An Act making appropriations for public works for water, pollution control, and power development, including the Corps of Engineers-Civil, the Panama Canal, the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, the Bureau of Reclamation, power agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Atomic Energy Commission, and related independent agencies and commissions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and for other purposes
PL 91-144 (H.R.14159), enacted 12/11/1969

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(2) Sections 3 and 4 of the National Capital Transportation Act 
of 1965 (Public Law 89-173; 79 Stat. 664-665). 
(b) Section 5(a) of the National Capital Transportation Act of 
1965 is amended by striking out "authorized in section 3 hereof" and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: "of the Adopted Regional 
System (as defined in section 2(1) of the National Capital Transpor-
tation Act of 1969)". 
Approved December 9, 1969. 
40 u s e 682, 
683. 
79 Stat. 665. 
40 u s e 684. 
Public Law 91-144 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for public works for water, pollution control, and power 
development, including the Corps of Engineers—Civil, the Panama Canal, the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, the Bureau of Reclamation, 
power agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Tennessee Valley 
Authority, the Atomic Energy Commission, and related independent agencies 
and commissions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of tlie 
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, 1970, for public 
works for water, pollution control, and power development, including 
the Corps of Engineers—Civil, the Panama Canal, the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Administration, the Bureau of Reclamation, power 
agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Tennessee Valley 
Authority, the Atomic Energy Commission, and related independent 
agencies and commissions, and for other purposes, namely: 
December 11, 1969 
[H.R. 14159] 
Public Works 
for Water, Pollu-
tion Control, and 
Power Develop-
ment and Atomic 
Energy Commis-
sion Appropria-
tion Act, 1970. 
TITLE I—ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 
OPKRATINO EXPENSES 
For necessary operating- expenses of the Commission in carrying out 
the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, including 
the employment of aliens; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; publication and dissemina-
tion of atomic information; purchase, repair and cleaning of uni-
forms; official entertaiimient expenses (not to exceed $30,000) ; reim-
bursement of tiie General Services Administration for security guard 
passenger motor vehicles; $1,862,269,000 and any 
services: hire of 
monej^s (except sums received from disposal of property under the 
Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
2301)) received by the Commission, notwithstanding the provisions 
of section 3617 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 484), to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of such amount $100,000 
68 Stat. 919. 
42 u s e 2011 
note. 
80 Stat. 416. 
69 Stat. 471. 
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Transfer of 
funds; report to 
congressional 
committees. 
Restriction on 
fellowships. 
Penalty. 
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 expendi-
ture and that it is deemed inadv'isable to specify the nature thereof 
sliall 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 nnide 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 wliich 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 contractoi's engaged under a 
cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract or contracts at any installation of the 
Commission, where that fee for comnnmity management is at a rate 
in excess of $90,000 j>er annum, or for the operation of a transportation 
system where that fee is at a rate in excess of $45,000 per annum. 
PLANT AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT 
For expenses of the Commission, as authorized by law, in connec-
tion W'ith 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 prop-
erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
expansion; purchase of not to exceed five hundred and thirty for 
replacement only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase 
(one) and hire of aircraft; $355,500,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 per centum of appropriations made avail-
able for the current fiscal year for '"Operating expenses" and "Plant 
and capital equipment" may be transferred between such appropria-
tions, 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 I
D
C reported promptly to the 
Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate. 
SEC. 102. 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 Government 
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 advo-
cates the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force 
or violence and accepts employment or a fellowship the salary, wages, 
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325 
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 
m addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of 
existing law. 
TITLE 
II—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT or THE ARMY 
CORPS or ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under the direction 
of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of 
Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of the 
Army pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, 
and related purposes: 
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses necessary for the collection and study of basic infor-
mation pertaining to river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, 
and related projects, and when authorized by law, surveys and studies 
of projects prior to authorization for construction, $41,191,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided^ That $625,000 of this 
appropriation shall be transferred to the Bureau of Sport Fisheries 
and Wildlife 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- 
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sideration and be coordinated with other features of water-resource 
development programs of the Department of the Army. 
CON STRUCTION, GENERAL 
For the ])rosecution of river and harbor, flood control, shore protec-
tion, and related projects authorized by law; and detailed studies, 
and plans and specifications, of projects (including those for 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) : $711,992,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided^ That no part of this appro-
priation shall Ixi used for projects not authorized by law or Avhich 
are authorized by law limiting the amount to be appropriated therefor, 
except as may be within the limits of the amount now or hereafter 
note. 
