for expenses of travel, including expenses of attendance at 
meetings of organizations concerned with the function or activity for 
w^hich this appropriation is made; reimbursement of the General Serv-
ices Administration for security guard services; not to exceed 
$38,202,000 for personal services; and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
$575,000,000, together wnth $481,400,000 to be transferred from prior 
year appropriations under the head "Plant and equipment," and the 
unexpended balances, as of June 30,1955, of prior year appropriations 
made available under this head to the Atomic Energy Commission: 
Provided^ That of such amounts $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: Pro-
vided 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 
transferred: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation 
shall be used in connection w'ith 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. 
Any appropriation availjible under this Act or heretofore made to 
the Atomic Energy Commission may initially be used subject to 
limitations in this Act during the fiscal year 1956 to finance the pro-
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355 
curenieiit of materials, services, or otlier costs which are a part of work 
or activities for which funds have been provided in any other ajjj^ro-
priation available to the Commission: Provided^ That appropriate 
transfers or adjustments between such ajjpropriations shall subse-
quently be made for such costs on the basis of actual application 
determined in accordance 
witli generally 
accepted 
accoiuiting 
principles. 
Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation under this head 
may be transferred to any other such appropriation, but no such appro-
priation 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 made to the Atomic Energy 
Commission shall be used to confer a fellowship on any person who 
advocates or who is a member of an organization or party that advo-
cates the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force 
or violence or with respect to whom the Commission finds, upon inves-
tigation 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 tliat advocates the overthrow of the Gov-
ernment of the United States by force or violence and accepts em|»loy-
ment or a fellowship the salary, wages, stipend, grant, or expenses for 
which are jjaid 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 hnv. 
TENNESSEE VALLEY AuTiioRrrr 
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Tennessee 
Valley Authority Act of 1983, as amended (16 U. S. C , ch. 12A), 
including hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, and purchase 
(not to exceed two hundred and eleven, for replacement only) and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $27,058,000, to remain available 
until expended, and to be available for the payment of obligations 
chargeable against prior appropriations: Provided^ That no funds 
appropriated for the Tennessee Valley Authority by this paragraph 
shall be used for the maintenance or operation of any aircraft for 
passenger service that is not specifically confined to the active opera-
tion of the official business of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and not 
to exceed $678,000 (exclusive of travel for work in connection with 
the construction of transmission lines, dams, and steam plants) of 
funds available to the Tennessee Valley Authority shall be used for 
expenses of travel: Provided further^ That no part of funds available 
for expenditure by this agency shall be used, directly or indirectly, 
to acquire a building for use as an administrative office of the Tennessee 
Valley Authority unless and until the Director of the Bureau of the 
Budget, following a study of the advisability of the proposed acqui-
sition, shall advise the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives and the Tennessee Valley Authority 
that the acquisition has his approval: Provided further^ That there 
shall be available for resource development activities pursuant to the 
Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1983, as amended, not to exceed 
$1,000,000, of which $400,000 shall be derived from this appropriation 
and $600,000 shall be derived from proceeds of operations of the 
Tennessee Valley Authority. 
T r a n s f e r of 
funds. 
FeUowships. 
D i s 1 o y a Ity re-
strictions. 
48 Stat. 58. 
16 u s e 831. 
Restrictions. 
R e s o u r c e 
veloptnent. 
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TITLE I I 
DEPARTMENT OF T H E INTERIOR 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION 
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 
58 Stat. 890. 
^g^^ ^^6 U. S. C. 82os), as applied to the southeastern power area, 
$1,160,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
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, $1,250,000. 
58 Stat. 890. 
CONTINUING FUND, SOUTHWESTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION 
Not to exceed $6,000,000 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. 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations, 
and appurtenant facilities, as authorized by law, to remain available 
until expended, $14,600,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of the Bonne-
ville transmission system and of marketing electric power and enersy, 
$6,600,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS 
Appropriations of the Bonneville Power Administration shall be 
available to carry out all the duties imposed upon the Administrator 
pursuant to law, including purchase of not to exceed ten passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only. 
