Joint resolution making supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense for the repair and replacement of facilities on Guam damaged or destroyed by Typhoon Pamela, and for other purposes.
PL 94-438 (H.J.Res.1096), enacted 09/30/1976

PUBLIC LAW 94-438—SEPT. 30, 1976 
90 STAT. 1415 
Public Law 94-438 
94th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Making supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
repair and replacement of facilities on Guam damaged or destroyed by Typhoon 
Pamela, and for other purposes. 
Resolved 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 period ending September 30,1976, the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1977, and for other purposes, namely: 
DEPAKTMENT OF DEFENSE, MILITARY 
RESTORATION OF FACILITIES ON GUAM, DEFENSE 
For replacement, repair, and restoration of supplies, equipment, 
and facilities on Guam, for the period ending September 30, 1976, 
$122,033,000, and in addition, $30,900,000, of which $20,861,000 shall 
be derived by transfer from "Military Personnel, Navy, 1976", 
$3,700,000 shall be derived by transfer from "Military Personnel, 
Army, 1976" and $6,339,000 shall be derived by transfer from "Mili-
tary Personnel, Air Force, 1976", to be immediately available, to be 
transferred as follows : 
"Operation and maintenance. Navy," $19,960,000; 
"Operation and maintenance, Air Force," $10,940,000; 
"Military construction, Navv," $65,699,000; 
"Military construction. Air Force," $25,843,000; 
"Family housing. Defense," $30,491,000, to be obligated and 
expended in the Family Housing Management Account established 
pursuant to section 501(a) of Public Law 87-554, in not to exceed the 
following amounts; 
For the Navy and Marine Corps: Construction, $12,250,000; 
For the Air Force: Construction, $18,241,000; 
Provided^ That amounts provided for construction shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further^ That amounts provided for 
operation and maintenance shall be transferred, in whole or in part, 
to the designated appropriations which are available for obligation 
through September 30, 1976, or, to the extent obligations cannot be 
incurred as of September 30, 1976, for the purpose of this resolution, 
to fiscal year 1977 successor appropriations, to be merged with and to 
be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the 
appropriation to which transferred. 
Sept. 30. 1976 
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Supplemental 
appropriation, 
1977. 
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90 STAT. 1416 
PUBLIC LAW 94-438—SEPT. 30, 1976 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION 
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For an additional amount for "Construction and Rehabilitation," 
for the fiscal year 1977, $200,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided^ That this aaditional amount may be made avail-
able without reimbursement: Provided further^ That this appropria-
tion is for the payment of claims for damages to or loss of propeity, 
personal injury, or death proximately resulting from the failure on 
June 5,1976, of the Teton River Dam, in accordance with Public Law 
Anxe, p. 1211. 
94-400 and such rules and regulations of the Secretary of the Interior 
as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of administering such 
claims and of determining the amounts to be allowed pursuant to this 
appropriation and the persons entitled to receive the same: Provided 
further^ That nothing herein shall be construed to impose any liability 
on the United States or to allow for payment of claims that are paid 
or payable from any other source, public or private. 
DEPARTMENT OF 
THE TREASURY 
CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS 
For payment of claims settled and determined by departments and 
agencies in accord with law and judgments rendered against the 
United States by the United States Court of Claims and United States 
district courts, as set forth in House Document Numbered 94—603, 
Ninety-fourth Congress, $46,951,838, together with such amounts as 
may be necessary to pay interest (as and when specified in such judg-
ments or provided by law) and such additional sums due to increases 
in rates of exchange as may be necessary to pay claims in foreign cur-
rency: Provided^ That no judgment herein appropriated for shall be 
paid until it shall become final and conclusive against the United 
States by failure of the parties to appeal or otherwise: Provided 
further^ That, unless otherwise specifically required by law or by 
judgment, payment of interest wherever appropriated for herein shall 
not continue for more than thirty days after the date of approval of 
the Act. 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For an additional amount for "Payment to the Postal Service 
Fund" for fiscal year 1976 and for the period July 1, 1976, through 
September 30, 1976, $500,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REFUNDS UNDER RENEGOTIATION ACT 
For necessary expenses to carry out Section 201(f) of the Renego-
tiation Act of 1951 (50 U.S.C. App. 1231 (f)), for the fiscal year 1977, 
$1,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
PUBLIC LAW 94-438—SEPT. 30, 1976 
90 STAT. 1417 
EXPENSES, PRESIDENTIAL 
TRANSITION 
For an additional amount to carry out the provisions of the Presi-
dential Transition Act of 1963, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102, Note), 
$2,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 1977. 
Approved September 30, 1976. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 94-1603 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 94-1717 (Coram. 
on Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 94-1301 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976): 
Sept. 21, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 28, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Sept. 30, House and Senate agreed to conference report and resolved amend-
ments in disagreement.