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[83 STAT. 
authorized to be ai)pro})riated: Provided further^ That in connection 
with the rehabilitation of tlie Snake Creek Embankment of the Garri-
S(m Dam and Reservoir Project, North Dakota, the Corps of En<^ineers 
is authorized to participate with the State of North Dakota to the 
extent of one-half the cost of w-idening the present embankment to 
provide a four-lane ri<^ht-of-way for U.S. Highway 88 in lieu of the 
present two-lane highway : Provided further^ That funds appropriated 
for the Robert S. Kerr Lock and Dam, Oklahoma, shall be available 
to provide a 9-foot deep auxiliary navigation channel and 1,000-foot-
long turning basin along Sans Bois Creek, with appropriate widths 
and an overall length of approximately ten miles: Provided 
further^ 
That $600,000 of this appropriation shall be transferred to the Bureau 
of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife for studies, investigations, and repoi-ts 
thereon as required by the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 
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1958 (72 Stat. 563-565) to provide that wildlife conservation shall 
receive equal consideration and be coordinated with other features 
of water-resource development programs of the Department of the 
Army. 
FI^OOD ("ONTItOI., MISSISSIPPI IJIVKR AND TRIBI TARIES 
For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood control, and 
rescue work, repair, restoration, or maintenance of flood control proj-
ects threatened or destroyed by flood, as authorized by law (33 U.S.C. 
45 Stat. 534; 
7{)2a, T02g-1), $80,820,000, to remain available until expended, includ-
ing funds for completion of the construction of road crossings of 
the Panola-Quitman Floodway at Crowder and Paducah AVells, 
Mississippi. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the preservation, operation, maintenance, 
and care of existing river and harbor, flood control, and related works, 
including such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance of harbor 
channels provided by a State, municipality or other public agency, 
outside of harbor lines, and serving essential needs of general com-
merce and navigation; activities of the California Debris Commission; 
administration of laws pertaining to preservation of navigable waters; 
surveys and charting of northern and northwestern lakes and connect-
ing Avatei-s; clearing and straightening channels; and removal of 
obstructions to navigation: $253,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary for emergency flood control, hurricane and 
shore protection activities, as authorized by section 5 of the Flood 
76 Stat. 1194. 
Coutrol Act, appi'oved August 18, 1941, as amended, $32,000,000, to 
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remain available until expended. 
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GENERAL EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for general administration and, related 
functions in the Office of the Chief of Engineers and offices of the Divi-
sion Engineers; activities of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and 
Harbors and the Coastal Engineering Research Center; commercial 
statistics; and miscellaneous investigations; $22,680,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS 
Appropriations in this title shall be available for expenses of attend-
ance by military personnel at meetings in the manner authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 4110, uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 
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law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), and for printing, either during a recess 81^513^*206°^" 
or session of Congress, of survey reports authorized by law, and such 
survey reports as may be printed during a recess of Congress shall b** 
printed, with illustrations, as documents of the next succeeding session 
of Congress; and during the current fiscal year the revolving fund. 
Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase (not to exceed one 
hundred and eighty-eight for replacement only) and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles: Provided, That the total capital of said fund shall not 
exceed $176,500,000. 
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 
seven passenger motor vehicles 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, and graves used by the Army in commercial ceme-
teries, to remain available until expended, $15,125,000, together with 
$991,000 to be derived by transfer from the appropriation "Cemeterial 
Expenses" contained in the Public Works and Atomic Energy Com-
mission Appropriation Act, 1968: 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 limita-
tion 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: Provided 
further, 
That reimbursement shall be made to the applicable military appro-
priation for the pay and allowances of any military personnel per-
forming services primarily for the purposes of this appropriation. 
T H E PANAMA CANAL 
CANAL ZONE GOVERNMENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For operating expenses necessary for the Canal Zone Government, 
including operation of the Postal Service of the Canal Zone; hire 1 of 
passenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902) ; expenses incident to conducting 
hearings on the Isthmus; expenses of special training of employees of 
the Canal Zone Government as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101-4118; con- 
so stat. 432-
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439. 
81 Stat. 471. 
74 Stat. 827. 
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[83 STAT. 
tingencies of the Governor, residence for the Governor; medical aid 
and support of the insane and of lepers and aid and support of indi-
gent persons legally within the Canal Zone, including exi>enses of their 
deportation when practicable; and maintaining and altering facilities 
of other Government agencies in the Canal Zone for Canal Zone Gov-
ernment use, $40,700,000. 
CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For acquisition of land and land under w^ater and acquisition, con-
struction, and replacement of improvements, facilities, structures, and 
equipment, as authorized by law (2 C.Z. Code, Sec. 2; 2 C.Z. Code, 
7
6
A Stat. 7, 26. g^c 371), includiug the purchase of not to exceed twelve passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only, for police-type use which may 
exceed by $300 each the general purchase price limitation for the 
current fiscal year; improving facilities of other Government agencies 
in the Canal Zone for Canal Zone Government use; and expenses inci-
dent to the retirement of such assets; $2,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided^ That notwithstanding the limitation under 
this head in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1961, appro-
priations for "capital 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 
COKPORATION 
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 programs set 
forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation, 
including maintaining and improving facilities of other Government 
agencies m the Canal Zone for Panama Canal Company use. 
L I M I T A T I O N O N GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $14,700,000 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 opera-
tion of tourist vessels and guide services, which shall be computed on 
an accrual basis. Funds available to the Panama Canal Company for 
operating expenses shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 
twenty-eight passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, including 
eighteen light sedans at not to exceed $2,000 and five station wagons 
at not to exceed $2,450, and for uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902). 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THE PANAMA CANAL 
61 Stat. 
584. 
80 Stat. 
508; 
!1 Stat. 
206. 
The Governor of the Canal Zone is authorized to employ services 
80 Stat. 416. 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, in an amount not exceeding $30,000: 
Provided^ That the rates for individuals shall not exceed $100 per diem. 
Funds appropriated for operating expenses of the Canal Zone Gov-
ernment may be apportioned notwithstanding section 3679 of the 
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329 
Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S:C. 665), to the extent necessary 
to permit payment of such pay increases for officers or employees as 
may be authorized by administrative action pursuant to law which are 
not in excess of statutory increases granted for the same period in 
corresponding rates of compensation for other employees of the Gov-
ernment in comparable positions. 
TITLE 
III—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
THE 
INTERIOR 
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ADMINISTRATION 
POLLUTION CONTROL OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
70 Stat. 498; 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, as amended, and other related activities, including 7/statr*90*3. 
$9,400,000 for grants to States and $600,000 for grants to interstate 
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agencies under section 7 of such Act, $86,382,000, to remain available ""'VxTor- ^^A , 
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until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION GRANTS FOR WASTE TREATMENT 
WORKS 
For grants for construction of waste treatment works pursuant to 
section 8 of the Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, to remain 
so stat. 1248. 
available until expended, $800,000,000. 
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BUREAU or 
RECLAMATION 
For carrying out the functions of the Bureau of Reclamation as pro-
vided in the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 
388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) and 
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other Acts applicable to that Bureau, as follows: 
GENERAL 
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, to remain available until expended, $16,030,000, of which 
$14,930,000 shall be derived from the reclamation 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 $375,000 of this appropria-
tion shall be transferred to the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wild-
life for studies, investigations, and reports thereon as required by 
the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 563-565) _\l use 661 
to provide that wildlife conservation shall receive equal considera-
tion 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 proj-
ects or parts thereof (including j)ower transmission facilities) and for 
other related activities, as authorized by law, to remain available until 
expended, $149,381,500, of which $115,000,000 shall be derived from 
the reclamation fund: Provided, That no part of this appropriation 
shall be used to initiate the construction of transmission facilities 
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[83 STAT. 
within those areas covered by power wheeling service contracts which 
include provision for service to Federal establishments and preferred 
customers, except those transmission facilities for which construction 
funds have been heretofore appropriated, those facilities which are 
necessary to carry out the terms of such contracts or those facilities for 
which the Secretary of the Interior finds the wheeling agency is unable 
or unwilling to provide for the integration of Federal projects or for 
service to a Federal establishment or preferred customer: Provided 
further. That the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain for 
the San Luis unit shall not be determined until development by the 
Secretary of the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which 
shall conform with the water quality standards of the State of Cali-
fornia as approved by the Secretary of the Interior, to minimize any 
detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters: Provided 
further^ 
That not to exceed $200,000 of this appropriation shall be available 
for replacement of cast-in-place concrete pipe in the South Gila Unit, 
Yuma Mesa Division, Gila Project, Arizona, which shall be nonreim-
bursable : Provided further^ That the contract between the Westlands 
Water District and the United States dated June 5, 1963, may be 
amended to provide for the advancement of funds by the District pur-
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suant to the Act of March 4, 1921 (41 Stat. 1404), to aid in the con-
struction of the distribution and drainage system for the District, and 
the repayment of reimbursable costs of the Central Valley Project 
shall be credited annually in an amount equal to any reduction of 
water charges as provided by the amended contract: Provided 
further^ 
That of the amount herein appropriated not to exceed $10,000 shall be 
available to initiate a rehabilitation and betterment program in the 
Shasta View Irrigation District, Klamath Project, Oregon, under the 
43 use 504 and ^^^t of Octobcr 7, 1949 (63 Stat. Y24), as amended, to be repaid in full 
under conditions satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior. 