Appropriations made herein 
to the Bonneville Power Administration shall be available in one fund, 
except that the appropriation herein made for operation and mainte-
nance 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. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
For carrying out the functions of the Bureau of Reclamation as 
43 use 371. 
provided in the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 
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357 
Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) 
and other Acts applicable to that Bureau, as follows: 
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS 
F'or engineering and economic investigations of proposed Federal 
reclamation projects and studies of water conservation and develop-
ment plans in each of the seventeen reclamation States and the Terri-
tory of Hawaii in their entirety; engineering and economic investi-
gations, as a basis for legislation, and for reports thereon to Congress, 
relating to projects for the development and utilization of the water 
resources of Alaska; formulating plans and preparing designs and 
specifications for authorized Federal reclamation projects or parts 
thereof prior to initial allocation of appropriations for construction 
of such projects or parts; and activities preliminary to the reconstruc-
tion, rehabilitation and betterment, financial adjustment, or extension 
of existing projects; to remain available until expended, $5,104,000: 
Provided^ That no part of this amount shall be used on investigation 
of the Blue South Platte project, of which $4,421,812 shall be derived 
from the reclamation fund and $532,188 shall be derived from the 
Colorado River development fund: Provided further^ 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, except as herein expressly provided with 
respect to investigations in Alaska, no part of this appropriation shall 
be expended in the conduct of activities which are not authorized by 
law. 
CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION 
For construction and rehabilitation of authorized reclamation proj-
ects or parts thereof (including power transmission facilities) and for 
other related activities, as authorized by law, to remain available until 
expended, $146,041,000, of which $69,287,000 shall be derived from the 
reclamation fund: Provided^ That sums made available for increasing 
spillway capacity at Alamogordo Dam, Carlsbad project. New Mexico, 
for the purpose of removing the existing flood hazard, be nonreim-
bursable and nonreturnable: Provided further^ That no part of tliis 
appropriation shall be available for other than the completion of field 
engineering, survey work, and preliminary designs of the Southwest 
Contra Costa County Water District System and no repayment con-
tract shall be executed or construction begun until plans have been 
submitted to and approved by the Congress through its legislative and 
appropriation procedures, after submission of a report to the Congress 
by the Secretary of the Interior (1) on the cost and feasibility of said 
project, including the necessary distribution system and (2) on the 
rates required to be charged to the ultimate consumers: Provided 
fur-
ther^ That no part of this appropriation 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 trans-
mission 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: Provided further^ That 
no part of this or prior appropriations shall be used for construction, 
nor for further commitments to construction of Moorhead Dam and 
Reservoir, Montana, or any feature thereof until a definite plan 
Reports. 
Blue South Platte 
project. 
Alamogordo Dam, 
Restrictions. 
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[69 STAT. 
report thereon has been completed, reviewed, by the States of Wyo-
ming and Montana, and approved by the Congress. 
OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
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, $24,750,000, of which 
$20,223,638 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $1,697,000 
shall be derived from the Colorado River dam fund, including (not-
withstanding the provisions of the First Deficiency Appropriation 
58 Stat. 157. 
Act, 1944, relating thereto) operation and maintenance of Palo Verde 
Weir: Provided^ That funds advanced for operation and maintenance 
of reclamation j)rojects 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 balances of such advances shall be credited to 
the appropriation for the next succeeding fiscal year. 
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, $3,600,000, to be derived 
from the reclamation fund and to be nonreimbursable pursuant to the 
59 Stat. 54. 
^ct of April 19, 1945 (43 U. S. C. 377): Provided, That no part of 
any other appropriation in this Act shall be available for activities 
or functions budgeted for the current fiscal year as general adminis-
trative expenses. 
EMERGENCY FUND 
62 Stat. 1052. 
For an additional amount for the emergency fund as authorized 
by the Act of June 26,1948 (43 XJ. S. C. 502), $500,000, to be derived 
from the reclamation fund, special fund, and to remain available 
until expended for the purposes specified in said Act. 
SPECIAL FUNDS 
Sums herein referred to as being derived from the reclamation fund, 
the Colorado River dam fund, or the Colorado River development 
fund, are appropriated from the special funds in the Treasury created 
II f
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by the Act of June 17,1902 (43 U. S. C. 391), the Act of December 21, 
54 ita!: m . 
