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 Quality Administration, the Bureau oil 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, 1971, and for other purposes
PL 91-439 (H.R.18127), enacted 10/07/1970

890 
PUBLIC LAW 91-439-OCT. 7, 1970 
[84 STAT. 
Public Law 91-439 
October 7, 1970 
[H. R. 18127] 
Public Works for 
Water, Pollution 
Control, and 
Power Develop-
ment and Atomic 
Energy Commis-
sion Appropri-
ation Act, 1971. 
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 Quality 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 com-
missions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, 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 30,1971, for public works 
for water, pollution control, and power development, including the 
Corps of Engineers—Civil, the Panama Canal, the Federal Water 
Quality 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: 
TITLE I—ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 
68 Stat. 919. 
42 u s e 2011 
note. 
80 Stat. 416. 
69 Stat. 471. 
OPERATING 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 uniforms; 
official entertainment expenses (not to exceed $30,000); reimbursement 
of the General Services Administration for security guard services; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; $1,929,160,000 and any moneys 
(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 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 beien expended: 
Provided further^ That from this appropriation transfers of sums may 
be made to other agencies of the Government for the performance of 
the work for which this appropriation is made, and in such cases the 
sums so transferred may be merged with the appropriation to which 
transferred: Proi^ided further^ That no part of this appropriation 
shall be used in connection with the payment of a fixed fee to any 
contractor or firm of contractors engaged under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee 
contract or contracts at any installation of the Commission, where 
that fee for community management is at a rate in excess of $90,000 
per annum, or for the operation of a transportation system where that 
fee is at a rate in excess of $45,000 per annum. 
PLANT AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT 
For expenses of the Commission, as authorized by.law, in connec-
tion with the purchase and construction of plant and the acquisition 
of capital equipment and other expenses incidental thereto necessary 
in carrying out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
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891 
amended, including the acquisition or condemnation of any real 
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
struction, or expansion; purchase of not to exceed five hundred and 
twenty-two of which five hundred and ten are for replacement only 
(including seven for police-type use without regard to the general 
purchase price limitation), and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
purchase (one) and hire of aircraft; $353,600,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 10L 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 appropri-
ations, but neither such appropriation, except as otherwise provided 
herein, shall be increased by more than 5 per centum by any such 
transfers, and any such transfers shall be reported promptly to the 
Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate. 
SEC. 102. No part of any appropriation herein shall be used to confer 
a fellow^ship on any person who advocates or who is a meml)er 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 
(jovernment 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 Inited States by force 
or violence and accepts employment or a fellowship the salar}^, wages, 
stipend, grant, or expenses for which are paid from any appropriation 
contained herein shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall 
be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, 
or both: Provided further., That the above penal clause shall be in 
addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing 
law. 
69 Stat. 91&. 
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note. 
Transfer of 
funds; report to 
congressional 
committees. 
Fellowships, 
restrictions. 
Penalty. 
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, $39,597,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided., That $655,000 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 ^^^^^ "^^ ^^^ 
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[84 STAT. 
consideration and be coordinated with other features of water-resource 
development programs of the Department of the Army. 
CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL 
For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control, shore pro-
tection, and related projects authorized hj 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) : $851,256,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That no part of this appro-
priation shall be used for projects not authorized by law or which are 
authorized by law limiting the amount to be appropriated therefor, 
except as may be within the limits of the amount now or hereafter 
authorized to be appropriated: Provided further. That in connection 
with the rehabilitation of the Snake Creek Embankment of the Garri-
son Dam and Reservoir Project, North Dakota, the Corps of Engineers 
is authorized to participate with the State of North Dakota to the 
extent of one-half the cost of widening the present embankment to 
provide a four-lane right-of-way for U.S. Highway 83 in lieu of the 
present two-lane highway: Provided further, That funds appropri-
ated 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 appro-
priate widths and an overall length of approximately ten miles: 
Provided further, That the Elk Creek Reservoir Project in Oregon 
shall not be operated for irrigation purposes until such time as the 
Secretary of the Interior makes the necessary arrangements with 
non-Federal interests to recover the costs, in accordance with Federal 
Reclamation Law, which are allocated to the irrigation purpose: 
Provided further. That $625,000 of this appropriation shall be trans-
ferred to the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife for studies, 
investigations, and reports thereon as required by the Fish and Wild-
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life Coordination Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 563-565) to provide that 
wildlife conservation shall receive equal consideration and be coor-
dinated with other features of water-resource development programs 
of the Department of the Army. 
FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND 
TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood control, and 
rescue work, repair, restoration, or maintenance of flood control proj-
ects threatened or destroyed by flood, as authorized by law (33 U.S.C. 
702a, 702g-l), $84,000,000, 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 Wells, Missis-
sippi : Provided, That not less than $250,000 shall be available for bank 
stabilization measures as determined by the Chief of Engineers to be 
advisable for the control of bank erosion of streams in the Yazoo 
Basin, including the foothill area, and where necessary such measures 
shall complement similar works planned and constructed by the 
Soil Conservation Service and be limited to the areas of responsi-
bility mutually agreeable to the District Engineer and the State 
Conservationist. 
note. 
45 Stat. 534; 
49 Stat. 1511. 
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893 
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 
commerce and navigation; administration of laws pertaining to pres-
ervation of navigable waters; surveys and charting of northern and 
northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing and straighten-
ing channels; and removal of obstructions to navigation; $292,600,000, 
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 
Control Act, approved August 18, 1941, as amended, $3,000,000, to 
69 stat. ise; 
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76 Stat. 1 1 9 4 . 
remain available until expended. 
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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 Eivers and Har-
bors and the Coastal Engineering Research Center; commercial sta-
tistics; and miscellaneous investigations; $25,480,000. 
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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laAV (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), and for printing, either during a recess or 
^° ^^^^ooe^' 
session of Congress, of survey reports authorized by law, and such 
survey reports as may be printed during a recess of Congress shall be 
printed, with illustrations, as documents of the next succeeding session 
of Congress; and during the current fiscal year the revolving fund, 
Corps of Engineers, sha,ll be available for purchase (not to exceed two 
hundred and three, of which one hundred and ninety-seven shall be 
for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles: Provided, 
That the total capital of said fund shall not exceed $181,000,000. 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For nec:ssary 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 of which two shall be for replacement 
only; maintenance of that portion of Congressional Cemetery to which 
the United States has title, Confederate burial places under the juris-
diction of the Department of the Army, and graves used by the 
Army in com mere al cemeteries, to remain available until expended, 
$18.184,000: Provided, That reimbursement shall be made to the appli-
cable military appropriation for the pay and allowances of any mili-
tary personnel performing services primarily for the purposes of this 
appropriation. 
26. 
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[84 STAT. 
THK PANAMA CANAL 
CAXAI. ZONE GOVERNMENT 
OPEKATING EXPENSES 
For operating expenses necessary for the Canal Zone Government, 
including operation of the Postal Service of the Canal Zone; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
sfsmt^aoe"^' 
ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902) ; expenses incident to conduct-
ing hearings on the Isthmus; expenses of special training of employees 
80 Stat. 432. 
of the Caual Zone Government as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101^118; 
contingencies of the Governor, residence for the Governor; medical 
aid and support of the insane and of lepers and aid. and support of 
indigent persons legally within the Canal Zone, including expenses of 
their deportation when practicable; and maintaining and altering 
facilities of other Government agencies in the Canal Zone for (Janal 
Zone Government use, $44,129,000. 
CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For acquisition of land and land under water and acquisition, con-
struction, and replacement of improvements, facilities, structures, and 
equipment, as authorized by law (2 C.Z. Code, Sec. 2; 2 C.Z. Code, Sec. 