note 
UPPER COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT 
For the Upper Colorado River Storage Project, as authorized by the 
70 Stat. 107. 
Act of April 11, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 620d), to remain available until 
expended, $28,240,000, of which $25,740,000 shall be available for the 
"Upper Colorado Eiver Basin Fund", authorized by section 5 of said 
Act of April 11,1956, and $2,500,000 shall be available for construction, 
operation and maintenance of recreational and fish and wildlife facili-
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|.jgg authorized by section 8 thereof, and may be expended by bureaus 
of the Department through or in cooperation with State or other 
Federal agencies, and advances to such Federal agencies are hereby 
authorized: Provided^ 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. 
COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT 
For advances to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development 
Fund, as authorized by section 403 of the Act of September 30, 1968 
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^g2 gtat. 894), for the construction, operation, and maintenance of 
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projects authorized by Title I I I of said act, $1,200,000, to remain 
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available until expended. 
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 
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331 
Bureau of Reclamation, pursuant to law, $53,500,000, of which 
$42,190,000 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $1,935,000 
shall be derived from the Colorado River Dam fund: Provided^ 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 be 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 con-
struction 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- 
69 stat. 244. 
422k), as amended, including expenses necessary for carrving out the 
7o stat. 1044. 
program, $5,650,000, 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 mak- 
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ing 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 sec-
tion 12 of the Act of August 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1197). 
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EMERGENCY 
FUND 
For an additional amount for the "Emergency fund", as authorized 
by the Act of June 26, 1948 (43 U.S.C. 502), to remain available until 
^2 stat. 1052. 
expended for the purposes specified in said Act, $1,000,000, to be 
derived from the reclamation fund. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE 
EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of general administration and related func-
tions in the offices of the Commissioner of Reclamation and in the 
iregional offices of the Bureau of Reclamation, $12,700,000, 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 
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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 
22 stat. 388. 
December 21, 1928 (43 U.S.C. 6l7a), and the Act of July 19, 1940 
45 stat. 1057. 
(43 U.S.C. 618a), respectively. Such sums shall be transferred, upon 
54 stat. 774. 
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 Mainte-
nance" and "General Administrative Expenses" shall revert and be 
credited to the special fund from which derived. 
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[83 STAT. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations to tlie Bureau of Eeclamation shall be available for 
purchase of not to exceed forty passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only; purchase of one aircraft; payment of claims for damage 
to or loss of property, personal injury, or death arising out of activities 
of the Bureau of Reclamation; payment, except as otherwise provided 
for, of compensation and expenses of persons on the rolls of the Bureau 
of Eeclamation appointed as authorized by law to represent the United 
States in the negotiation and administration of interstate compacts 
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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 Interior 
58 Stat. 487. 
Department Appropriation Act, 1945; preparation and dissemination 
of useful information including recordings, photographs, and photo-
graphic prints; and studies of recreational uses of reservoir areas, 
and investigation and recovery of archeological and paleontological 
remains in such areas in the same manner as provided for in the Act of 
49 Stat. 666. 
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 
59 Stat. 54. 
j^^^'il 
19,1945 (43 U.S.C. 377), for expenses other than those incurred 
on behalf of specific reclamation projects except "General Adminis-
trative Expenses" and amounts provided for reconnaissance, basin 
surveys, and general engineering and research under the head "Gen-
eral 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 by law : Provided, 
That net revenues of not to exceed $50,000 arising from the lease of 
grazing and agricultural lands within the Tule Lake and Lower 
Klamath Lake Divisions, as determined by the Secretary, may be 
credited to the cost heretofore and hereafter incurred for the Klamath 
project water rights program, notwithstanding the provisions of 
section 2(c) of the Act of June 17, 1944, and sections 2(a), 2(b), and 
7o^stat^'799^^' 
2 (c) of the Act of August 1,1956. 