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 Maintenance" and "Gen-
eral 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 two hundred forty-five passenger motor 
vehicles 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 Reclamation; uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
5 use 2131 note, j^ed by the Act of September 1,1954 (68 Stat. 1114) ; payment, except 
as otherwise provided for, of compensation and expense of persons 
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on the rolls of the Bureau of Reclamation appointed as authorized by 
law to represent the United States in the negotiation and administra-
tion of 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; performance of the functions specified under 
the head "Operation and Maintenance Administration", Bureau of 
Reclamation, in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1045; 
preparation and dissemination of useful information including record-
ings, photographs, and photographic prints; and studies of recrea-
tional uses of reservoir areas, and investigation and recovery of arche-
ological 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^ That no part of any appropriation made herein shall be 
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 pro-
vided 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 performance 
of reimbursable functions of the Bureau of Reclamation shall be 
returnable to the extent and in the manner provided b.y law. 
No part of any appropriation for the Bureau of Reclamation, con-
tained 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 prohibited by this 
paragraph shall be deemed a violation of section 3679 of the Revised 
Statutes, as amended (31U. 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 benefit of lands (a) within the bound-
aries of an irrigation district, (b) of any member of a water users' 
organization, or (c) of any individual, when such district, organiza-
tion, 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 construc-
tion allotment for any project from the appropriation "Construction 
and Rehabilitation" contained in this Act shall be available for con-
struction work by force account. 
58 Stat. 486. 
49 Stat. 666. 
59 Stat. 54. 
Missouri R i v e r 
Basin project. 
Restrictions. 
360 
E m p 1 o yment of 
aliens. 
At t e n d a n c e at 
meetings. 
E m e r g ency re-
construction. 
Fire prevention. 
O p e r a t i o n of 
warehouses, etc. 
47 Stat. 417. 
Budget and Fi-
nance Division. 
Director. 
Ante, p. 179. 
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GENEKAL PROVISIONS 
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SEC. '201. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, 
aliens may be employed during the current fiscal year in the field 
service of the Department for periods of not more than thirty days in 
cases of emergency caused by fire, flood, storm, act of God, or sabotage. 
SEC. 202. Appropriations in this title available for travel expenses 
shall be available for expenses of attendance of officers and employees 
at meetings or conventions of members of societies or associations con-
cerned with the work of the bureau or office for which the appropria-
tion concerned is made. 
SEC. 203. 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 buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment damaged 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. 
SEC. 204. 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 several 
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. 205. 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 IT. S. C. 686) : Provided, That reimbursements for cost of 
supplies, materials and equipment, and for services rendered may be 
credited to the appropriation current at the time such reimbursements 
are received. 
SEC. 206. The Secretary hereafter is authorized without regard to 
section 505 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, to place tlie 
position of Director, Division of Budget and Finance, in grade GS-17 
established by the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, so long as the 
position is held by the present incumbent. 
TITLP: III—CIVIL FUNCTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
ARMY 
CEMETERIAL 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 
one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only; maintenance of that 
portion of Congressional Cemetery to which the United States has 
title. Confederate burial places under the jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment of the Army, The Surrender Tree Site in Cuba, and graves used 
by the Army in commercial cemeteries; $6,000,000: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall not be used to repair more than a single approach 
road to any national cemetery: Provided further, That this appropria-
tion shall not be obligated for construction of a superintendent's lodge 
or family quarters at a cost per unit in excess of $14,000, 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 property within the same structure. 
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361 
RIVERS AND HARBORS AND FLOOD CONTROL 
The following appropriations shall be expended nnder 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 informa-
tion pertaining to river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, and 
related projects, and when authorized by law, preliminary examina-
tions, surveys and studies (including cooperative beach erosion studies 
as authorized in Public Law Numbered 520, Seventy-first Congress, 
approved July 3, 1930, as amended and supplemented), of projects 
prior to authorization for construction, to remain available until 
expended, $5,940,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be available for the 
study authorized by P. L. 71, Eighty-fourth Congress: Provided^ That 
of said total sum $180,000 shall be used for a comprehensive investi-
gation of the entire ALabama-Coosa River and a report of said survey. 
46 Stat. 918. 
33 USC426,465, 
5 6 9 a , 6 0 7 a ; 4 8 
u s e 1399. 
Hurricane 
s u r -
vey. 
Ante, p. 132. 
CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL 
For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control, shore pro-
tection, and related projects authorized by law; 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 commit-
ment of the (rovernment to construction) ; and not to exceed $900,000 
for transfer to the Secretary of the Interior for conservation of fish 
and wildlife as authorized by law; to remain available until expended, 
$401,173,000, of which $25,000 shall be available for the project at 
Playa del Rey Inlet and Harbor, Venice, California, authorized by the 
River and Harbor Act of 1954, and $68,000 shall be available for The 
Upper Iowa River Project: Provided^ That funds appropriated herein 
may at the discretion and under the direction of the Chief of Engi-
neers be used in payment to the accounts of the Confederated Tribes 
of the Yakima Reservation; the Confederated Tribes of the Warm 
Springs Reservation; the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reser-
vation ; or other recognized Indian tribes, and those individual Indians 
not enrolled in any recognized tribe, but who through domicile at or 
in the immediate vicinity of the reservoir and through custom and 
usage are found to have an equitable interest in the fishery, all of whose 
fishing rights and interests will be impaired by the Government inci-
dent to the construction, operation, or maintenance of The Dalles Dam, 
Columbia River, Washington and Oregon, and must be subordinated 
thereto by agreement or litigation: Provided 
furthers That not to 
exceed $210,000 of funds appropriated herein may be transferred to 
the Secretary of the Interior for relocation of those permanent resident 
Indian families in The Dalles project who were domiciled within 
the project area on May 17, 1950, and to acquire such lands as may 
be necessary therefor on the condition that the Secretary of the Interior 
transfer to the control of the Secretary of the Army for use in con-
nection with The Dalles Dam project, Oregon, an irregular shaped 
parcel of land containing in the aggregate approximately five and 
five-tenths acres located in lot 1 of section 17 and in lots 1 and 2 of 
section 20, township 2 north, range 15 east, Willamette meridian, 
Oregon, being a portion of the land previously transferred to the 
68 Stat. 1242. 
The Dalles Dani, 
Colutrdbia River. 
Payment t o I n -
dians . 
R e 
fluids. l o c a t i o n 
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Small projects. 
Lewis and Clark 
Irrigation District. 
Bu f o r d-Trenton 
Irrigation District. 
Port of Tacoma. 
Reimbursement. 
Secretary of the Interior by the Secretary of the Army pursuant to 
the Act aj)proved February 9, 1929 (45 Stat. 1158). Title to the 
lands acquired by the Secretary of the Interior for the above stated 
purpose shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for 
the individual Indian for whose benefit it is acquired; any such trust 
may be terminated by the Secretary of the Interior by conveyance 
of a fee simple title to the Indian or his heirs or devisees, without 
application therefor, when in the judgment of the Secretary of the 
Interior the Indian or his heirs or devisees are capable of managing 
their own affairs. 
In carrying out such relocations, the Secretary 
of the Interior may enter into a contract or contracts with any State 
or political subdivision thereof: Provided further^ That not to exceed 
$4,500,000 of the funds provided herein shall be available for the 
construction of small authorized projects selected by the Secretary 
of the Army the cost of which is not in excess of $150,000 and any 
such project shall be completed within the funds herein appropri-
ated: Provided further^ That in lieu of protecting the Lewis and 
Clark Irrigation District, not to exceed $2,050,000 of the funds 
herein or hereafter appropriated for the Garrison Dam and Reser-
voir project on the Missouri River shall be available for the pur-
chase of lands and improvements in the Lewis and Clark Irriga-
tion District, and not to exceed $1,196,000 shall be available for the 
relocation of highways and utilities therein: Provided^ hoivever^ That 
the substitution of land acquisition for protection shall not be made 
unless two-thirds of the landowners, on or before December 31, 1955, 
have offered to sell their property on agreeable terms, and which are 
within the proportion of the total amount provided for such land 
acquisition: Provided 
further^ That in lieu of protecting the East 
Bottom of the Buford-Trenton Irrigation District, not to exceed 
$1,750,000 of the funds herein or hereafter appropriated for the Garri-
son Dam and Reservoir project on the Missouri River shall be avail-
able for the purchase of lands and improvements in and contiguous to 
the Buford-Trenton Irrigation District, and not to exceed $2,000,000 
shall be available to the Corps of Engineers for protection of the 
intake structure of the pumping plant in Zero Bottom and for the 
construction of bank protection to prevent erosion in the Missouri 
River adjacent to the Buford-Trenton irrigation project: Provided^ 
hoioever^ That the substitution of land acquisition for protection shall 
not be made unless two-thirds of the landowners on or before December 
31, 1955, have offered to sell their property on agreeable terms, and 
which are within the proportion of the total amount provided for such 
land acquisition: Provided further^ That in the event land acquisition 
is undertaken in lieu of protection of the East Bottom, that in recog-
nition of the increased per acre annual operation and maintenance 
cost of the remaining lands in the Buford-Trenton Irrigation District 
the construction charge obligation as set forth in a proposed contract 
between the United States and Buford-Trenton Irrigation District, 
approved as to form February 23, 1955, assignable to such remaining 
lands shall be nonreimbursable, and the Secretary of the Interior is 
authorized and directed to transfer operation and maintenance respon-
sibility for project works constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation 
for the benefit of the Buford-Trenton Irrigation District to such dis-
trict : Provided further^ That funds herein appropriated shall be avail-
able to the Secretary of the Army to reimburse the port of Tacoma 
for such work as they may have done within the limits of the Federal 
portion of the Tacoma Harbor project, over and above the work 
required as a part of the local cooperation for the project, insofar 
as the same shall be approved by the Chief of Engineers and found 
to have been done in accordance with the authorized modification 
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363 
adopted in the 1954 River and Harbor Act: Provided further^ Tliat 
es stat. 1253. 
such payment shall not exceed the sum of $378,216: Provided 
further^ 
That the Corps of Engineers may accept not to exceed $3,000,000 from xex'"''^ Bayou, 
local interests for prosecution of construction of the authorized project 
at Brays Bayou, Harris County, Texas, and not to exceed $190,000 bo?vm.^°^ "^'' 
for construction of the authorized project at (jreen Bay Harbor, 
Wisconsin: Provided further^ That funds herein appropriated shall 
be available for expenditure, in addition to funds heretofore made g Daif°°'* ^°''*' 
available for the Oahe, Gavins Point, and Fort Randall Dams and 
Reservoir projects on the Missouri River, shall be available to coop-
erate with the State of South Dakota in restoring a reasonable water 
level to a portion of McCook Lake, Union County, South Dakota, 
which water level has been impaired and surrounding residential 
properties damaged by the reduced flow of the Missouri River due 
to the construction of the Oahe, Fort Randall, and Gavins Point Dam 
projects: Provided further^ That the cost to the United States shall 
not exceed $150,000: Provided further^ That the State or local agen-
cies shall contribute an equal amount to the cost of the restoration 
works which restoration shall be accomplished by agreement between 
the Game, Fish, and Parks Commission of the State of South Dakota 
and the Secretary of the Army acting through the Corps of Engineers. 
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; surveys and charting of northern and north-
western lakes and connecting waters; clearing and straightening chan-
nels; removal of obstructions to navigation; rescue work, and repair, 
restoration, or maintenance of flood control projects threatened or 
destroyed by flood; and not to exceed $1,000,()00 for transfer to the 
Secretary of the Interior for conservation of fish and wildlife as 
authorized by law; to remain available until expended, $83,030,000. 
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, the Beach Erosion Board, and the California Debris Commis-
sion ; administration of laws pertaining to preservation of navigable 
waters; commercial statistics; and miscellaneous investigations; 
$9,300,000. 
FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for prosecuting Avork of flood control, and 
rescue work, repair, restoration or maintenance of flood control projects 
threatened or destroyed by flood, as authorized by law (33 U. S. C. 
702a, 702g-l), to remain available until expended, $51,962,500. 
^^45 st^at.^ 534; 49 
NIAGARA REMEDIAL WORKS 
For financing a part of the United States share of the cost of 
remedial works in the Niagara River, to be undertaken in accordance 
w^ith article I I of the treaty between the United States of America 
^ "^T 696. 
and Canada, ratified by the United States Senate on August 9, 1950, 
to remain available until expended, $2,400,000. 
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3 C F R , 
1 9 5 3 
Supp., p. 114. 
60 Stat. 810. 
UNITED STATES SECTION, SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER JOINT BOARD OF 
ENGINEERS 
For necessary expenses of the United States section of the Saint 
Lawrence River Joint Board of Engineers, established by Executive 
Order 10500, dated November 4,195B, including services as authorized 
by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 IT. S. C. 55a), at rates 
not to exceed $100 per day for individuals; $150,000: Provided^ That 
no part of these funds shall be obligated until agreement has been 
entered into, by the United States Government and the United States 
entity authorized to construct the power works in the International 
Rapids section of the Saint Lawrence River, providing for the reim-
bursement of the expenditures of the United States section of this 
Board by the construction entity. 
5 u s e 2131 note. 
C h i e f of P r o -
grams Branch. 
Ante, p. 179. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations in this title shall be available for expenses of attend-
ance at meetings of organizations concerned with the work for which 
the appropriation is made, for uniforms, or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1114), as 
amended, and for printing, either during a recess or session of Con-
gress, 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 Engi-
neers, shall be available for purchase (not to exceed two hundred and 
fifty for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
The Chief of Engineers hereafter is authorized without regard to 
section 505 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, to place the 
position of Chief of the Programs Branch, Office of the Assistant 
Chief of Engineers for Civil Works, in the grade GS-17 established 
by the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, so long as the position 
is held by the present incumbent. 
TITLE IV 
Strikes or over-
throw of Govern-
ment. 
Affidavit. 
Penalty. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, or of 
the funds made available for expenditure by any corporation included 
in this Act, shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who 
engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who 
is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts 
the right to strike against the Government of the United States, or who 
advocates, or who is a member of an organization that advocates, the 
overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence: 
Provided^ That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered 
prima facie evidence that the person making the affidavit has not 
contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike against 
the Government of the United States, is not a member of an organiza-
tion of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against 
the Government of the United States or that such person does not 
advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the 
overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or vio-
lence: Provided further^ That any person who engages in a strike 
against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an 
organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike 
against the Government of the United States, or who advocates, or 
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who is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of 
the Government of the United States by force or violence and accepts 
employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appro-
priation or fmid contained in this Act 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 
penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any 
other provisions of existing law. 
SEC. 402. This Act may be cited as the "Public Works Appropriation 
Act, 1956". 
Approved July 15, 1D55. 
Short title. 
Public Law 164 
CHAPTER 371 
AN ACT 
To modify the project for the Denison Reservoir on Red River in Texas and 
Oklahoma in order to provide for a highway bridge across Lake Texouia. 
July 15,1955 
[S. 1318] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the project 
for the Denison Reservoir on Red River in Texas and Oklahoma, as 
authorized in the Act of June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1215), is hereby 
modified in order to provide for a highway bridge across Lake Texoma, 
at or near the Willis site, to replace the crossing of Texas State High-
way Numbered 91 and Oklahoma State Highway Numbered 99. Such 
bridge shall be constructed under the direction of the Secretary of 
the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, in accordance 
with such plans as may be recommended by the Chief of Engineers, 
SEC. 2. The construction of such bridge shall be subject to the con-
dition that the States of Texas and Oklahoma shall each contribute 
the sum of $606,000 toward the cost of such bridge. 
Approved July 15, 1955. 
Bridge, 
L a k e 
Texoma, 
Tex.-Okla, 
Public Law 165 
CHAPTER 372 
AN ACT 
To provide rewards for information concerning the illegal introduction into the 
United States, or the illegal manufacture or acquisition in the United States, 
of special nuclear material and atomic weapons. 
July 15,1955 
[S. 609] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled. That this Act may 
be cited as the "Atomic Weapons Rewards Act of 1955". 
SEC. 2. Any person who furnishes original information to the United 
States— 
(a) leading to the finding or other acquisition by the United 
States of any special nuclear material or atomic weapon which has 
been introduced into the LTnited States, or which has been manu-
factured or acquired therein contrary to the laws of the United 
States, or 
(b) with respect to an attempted introduction into the United 
States or an attempted manufacture or acquisition therein of any 
special nuclear material or atomic weapon, contrary to the laws 
of the United States, 
shall be rewarded by the payment of an amount not to exceed $500,000. 
SEC. 3. An Awards Board consisting of the Secretary of the Treasury 
(who shall be the Chairman), the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney 
Atomic Weapons 
R e w a r d s Act of 
1955. 
Awards Board. 
Establishment.