7
6
A Stat. 7, 
371), iucluding the purchase of not to exceed sixteen passenger motor 
vehicles of which fourteen are for replacement only, including thirteen 
for police-type use which may exceed by $800 each the general pur-
chase price limitation for the current fiscal year; improving facilities 
of other Government agencies in the Canal Zone for Canal Zone 
Government use; and expenses incident to the retirement of such assets; 
$1,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
PANAMA CANAL COMPANY 
CORPORATION 
The Panama Canal Company is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to it and in accordance with law, and to make such contracts 
and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, 
61 Stat. 584. 
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g 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 in the Canal Zone for Panama Canal Company 
use. 
LIMITATION 
ON GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE 
EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $15,977,000 of the funds available to the Panama Canal 
Company shall be available during the current fiscal year for general 
and administrative expenses of the Company, including operation of 
tourist vessels and guide services, which shall be computed on an 
accrual basis. Funds available to the Panama Canal Company for oper-
ating expenses shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 
thirty-seven passenger motor vehicles, of which twenty-five are for 
replacement only, including twenty-four light sedans at not to exceed 
$2,150, one medium sedan at not to exceed $3,500 and three station 
wagons at not to exceed $2,450, and for uniforms or allowances there-
for, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902). 
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895 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THE PANAMA CANAL 
80 Stat. 416. 
The Governor of the Canal Zone is authorized to employ services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, in an amount not exceeding $150,000. 
Funds appropriated for operating expenses of the Canal Zone 
Government may be apportioned notwithstanding section 3679 of 
the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), to thie extent neces-
sary 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 QUALITY ADMINISTRATION 
POLLUTION 
C O N T R O L OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, as amended, and other related activities, including ^J",^*^';^!'^' 
$9,400,000 for grants to States and $600,000 for grants to interstate 
agencies under section 7 of such Act, $98,618,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION GRANTS FOR WASTE TREATlklENT WORKS 
79 Stat. 903. 
33 u s e 466 
note. 
33 u s e 466 <i. 
For grants for construction of waste treatment works pursuant to 
section 8 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, 
^° ^'^*' "'"*• 
to remain available until expended, $1,000,000,000: Pro'vided, That 
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not to exceed $200,000,000 of such amount may be available for allo-
cation to States based on eligibility for reimbursement under pro-
visions of section 8(c) of the Act or severe local and basin-wide water 
pollution problems: Provided 
further^ That sums not obligated at 
the end of the fiscal year from the amounts allocated to each State 
shall be reallotted in accordance with the provisions in the Act: 
Provided further^ That funds appropriated for fiscal year 1970 and 
allocated to States shall not be reallotted in accordance with section 
8(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, until 
May 15,1971. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
For carrying out the functions of the Bureau of Reclamation as 
provided in the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 
Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) 
^^ "^^ ^''^ '*"'' 
and 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, rehabilita-
tion and betterment, financial adjustment, or extension of existing 
projects, to remain available until expended, $19,066,000, of which 
$17,300,000 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 $360,000 of this appropriation 
shall be transferred to the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife 
note 
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[84 STAT. 
for studies, investigations, and reports thereon as required bv the 
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pigj^ j^j^(j Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 563-565) to 
provide that wildlife conservation shall receive equal consideration 
and be coordinated with other features of water-resource development 
projrrams of the Bureau of Reclamation. 
CONSTRUCTION 
AND REHABIIJTATION 
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, $186,793,000, of which $115,000,000 shall be derived 
from the reclamation fund: Provided^ That no part of this appropria-
tion shall be used to initiate the construction of transmission facilities 
within those areas covered by power wheeling service contracts which 
include provision for service to Federal establishments and preferred 
customers, except those transmission facilities for which construction 
funds have been heretofore appropriated, those facilities which are 
necessary to carry out the terms of such contracts or those facilities 
for which the Secretary of the Interior finds the wheeling agency is 
unable or unwilling to provide for the integration of Federal projects 
or for service to a Federal establishment or preferred customer: 
Provided further. That the final point of discharge for the inter-
ceptor drain for the San Luis unit shall not be determined until 
development by the Secretary of the Interior and the State of Cali-
fornia of a plan, which shall conform with the water quality standards 
of the State of California as approved by the Secretary of the 
Interior, to minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis drain-
age waters: Provided further^ That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this 
appropriation shall be available for replacement of cast-in-place con-
crete pipe in the South Gila Unit, Yuma Mesa Division, Gila Project, 
Arizona, which shall be nonreimbursable: Provided further. That of 
the amount herein appropriated not to exceed $5,000 for the Westland 
Irrigation District, Oregon, $5,000 for the Tumalo Irrigation Dis-
trict, Oregon, and $5,000 for the Cascade Irrigation District, Ellen-
berg, Washington, shall be available to initiate a rehabilitation and 
betterment program under the Act of October 7, 1949 (63 Stat. 
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724), as amended, to be repaid in full under conditions satisfactory 
to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided 
further^ That of the 
amount herein appropriated not to exceed $140,000 may be used 
for archeological salvage of the cargo of the steamboat Bertrand in 
the Missouri River Basin. 
UPPER COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT 
9nd note. 
7 0 Stat. 107. 
For the Upper Colorado River Storage Project, as authorized by 
the Act of April 11, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 620d), to remain available until 
expended, $22,375,000, of which $21,230,000 shall be available for the 
"Upper Colorado River Basin Fund", authorized by section 5 of 
said Act of April 11, 1956, and $1,145,000 shall be available for con-
struction of recreational and fish and wildlife facilities authorized 
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by section 8 thereof, and may be expended by bureaus of the Depart-
ment through or in cooperation with State or other Federal agencies, 
and advances to such Federal agencies are hereby authorized: Pro-
vided, That no part of the funds herein approved shall be available 
for construction or operation of facilities to prevent waters of Lake 
Powell from entering any national monument. 
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897 
COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT 
For advances to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development 
Fund, as authorized by section 403 of the Act of Septeml^er 30, 1968 
(82 Stat. 894), for the construction, operation, and maintenance of 
'*^ "^^ ^543. 
projects authorized by Title I I I of said Act, to remain available 
'•^ "^c 1521. 
until expended, $7,698,000, of which $5,748,000 is for liquidation of 
contract authority provided by section 303(b) of said Act. 
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OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
For operation and maintenance of reclamation projects or parts 
thereof and other facilities, as authorized by law; and for a soil and 
moisture conservation program on lands under the jurisdiction of the 
Bureau of Reclamation, pursuajit to law, $57,800,000, of which 
$44,240,000 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $2,118,000 
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 Julv 4, 1955, as 
amended (43 IJ.S.C. 421a-421d), and August 6,1956 (43 tl.S.C. 422a- 
^9 stat. 244; 
422k), as amended, including expenses necessary for carrying out the ^°7o*^lta/.^^o44; 
program, $8,550,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ so stat. are. 
That any contract under the Act of July 4, 1955 (69 Stat. 244), as 
amended, not yet executed by the Secretary, which calls for the making 
of loans beyond the fiscal year in which the contract is entered into 
shall be made only on the same conditions as those prescribed in sec-
tion 12 of the Act of August 4,1939 (53 Stat. 1187,1197). 
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GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of general administration and lelated func-
tions in the offices of the Commissioner of Reclamation and in the 
regional offices of the Bureau of Reclamation, $13,652,000, to be 
derived from the reclamation fund and to be nonreimbursable 
pursuant to the Act of April 19, 1945 (43 IT.S.C. 377) : Provided, 
s^ stat. 54. 
That no part of any other appropriation in this Act shall be available 
for activities or functions budgeted for the current fiscal year as 
genera] 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 
^^ stat. ass. 
December 21, 1928 (43 U.S.C. 6l7a), and the Act of July 19, 1940 ^^ stat. 1057. 
(43 IT.S.C. 618a), respectively. Such sums shall be transferred, upon 
^4 stat. 774. 
32 Stat. 388. 
43 u s e 371 
note 
58 Stat. 487. 
and 
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[84 STAT. 
request of the Secretary, to be merged with and expended under the 
heads herein specified; and the unexpended balances of sums trans-
ferred for expenditure under the heads "Operation and Maintenance" 
and "General Administrative Expenses" shall revert and be credited 
to the special fund from which derived. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations to the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available 
for purchase of not to exceed thirty-eight 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; payment, except as otherwise provided for, 
of compensation and expenses of persons on the rolls of the Bureau 
of Reclamation appointed as authorized by law to represent the United 
States in the negotiations and administration 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; per-
formance of the functions specified under the head "Operation and 
Maintenance Administration", Bureau of Reclamation, in thie Interior 
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 re-
mains in such areas in the same manner as provided for in the Act 
49 Stat. 666. 
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 provided for reconnaissance, 
basin surveys, and general engineering and research under the head 
"General Investigations". 
Allotments to the Missouri River Basin project from the appropria-
tion under the head "Construction and rehabilitation" shall be avail-
able additionally for said project for those functions of the Bureau 
of Reclamation provided for under the head "General Investigations" 
(but this authorization shall not preclude use of the appropriation 
under said head within that area), and for continuation of investiga-
tions by agencies of the Department on a general plan for the develop-
ment 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 $36,000 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 incurred in the negotiation of contracts for the 
purpose of transferring responsibility of operation and maintenance 
of project facilities to the project water users associations, notwith-
standing the provisions of section 2(c) of the Act of June 17, 1944, 
58 Stat. 279; 
aud seotious 2(a), 2(b), and 2(c) of the Act of August 1, 1956. 
^'43*t*sc 6^2. 
No part of any appropriation for the Bureau of Reclamation, 
contained in this Act or in any prior Act, which represents amounts 
earned under the terms of a contract but remaining unpaid, shall be 
59 Stat. 54. 
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obligated for any other purpose, regardless of when such amounts are 
to be paid: Froclded. That the incurring of any obligation prohibited 
by this paragraph shall be deemed a violation of section 8679 of the 
Revised Statutes, as amended (81 IT.S.(\ 6H5). 
No funds appropriated to the Bureau of Reclamation for oj^^i^artion 
and maintenance, except those derived from advances by^-vTater 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, or-
ganization, 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 Recla-
mation. 
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 River Basin unit and then only when such 
work is unsuitable for contract or no acceptable bid has been received 
and, other than otherwise provided in this paragraph or as may be 
necessary to meet local emergencies, not to exceed 12 per centum of the 
construction allotment for any project from the appropriation "Con-
struction and rehabilitation" contained in this Act shall be available 
for construction work by force account: Provided. That this para,-
graph shall not apply to work performed under the Rehabilitation 
and Betterment Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 724). 
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ALASKA POWDER ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS 
For engineering and economic investigations to promote the develop-
ment and utilization of the water, power and related resources of 
Alaska, $600,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ That 
$68,000 c5f 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. 568-565). 
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note. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of projects 
in Alaska and of marketing electric power and energy, $400,000. 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION 
(CONSTRUCTION 
For construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations, 
and appurtenant facilities, as authorized by law, $91,600,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, 
That not more than 
$150,000 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 relating to three 
non-federally financed generating plants proposed under the hydro-
thermal program to be sponsored jointly or severally by the Washing-
ton Public Power Supply System, Seattle City Light, Tacoma City 
Light, Snohomish County PUD and the Puget Sound Power and Light 
Company, pursuant to which the Bonneville Power Administration 
will acquire from preference customers and pay by net billing for 
generating capability from non-federally financed thermal generating 
plants in the manner described in the committee report. 
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[84 STAT. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of the Bonne-
ville transmission system and of marketing electric power and energy, 
$23,600,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations of the Bonneville Power Administration shall be 
available to carry out all the duties imposed upon the Administrator 
pursuant to law. 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 w^ork by force account or on a hired-labor basis. 
SOUTHEASTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities and of marketing electric powder and energy 
pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 
58 Stat. 890. 
1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southeastern power area, 
$800,000. 
SOUTHWESTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION 
CONSTRUCT'ION 
For construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations, 
and appurtenant facilities, and for administrative expenses connected 
therewith, in carrying out the provisions of section 5 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southwestern 
power area, $950,000, 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, $5,100,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
UNDERGROUND EFLEOTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses of research and development in underground 
electric power transmission, $750,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
conrtru^ciro^'n ^^' 
^^^' ^^^' -^Ppi'opriations in this title shall be available for expendi-
funds'"'^*'°" 
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 
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901 
until funds specijEically made available to the Department of the 
Interior for emergencies shall have been exhausted. 
SEC. 302. 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. 303. Appropriations in this title shall be available for opera-
tion of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, wherever 
consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or economy, 
and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services rendered to 
any other activity in the same manner as authorized by the Act of 
June 30, 1932 (31 U.S.C. 686) : Provided, That reimbursements for 
costs of supplies, materials, and equipment, and for services rendered 
may be credited to the appropriation current at the time such reim-
bursements are received. 
SEC. 304. No part of any funds made available by this Act to the 
Southwestern Power Administration may be made available to any 
other agency, bureau, or office for any purposes other than for services 
rendered pursuant to law to the Southwestern Power Administration. 
TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the United 
States member of the Delaware River Basin Commission, as authorized 
by law (75 Stat. 716), $58,000. 
C O N T R I B U T I O N 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), $175,000. 
INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN 
Fire prevention. 
Operation ol: 
warehouses, etc. 
47 Stat. 417. 
Southwestern 
Power Admin« 
istration. 
C O N T R I B U T I O N 
TO I N T E R S T A T E 
C O M M I S S I O N 
O N 
T H E 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 
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. 
NATIONAL WATER COMMISSION 
33 u s e 567b. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of September 26, 1968 
(Public Law 90-515), including compensation of the Executive ^
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Director at level IV of the Executive Schedule $1,840,000, to remain 
°83*stat. 864. 
available until expended. 
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[84 STAT. 
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 
PAYMENT TO TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 
FUND 
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Tennessee 
48 Stat. 58. 
Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended (16 V.^Xl, 
ch. 12A), 
including purchase of two aircraft for replacement only, hire, main-
tenance, and operation of aircraft, and purchase (not to exceed two 
hundred and fiity-five, of which two hundred and twenty-five shall be 
for replacement only) 
and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, 
$56,180,000, to remain available until expended. 
WATER RESOURCES (^OUNCIL 
79 Stat. 244. 
80 Stat. 416. 
Motor vehicles, 
purchase. 
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Compensation 
payments; 
citizenship status 
required. 
Penalty. 
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 
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, 
$5,150,000, to remain available until expended, including $725,000 for 
carrying out the provisions of title I and administering the provisions 
of titles II, III, and IV of the Act, $825,000 for expenses of river 
basin commissions under title II of the Act, and $3,600,000 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 
(xovernment pursuant to title II of the Act shall not exceed $250,000 
annually for recurring operating expenses, including the salary and 
expenses of the chairman. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
SEC. 501. LTnless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum 
amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with 
section 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 maxi-
mum shall be $1,950. 
SEC. 502. Unless otherwise specified and during the current fiscal 
year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other 
Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee 
of the Government of the United States (including any agency the 
majority of thie stock of which is owned by the Government of the 
United 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 section, an affidavit signed by any such person shall 
be considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of this sec-
tion with respect to his status have been complied with: Provided 
further, That any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of 
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903 
Exceptions. 
Quarters 
allowances, etc. 
80 Stat. 510.. 
5 u s e 5922-
a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $4,000 or 
imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided 
further^ 
That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substi-
tution 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 not apply to citizens of the Eepublic 
of the Philippines or to nationals of those countries allied with the 
United States in the current defense effort, or to temporary employ-
ment of translators, or to temporary employment in the field service 
(not to exceed sixty days) as a result of emergencies. 
SEC. 503. Appropriations of the executive departments and inde-
pendent establishments for the current fiscal year, available for ex-
penses 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). 
SEC. 504. No part of any appropriation for the current fiscal year 5925"and''not 
(contained in this or any other Act shall be paid to any person for the 
filling of any position for which he or she has been nominated after 
the Senate has voted not to approve the nomination of said person. 
SEC. 505. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other 
Act for the current fiscal year shall be used to pay in excess of $4 per 
volume for the current and future volumes of the United States Code, 
Annotated, and such volumes shall be purchased on condition and with 
the understanding that latest published cumulative annual pocket 
parts issued prior to the date of purchase shall be furnished free of 
charge, or in excess of $4.25 per volume for the current or future 
volumes of the Lifetime Federal Digest, or in excess of $6.50 per volume 
for the current or future volumes of the Modern Federal Practice 
Digest. 
SEC. 506. Funds made available by this or any other Act for admin-
istrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations and 
agenciep, subject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
amended (31 U.S.C. 841), shall be available, in addition to objects for 
which such funds are otherwise available, for rent in the District of 
Columbia; services in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects 
specified under this head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable 
to the expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act 
by which they are made available: Provided^ That in the event any 
functions budgeted as administrative expenses are subsequently trans-
ferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations on administrative 
expenses shall be correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 507. Pursuant to section 1415 of the Act of July 15, 1952 (66 
Stat. 662), foreign credits (including currencies) owed to or owned 
by the United States may be used by Federal agencies for any purpose 
for which appropriations are made for the current fiscal year (includ-
ing the carrying out of Acts requiring or authorizing the use of such 
credits), only when reimbursement therefor is ma,de to the Treasury 
from applicable appropriations of the agency concerned: Provided^ 
That such credits received as exchange allowances or proceeds of 
sales of personal property may be used in whole or part payment for 
acquisition of similar items, to the extent and in the manner authorized 
by law, without reimbursement to the Treasury. 
SEC. 508. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act, or of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation 
or agency, shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes designed 
to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress. 
59 Stat. 597. 
80 Stat. 416. 
Foreign credits. 
31 u s e 724. 
Publicity or 
propaganda. 
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[84 STAT. 
Interdepart-
mental groups. 
59 Stat. 134. 
Short title. 
SEC. 509. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation 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, commis-
sions, councils, committees, or similar groups under section 214 of the 
Independent OiRces Apj)ropriation 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, 1971". 
Approved October 7, 1970. 
Public Law 91-440 
October?, 1970 
[H.R.14373] 
Portsmouth, Va. 
Land exchange. 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the city of Portsmouth, 
Stafte of Virginia, certain lands situated within the Crawford urban renewal 
project (Va-53) in the city of Portsmouth, in exchange for certain lands 
situated within the proposed Southside neighborhood development project. 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assemoled., That, notwith-
standing any other provisions of law, the Secretary of the Navy, or 
his designee, is authorized to convey to the city of Portsmouth, State 
of Virginia, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
of the Navy or his designee shall deem to be in the public interest, 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the land 
located in the city of Portsmouth with the buildings and improve-
ments thereon, described substantially as follows: 
Beginning at a point on the south side of South Street one 
hundred and eighty feet east from the southeast intersection of 
South and Middle Streets; 
thence south and parallel with Middle Street, two hundred 
and twenty-six feet to the north side of Bart Street; 
thence east along north side of Bart Street one hundred and 
twenty-seven feet, more or less, to the right-of-way of the Sea-
board Air Line Railway; 
thence northeasterly along the northerly side of the Seaboard 
Air Line Railway one hundred and twenty-five feet, more or less, 
to the west side of Crawford Street; 
thence north along the west side of Crawford Street, one hun-
dred and thirteen feet, more or less, to the southwest intersection 
of Crawford and South Streets; 
thence west along south side of South Street one hundred and 
eighty feet to the point of beginning, containing 0.918 acre, more 
or less.