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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 i^aragraph shall be deemed a violation of section 3679 of the 
Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665). 
No funds appropriated to the Bureau of Reclamation for opera-
tion and maintenance, except those derived from advances by water 
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333 
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 
lleclamation. 
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 Kiver Basin unit and then only when such 
Avork 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 
tlie construction allotment for any project from the appropriation 
"Construction and rehabilitation" contained in this Act shall be 
available for construction work by force account: Provided^ That 
this paragraph shall not apply to work performed under the 
Eehabilitation and Betterment Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 724). 
^3 use 504 and 
note. 
ALASKA POWER ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS 
For engineering and economic investigations to promote the devel-
opment and utilization of the water, power and related resources 
of Alaska, $600,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ 
That $54,000 of this appropriation shall be transferred to the Bureau 
of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife for studies, investigations, and 
reports thereon, as required by the Fish and Wildlife Coordination 
Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 563-565). 
i^ use 661 
note. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANC E 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of projects in 
Alaska and of marketing electric power and energy, $400,000. 
I^ONNEVILLE P o W E R 
ADMINISTRATION 
(CONSTRUCTION 
For construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations, 
and appurtenant facilities, as authorized by law, and purchase of two 
aircraft, of which one shall be for replacement only, $96,500,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided^ That not more than 
$100,000 of the funds appropriated herein shall be available for pre-
liminary engineering required by the Bonneville Power Administra-
tion in connection with the proposed agreements with the Portland 
General Electric Company and the Eugene Water and Electric Board 
to acquire from preference customers and pay by net billing for gener-
ating capability from non-federally financed thermal generating plants 
in the manner described in the committee report. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of the Bonne-
ville transmission svstem and of marketing electric power and enerffv, 
$21,500,000. 
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[83 STAT. 
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 appro-
priation 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 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power trans-
mission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy pursuant 
to the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 
58 Stat. 890. 
U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southeastern power area, $700,000. 
SOTJTHWESTERN P o W E R 
ADMINISTRATION 
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 Con-
trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southwestern 
power area, $3,100,000, 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 three passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only, $2,350,000. 
CONTINUING FUND 
Not to exceed $2,800,000 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 trans-
mission facilities. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS-—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
Emergency re- 
g^o. 301. AppTopriations In this title shall be available for expendi-
fur^ds^''*'"" 
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 
83 STAT. ] 
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335 
until funds specifically made available to the Department of the 
Interior for emergencies shall have been exhausted. 
SEC. 302. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer 
^"^ prevention. 
(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. 303. Appropriations in this title shall be available for opera- 
operation o
f 
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warehouses, etc. 
tion ot warehouses, garages, shops, and similar lacilities, wherever 
consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or economy, 
and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services rendered 
to any otlier activity in the same manner as authorized by the Act 
of June 30, 1932 (31 U.S.C. 686) : Provided, That reimbursements 
^^ stat. 4i7. 
for costs of supplies, materials, and equipment, and for services 
rendered may be credited to the appropriation current at the time 
such reimbursements are received. 
SEC. 304. No part of any funds made available by this Act to the Power^Admlnistra-
Southwestern Power Administration may be made available to tion. 
any other agency, bureau, or office for any purposes other than 
for services rendered pursuant to law to the Southwestern Power 
Administration. 
TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
ATLANTIC-PACIFIC INIT.ROCEANIC CANAL STUDY COMMISSION 
SALARIES A N D EIXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for an investigation and study, including 
surveys, to determine the feasibility of, and the most suitable site for 
construction of a sea-level canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific 
Oceans: not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $917,000, to remain available until expended. 
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to cavrj out the functions of the United 
States member of the Delaware River Basin Commission, as author-
ized by law (75 Stat. 716), $47,000. 
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), $153,000. 
INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN 
CONTRIBUTION TO INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN 
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay in advance to the 
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin the Federal con-
tribution toward the expenses of the Commission during the current 
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[83 STAT. 
fiscal year in the administration of its business in the conservancy 
district established pursuant to the Act of July 11, 1940 (54 Stat. 
748), $5,000. 
33 u s e 567b. 
42 u s e 1962a 
note. 
48 Stat. 58. 
NATIONAL WATER COMMISSION 
SALARIES A N D 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of September 26, 1968 
(Public Law 90-515), including compensation of the Executive Direc-
tor at level IV of the Executive Schedule, $1,050,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 
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 U.S.C, ch. 12A), 
including purchase of one aircraft for replacement only, hire, mainte-
nance, and operation of aircraft, and purchase (not to exceed two 
hundred and eighteen for replacement only) and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, $50,600,000, to remain available until expended. 
WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL 
WATER RESOURCES PLANNING 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Water 
Resources Planning Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1962-1962d-5), including 
80 Stat. 416. 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates not to exceed $100 
per diem for individuals, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$3,925,000, to remain available until expended, including $795,000 for 
carrying out the provisions of title I and administering the provisions 
of titles II, III, and IV of the Act, $755,000 for expenses of river basin 
commissions under title I I of the Act, and $2,375,000 for grants to 
States under title I I I of the Act: Provided^ That the share of the 
expenses of any river basin commission borne by the Federal Govern-
ment pursuant to title I I of the Act shall not exceed $200,000 annually 
for recurring operating expenses, including the salary and expenses of 
the chairman. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
79 Stat. 245. 
Purchase of 
motor vehicles. 
S E C 501. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum 
amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with 
31 use 638a. 
gectiou 16 of the Act of August 2,1946 (60 Stat. 810), for the purchase 
of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses and ambulances), 
is hereby fixed at $1,650 except station wagons for which the maximum 
shall be $1,950. 
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^^^- ^^^' Unless otherwise specified and during the current fiscal 
zenTh^ s'tatus 
year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act 
required. 
shall bc used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee of the 
Government of the United States (including any agency the majority 
of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United 
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337 
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 United States on the date of enactment of this Act, who, 
being eligible for citizenship, had filed a declaration of intention to 
become a citizen of the United States prior to such date, (3) is a person 
who owes allegiance to the United States, or (4) is an alien from 
Poland or the Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the United States 
for permanent residence: Provided^ That for the purpose of this sec-
tion, an affidavit signed by any such person shall be considered prima 
facie evidence that the requirements of this section with respect to 
his status have been complied with: Provided further^ That any person 
Penalty. 
making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon convic-
tion, shall be fined not more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more 
than one year, or both: Provided further^ That the above penal clause 
shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions 
of existing law: Provided further^ That any payment made to any 
officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be 
recoverable in action by the Federal Government. This section shall 
Exceptions, 
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 employment 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- 
Quakers aiiow-
j^endent 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 allow-
ances, in accordance with title I I of the Act of September 6, 1960 (74 
Stat. 793). 
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SEC. 504. No part of any appropriation for the current fiscal year 
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contained in this or any other Act shall be paid to any person for the 
filling of any position for w^hich 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 
free of charge, or in excess of $4.25 per volume for the current or 
future volumes of the Lifetime Federal Digest, or in excess of $6.50 
l)er volume for the current or future volumes of the Modem Federal 
Practice Digest. 
SEC. 506. Funds made available by this or any other Act for adminis-
trative expenses in the current fiscal year 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 
59 stat. 597. 
which such funds are otherwise available, for rent in the District of 
Columbia; services in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects 
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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 trans-
ferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations on administrative 
expenses shall be correspondingly reduced. 
5 u s e 5922-
5925 and notes. 
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[83 STAT. 
Foreign credits 
31 u s e 724-
Publicity or 
propaganda. 
Interdepart-
mental boards. 
59 Stat, 134. 
Short title.-
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 agency concerned: 
Provided^ That such credits received as exchange allowances or pro-
ceeds of sales of personal property may be used in whole or part pay-
ment for acquisition of similar items, to the extent and in the manner 
authorized by iHiw, w^ithout reimbursement to the Treasury. 
SEC. 508. Xo part of any appropriation contained in this or any other 
Act, or of tlie funds available for expenditure by any corporation or 
agency, shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes designed 
to sui)poit or defeat legislation pending before Congress. 
>^rx',. 509. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for ol)ligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 510. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act, shall be available to finance interdepartmental boards, com-
missions, councils, committees, or similar groups under section 214 of 
the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1946 (31 U.S.C. 691) 
which do not have prior and specific congressional approval of such 
method of financial support. 
This Act may be cited as the "Public Works for Water, Pollution 
Control, and Power Development and Atomic Energy Commission 
Appropriation Act, 1970". 
Approved December 11, 1969. 
Public Law 91-145 
December 12, 1969 
AN 
A C T 
[H. R. 13763] 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1970, and for other puri>oses. 
Legislative 
Branch Appropria-
tion Act, 1970. 
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 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1970, and for other purposes, namely: