An Act making appropriations for public works for water and power development and energy research, including the Corps of Engineers - Civil, the Bureau of Reclamation, power agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Appalachian regional development programs, the Federal Power Commission, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Energy Research and Development Administration, and related independent agencies and commissions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and the period ending September 30, 1976, and for other purposes.
PL 94-180 (H.R.8122), enacted 12/26/1975

PUBLIC LAW 94-180—DEC. 26, 1975 
89 STAT. 1035 
Public Law 94-180 
94th Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for public works for water and power development and 
energy research, including the Corps of Engineers—Civil, the Bureau of 
Reclamation, power agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Appala-
chian regional development programs, the Federal Power Commission, the 
Tennessee Valley Authority, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Energy 
Research and Development Administration, and related independent agencies 
and commissions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and the period 
ending September 30,1976, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and the 
period ending September 30, 1976, for public works for water and 
power development and energy research, including the Corps of Engi-
neers—Civil, the Bureau of Reclamation, power agencies of the 
Department of the Interior, the Appalachian regional development 
programs, the Federal Power Commission, the Tennessee Valley 
Authority, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Energy Research 
and Development Administration, and related independent agencies 
and commissions, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary operating expenses of the Administration in carrying 
out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974; hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; publication and dissemination 
of atomic and other energy information; purchase, repair, and clean-
ing of uniforms; official entertainment expenses (not to exceed 
$25,000) ; reimbursement of the General Services Administration for 
security 
guard 
services; 
hire 
of 
passenger 
motor 
vehicles; 
$3,130,765,000 and any moneys (except sums received from disposal 
of property under the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955 and 
the Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpiling Act, as amended, 
and fees received for tests or investigations under the Act of May 16, 
1910, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2301; 50 U.S.C. 98h; 30 U.S.C. 7)) 
received by the Energy Research and Development Administration 
notwithstanding the provisions of section 3617 of the Revised Statutes 
(31 U.S.C. 484), to remain available until expended: Provided^ That 
from this appropriation transfers of sums may be made to other agen-
cies of the Government for the performance of the work for which 
this appropriation is made, and in such cases the sums so transferred 
may be merged with the appropriation to which transferred: Provided 
further, That the amount appropriated in any other appropriation act 
for "Operating expenses" for the Energy Research and Development 
Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, shall be 
merged, without limitation, with this appropriation. 
For "Operating expenses" for the period July 1, 1976, through 
September 30, 1976, $941,507,000, to remain available until expended: 
Dec. 26, 1975 
[H.R. 8122] 
Public Works for 
Water and F'ower 
Development and 
Energy Research 
Appropriation 
Act, 1976. 
42 u s e 5801 
note. 
42 u s e 2301 
note. 
50 u s e 98 note. 
89 STAT. 1036 
PUBLIC LAW 94-180—DEC. 26, 1975 
42 use 5801 
note. 
Transfer of funds, 
report to 
congressional 
committees. 
Provided^ That the amount appropriated in any other appropriation 
act for "Operating expenses" for the Energy Research and Develop-
ment Administration for the period July 1, 1976, through September 
30, 1976, shall be merged, without limitation, with this appropriation. 
PLANT AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT 
For expenses of the Administration, 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 Energy Reorganization Act of 
1974, including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property 
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
expansion; purchase of not to exceed three hundred and thirty-four 
for replacement only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase 
of not to exceed two, acquisition without reimbursement of not to 
exceed two, and hire of aircraft; $907,642,000 to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the amount appropriated in any other 
appropriation Act for "Plant and capital equipment" for the Energy 
Research and Development Administration for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1976, shall be merged, without limitation, with 
this 
appropriation. 
For "Plant and capital equipment," except for purchase of motor 
vehicles and aircraft, for the period July 1, 1976, through Septem-
ber 30, 1976, $185,776,000 to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the amount appropriated in any other appropriation Act 
for "Plant and capital equipment" for the Energy Research and 
Development Administration for the period July 1, 1976, through 
September 30, 1976, shall be merged, without limitation, with this 
appropriation. 
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 trans-
fers, and any such transfers shall be reported promptly to the Appro-
priations Committees of the House and Senate. 
T I T L E I I — D E P A R T M E N T O F D E F E N S E — C I V I L 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under the direc-
tion of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief 
of Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of the 
Army pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, 
and related purposes. 
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses necessary for the collection and study of basic informa-
tion pertaining to river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, 
and related projects, restudy of authorized projects, and when author-
ized by law, surveys and studies of projects prior to authorization for 
construction, $66,836,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $1,500,000 of this appropriation shall be transferred to 
PUBLIC LAW 94-180—DEC. 26, 1975 
89 STAT. 1037 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for studies, investigations, 
and reports thereon as required by the Fish and Wildlife Coordina-
tion Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 563-565), to provide that wildlife conserva- 16 USC 661 note, 
tion shall receive equal consideration and be coordinated with other 
features of water-resource development programs of the Department 
of the Army. 
For "General investigations"' for the period July 1, 1976, through 
September 30, 1976, $17,110,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL 
For the prosecution 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 development 
with participation or under consideration or 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) : $1,228,648,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided^ That no part of this appropriation 
shall be used for projects not authorized by law or which are author-
ized 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 not to exceed $8,000,000 of 
this appropriation or from any previous appropriation under this head 
shall be for construction or improvement of recreation facilities at full 
Federal expense at projects which were completed or which received 
an appropriation for project construction prior to the approval of 
Public Law 89-72: Provided further, That $1,900,000 of this appro- 16 USC 460/-12. 
priation shall be transferred to the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service for studies, investigations, and reports thereon as required by 
the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 563-565) to 
provide that wildlife conservation shall receive equal consideration 
and be coordinated with other features of water-resource development 
programs of the Department of the Army. 
For "Construction, general" for the period July 1, 1976, through 
September 30, 1976, $408,741,000, to remain available until expended. 
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), $163,250,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided. That not less than $250,000 shall be available for bank stabiliza-
tion measures as determined by the Chief of Engineers to be advisable 
for the control of bank erosion of streams in the Yazoo Basin, includ-
ing the foothill area, and where necessary such measures shall comple-
ment similar works planned and constructed by the Soil Conservation 
Service and be limited to the areas of responsibility mutually agreeable 
to the District engineer and the State Conservationist. 
For "Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries" for the period 
July 1,1976, through September 30,1976, $60,300,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
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 
89 STAT. 1038 
PUBLIC LAW 94-180—DEC. 26, 1975 
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 straightening 
channels; and removal of obstructions to navigation; $582,073,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
For "Operation and maintenance, general" for the period July 1, 
1976, through September 30, 1976, $153,116,000 to remain available 
until expended. 
REVOLVING FUND 
For the design of hopper dredges, $700,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
For "Revolving Fund" for the period July 1, 1976, through 
September 30,1976, for the design and construction of hopper dredges, 
$950,000, to remain available until expended. 
rLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessarjr for emergency flood control, hurricane, and 
shore protection activities, as authorized by section 5 of the Flood 
33 use 701n. 
Control Act, approved August 18, 1941, as amended, $40,400,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
For "Flood control and coastal emergencies" for the period July 1, 
1976, through September 30,1976, $3,750,000 to remain available until 
expended. 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for general administration and related func-
tions in the Office of the Chief of Engineers and offices of the Division 
Engineers; activities of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Har-
bors and the Coastal Engineering Research Center; commercial 
statistics; and miscellaneous investigations; $42,500,000. 
For "General expenses" for the period July 1, 1976, through Sep-
tember 30,1976, $10,650,000. 
SPECIAL RECREATION USE FEES 
For construction, operation, and maintenance of outdoor recreation 
facilities, including collection of special recreation use fees, to remain 
available until expended, $1,200,000, to be derived from the special 
account established by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, 
16 USC460Z-6a. as amended (16 U.S.C. 4601) : Provided, That not more than 40 per 
centum of the foregoing amount shall be available for the enhance-
ment of the fee collection system established by section 4 of such Act, 
including the promotion and enforcement thereof. 
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, and allowances therefor, as authorized by 
law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), and for printing, either during a recess or 
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; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; and during the current fiscal year the revolving fund, 
PUBLIC LAW 94-180—DEC. 26, 1975 
89 STAT. 1039 
Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase (not to exceed 
two hundred and eighteen of which two hundred and twelve shall be 
for replacement only), and hire of passenger motor vehicles: Pro-
vided, That the total capital of the revolving fund shall not exceed 
$248,700,000. _ 
For "Administrative provisions" for the period July 1, 1976, 
through September 1^0,1970, appropriations in this title shall be avail-
able for expenses of attendance by military personnel at meetings in 
the manner authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4110, uniforms, and allowances 
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), and for printing, 
either during a recess or session of Congress, of survey reports author-
ized 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: Provided^ That the total capital 
of the revolving fund shall not exceed $255,000,000. 
GENERAL PROVISION 
SEC. 201. To enable payment of any valid claims on the Federal Kelly Flats, 
Government for the construction of an airport facility at Kelley Flats, Mont. 
Montana, section 502 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1968 Airport facility, 
(81 Stat. 773) is amended by deleting the amount "$140,000" contained construction. 
therein and inserting in lieu thereof the amount "$240,000": Provided, 
That this amendment shall not be construed to change any obligations 
which have been undertaken, in agreement with the Federal Govern-
ment, by non-Federal sponsors of the airport facility to contribute to 
the payment of the construction costs of the facility. 
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
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 43 U
S
C 371 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, $20,892,000: 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 $530,000 of this appropriation 
shall be transferred to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
for studies, investigations, and reports thereon as required by the Fish 
and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 563-565) to provide 16 USC 661 note, 
that wildlife conservation shall receive equal consideration and be 
coordinated with other features of water-resource development pro-
grams of the Bureau of Reclamation. 
For "General investigations" for the period July 1, 1976, through 
September 30, 1976, to remain available until expended, $6,794,000: 
Provided, That $178,000 of this appropriation shall be transferred to 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for studies, investigations 
89 STAT. 1040 
PUBLIC LAW 94-180—DEC. 26, 1975 
and reports thereon as required by the Fish and Wildlife Coordina-
16 use 661 note, 
tion Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 563-565). 
CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION 
For construction and rehabilitation of authorized reclamation proj-
ects or parts thereof (including power transmission facilities) and for 
other related activities, as authorized by law, to remain available until 
expended, $327,308,000, of which $140,000,000 shall be derived from 
the reclamation fund: Provided^ That no part of this appropriation 
shall be used to initiate the construction of transmission facilities 
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 not to exceed $600,000 of the funds appropriated herein 
shall be made available for restoration of the Scoggins Valley Road 
from Oregon Highway No. 47 to Henry Hagg Lake (Scoggins Dam), 
which shall be nonreimbursable: 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 California as approved by the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to minimize 
any detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters: Provided 
further^ That funds appropriated herein for the repairs to the Savage 
Rapids Dam, of the Rogue River Basin Project, Grants Pass Division, 
may be transferred to the Oregon Fish and Game Commission on a 
reimbursable basis for such work on the south fishway facilities as 
determined desirable by the Secretary of the Interior. 
For "Construction and rehabilitation" for the period July 1, 1976, 
through September 30, 1976, to remain available until expended, 
$98,834,000, of which $78,000,000 shall be derived from the reclamation 
fund: Provided further^ That not to exceed $1,400,000 of the funds 
appropriated herein shall be made available for restoration of the 
Scoggins Valley Road from Oregon Highway No. 47 to Henry Hagg 
Lake (Scoggins Dam), which shall be nonreimbursable. 
UPPER COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT 
For the Upper Colorado River Storage Project, as authorized by 
the Act of April 11, 1956, as amended (43 U.S.C. 620d), to remain 
available until expended, $41,152,000, of which $38,160,000 shall be 
available for the "Upper Colorado River Basin Fund" authorized by 
section 5 of said Act of April 11, 1956, and $2,992,000 shall be avail-
able for construction of recreational and fish and wildlife facilities 
43 use 620g. 
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 approved shall be avail-
able for construction or operation of facilities to prevent waters of 
Lake Powell from entering any national monument. 
For the "Upper Colorado River storage project" for the period 
July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, to remain available until 
PUBLIC LAW 94-180—DEC. 26, 1975 
89 STAT. 1041 
expended, $16,399,000 of which $15,562,000 shall be available for the 
"Upper Colorado River Basin fund" authorized by section 5 of said 
act of April 11, 1956, and $837,000 shall be available for construction 43 U
S
C 620d. 
of recreational and fish and wildlife facilities authorized by section 8 43 USC 62 O
g
. 
thereof. 
COLORADO 
RrVER 
BASIN 
PROJECT 
For advances to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development 
Fund, as authorized by section 403 of the Act of September 30, 1968 
(82 Stat. 894), for the construction, operation, and maintenance of 43 USC 1543. 
projects authorized by title III of said Act, to remain available until 43 USC 1521. 
expended $46,645,000, of which $17,440,000 is for liquidation of con-
tract authority provided by section 303 (b) of said Act. 
43 USC 1523. 
For advances to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development 
Fund, as authorized by section 403 of the Act of September 30, 1968, 
for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, to remain 
available until expended, $10,310,000 of which $1,500,000 is for liqui-
dation of contract authority provided by section 303(b) of said Act. 
COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL PROJECTS 
For construction, operation and maintenance of projects authorized 
by the Act of June 24, 1974, Public Law 93-320, to remain available 43 USC 1571. 
until expended, $19,670,000. 
For "Colorado River Basin salinity control projects" for the period 
July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, to remain available until 
expended, $7,130,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For operation and maintenance of reclamation projects or parts 
thereof and other facilities, as authorized by law; and for a soil and 
moisture conservation program on lands under the jurisdiction of the 
Bureau of Reclamation, pursuant to law, $132,162,000. of which 
$110,110,000 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $3,989,000 
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 such advances shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further^ That the amount appropriated herein includes $15,394.83 for 
Colorado River Front Work and Levee System due the Cocopah 
Indian Tribe because of a revision of the reservation boundary pro-
vided for in a decision of the Department of the Interior and a final 
judgment of the United States District Court. 
For "Operation and maintenance" for the period July 1, 1976, 
through September 30, 1976, $34,017,000 of which $27,950,000 shall be 
derived from the reclamation fund and $978,000 shall be derived from 
the Colorado River Dam fund. 
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^21d), and August 6,1956 (43 U.S.C. 422a-
89 STAT. 1042 
PUBLIC LAW 94-180—DEC. 26, 1975 
422k), as amended, including expenses necessary for carrying out the 
program, $22,665,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ 
That any contract under the Act of July 4, 1955 (69 Stat. 244), as 
amended, not yet executed by the Secretary, which calls for the making 
of loans beyond the fiscal year in which the contract is entered into 
shall be made only on the same conditions as those prescribed in sec-
43 use 388. 
tion 12 of the Act of August 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1197). 
For "Loan program" for the period July 1, 1976, through Septem-
ber 30,1976, to remain available until expended, $9,205,000. 
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 
expended for the purposes specified in said Act, $1,000,000, to be 
derived from the reclamation fund. 
For the "Emergency fund" for the period July 1, 1976, through 
September 30, 1976, to remain available until expended, $200,000, 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 
regional offices of the Bureau of Reclamation, $21,290,000, to be derived 
from the reclamation fund and to be nonreimbursable pursuant to the 
Act of April 19, 1945 (43 U.S.C. 377) : Provided, That no part of any 
other appropriation in this Act shall be available for activities or func-
tions budgeted for the current fiscal year as general administrative 
expenses. 
For "General administrative expenses" for the period 5vly 1, 1976, 
through September 30, 1976, to be derived from the reclamation fund 
$5,600,000. 
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 
December 21, 1928 (43 U.S.C. 617a), and the Act of July 19,1940 (43 
U.S.C. 618a) respectively. Such sums shall be transferred, upon request 
of the Secretary, to be merged with and expended under the heads 
herein specified; and the unexpended balances of sums transferred for 
expenditure under the heads "Operation and Maintenance" and "Gen-
eral Administrative Expenses" shall revert and be credited to the 
special fund from which derived. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available 
for purchase of not to exceed twenty-nine passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only; purchase of two aircraft; payment of claims for 
damages to or loss of property, personal injury, or death arising out 
of activities of the Bureau of Reclamation; payment, except as other-
wise 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 
PUBLIC LAW 94-180—DEC. 26, 1975 
89 STAT. 1043 
reclamation laws; rewards for information or evidence concerning 
violations of law involving property under the jurisdiction of the 
Bureau of Reclamation; performance of the functions specified under 
the head "Operation and Maintenance Administration", Bureau of 
Reclamation, in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1945; 58 Stat. 487. 
preparation and dissemination of useful information including record-
ings, photographs, and photographic prints; and studies of recrea-
tional uses of reservoir areas, and investigation and recovery of 
archeological and paleontological remains in such areas in the same 
manner as provided for in the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 
461-467) : Provided^ That no part of any appropriation made herein 
shall be available pursuant to the Act of April 19, 1945 (43 U.S.C. 
377), for expenses other than those incurred on behalf of specific 
reclamation projects except "General Administrative Expenses" and 
amounts provided for reconnaissance, basin surveys, and general engi-
neering and research under the head "General Investigations". 
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. 
No part of any appropriation for the Bureau of Reclamation, con-
tained in this Act or in any prior Act, which represents amounts earned 
under the terms of a contract but remaining unpaid, shall be obligated 
for any other purpose, regardless of when such amounts are to be paid: 
Provided^ That the incurring of any obligation prohibited by this 
paragraph shall be deemed a violation of section 3679 of the Revised 
Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665). 
No funds appropriated to the Bureau of Reclamation for operation 43 U
S
C 377a. 
and maintenance, except those derived from advances by water users, 
shall be used for the particular benefits of lands (a) within the bound-
aries of an irrigation district, (b) of any member of a water users' 
organization, or (c) of any individual when such district, organiza-
tion, or individual is in arrears for more than twelve months in the 
payment of charges due under a contract entered into with the United 
States pursuant to laws administered by the Bureau of Reclamation. 
Not to exceed $225,000 may be expended from the appropriation 
"Construction and Rehabilitation" for work by force account on any 
one project or Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program 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 appro-
priation "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 Reha-
bilitation and Betterment Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 724). 
43 USC 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, $652,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
$30,000 of this appropriation shall be transferred to the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service for studies, investigations, and reports 
thereon, as required by the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958 
(72 Stat. 563-565). 
16 USC 661 note. 
89 STAT. 1044 
PUBLIC LAW 94-180—DEC. 26, 1975 
For "General investigations" for the period July 1, 1976, through 
September 30,1976, $198,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of projects in 
Alaska and of marketing electric power and energy, $837,500. 
For "Operation and maintenance" for the period July 1, 1976, 
through September 30,1976, $209,000. . 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND 
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, 
16 use 838 note, established pursuant to Public Law 93-454, are hereby specifically 
approved for construction of the following major transmission facili-
ties : (a) transmission lines and related facilities to integrate genera-
tion into the main Bonneville Power Administration system from 
WPPSS No. 3 and No. 5 Nuclear Generating Plants near Satsop, 
Washington. 
For the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, expendi-
tures at a rate not greater than the quarterly rate provided for fiscal 
year 1976 are hereby approved. 
SOUTHEASTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy 
pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 
1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southeastern power area, 
$1,000,000. 
For "Operation and maintenance" for the period July 1, 1976, 
through September 30,1976, $257,000. 
SOUTHWESTERN POWER 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 
Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southwestern 
power area, $680,000, to remain available until expended. 
For "Construction" for the period July 1, 1976, through Septem-
ber 30, 1976, $125,000, 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 one passenger motor vehicle for 
replacement only, $6,000,000. 
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89 STAT. 1045 
reconstruction. 
Warehouses, 
garages, and 
shops. 
For "Operation and maintenance" for the period July 1, 1976, 
through September 30, 1976, $1,850,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
SEC. 301. Appropriations in this title shall be available for expendi- Emergency 
ture or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the approval of 
the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair 
of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam-
aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: 
Provided^ That no funds shall be made available under this authority 
until funds specifically made available to the Department of the 
Interior for emergencies shall have been exhausted. 
SEC. 302. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer 
Fire 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-
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. 
T I T L E I V — I N D E P E N D E N T O F F I C E S 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the activities of the Federal Cochairman 
and his alternate on the Appalachian Regional Commission and for 
payment of the Federal share of the administrative expenses of the 
commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, as specified in section 105 of the Appa-
lachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended (40 App. 
U.S.C. 105), which activities are hereby authorized pending the enact-
ment of H.R. 4073 or similar authorizing legislation, $1,830,000. 
For "Salaries and expenses" for the period July 1, 1976, through 
September 30,1976, $480,000. 
Southwestern 
Power 
Administration. 
Post, p. 1079 
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note. 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities specified in the 
Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended, 40 App. 
U.S.C. 2-405, except expenses authorized by section 105 of said Act, 
57-194 O - 77 - 70 
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including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, to remain available until expended, which 
Post, p. 1079. 
activities are hereby authorized pending the enactment of H.E. 4073 
42 use 3181 
or similar authorizing legislation, $288,200,000, of which $162,200,000 
°°*®* 
shall be available for the Appalachian Development Highway System, 
but no part of any appropriation in this Act shall be available for 
expenses in connection with commitments for contracts or grants for 
the Appalachian Development Highway System in excess of the total 
amount herein and heretofore appropriated. 
For "Appalachian regional development programs" for the period 
July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $50,000,000, of which 
$37,500,000 shall be available for the Appalachian Development High-
way System. 
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the United 
States member of the Delaware River Basin Commission, as authorized 
by law (75 Stat. 716), $79,000. 
For "Salaries and expenses" for the period July 1, 1976, through 
September 30,1976, $19,000. 
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), $215,000. 
For "Contribution to Delaware River Basin Commission" for the 
period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $53,000. 
FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the work of the Commission, as author-
ized by law, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $1,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, $35,610,000. 
For "Salaries and expenses" including hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed 
$250 for official reception and representation expenses, for the period 
July 1,1976, through September 30,1976, $8,558,000. 
INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN 
CONTRIBUTION TO INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON 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), 
33 use 567b-l. 
as amended by the Act of September 25, 1970 (Public Law 91-407), 
$52,000. 
For "Contribution to Interstate Commission on the Potomac River 
Basin" for period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $13,000. 
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89 STAT. 1047 
NUCLEAR EEGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission in carrying out the pur-
poses of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, including the 42 USC 5801 
employment of aliens; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; publica- ^°^^-
tion and dissemination of atomic information; purchase, repair, and 
cleaning of uniforms; official entertainment expenses (not to exceed 
$7,000) ; reimbursement of the General Services Administration for 
security guard services; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; 
$215,423,000: Provided, That from this appropriation, transfers of 
sums may be made to other agencies of the Government for the per-
formance of the work for which this appropriation is made, and in 
such cases the sums so transferred may be merged with the appro-
priation to which transferred. 
For "Salaries and expenses" in accordance with the above provisions 
for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $51,425,000. 
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the United 
States member of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, as 
authorized by law (84 Stat. 1541), $79,000. 
For "Salaries and expenses" for the period July 1, 1976, through 
September 30, 1976, $19,000. 
CONTRIBUTION TO SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION 
For payment of the United States share of the current expenses of 
the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, as authorized by law (84 
Stat. 1530, 1531), $150,000. 
For "Contribution to Susquehanna River Basin Commission" for 
the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $38,000. 
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), 16 USC 831. 
including hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $100,025,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That this appropriation and other funds avail-
able to th« Tennessee Valley A.uthority shall be available for the pur-
chase of not to exceed one aircraft for replacement only, and the 
purchase of not to exceed two hundred and thirty-five passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only. 
For "Payment to the Tennessee Valley Authority fund" for the 
period July 1,1976, through September 30,1976, $30,550,000, to remain 
available until expended, and include hire, maintenance, and opera-
tion of aircraft, and hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
89 STAT. 1048 
PUBLIC LAW 94-180—DEC. 26, 1975 
WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
Standard level 
user charge, 
limitation. 
40 use 490. 
Short title. 
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-3), includ-
ing services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates not to exceed 
$100 per diem for individuals (42 U.S.C. 1962a-4(5), and 42 U.S.C. 
1962a^(5), and hire of passenger motor vehicles (42 U.S.C. 
1962a-4(6)), $10,722,000, to remain available until expended, includ-
ing $1,300,000, for carrying out the provisions of title I and admin-
istering the provisions of titles II, III, and IV of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
1962d(D)), $2,765,000, for preparation of assessments and plans (42 
U.S.C. 1962d (c)), $303,000, for preparation of plans (33 U.S.C. 1289), 
$1,354,000, for expenses of river basin commissions under title II of 
the Act (42 U.S.C. 1962d(a)), and $5,000,000 for grants to States 
under title III of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1962c(a)) : Provided, That the 
share of the expenses of any river basin commission borne by the 
Federal Government 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. 
For "Water resources planning" for the period July 1, 1976, 
through September 30,1976, $2,350,000. 
TITLE V-^GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall* 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein, except as provided by section 204 of 
Public Law 93-554. 
SEC 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for paying to the Administrator of the General Services 
Administration in excess of 90 per centum of the standard level user 
charge established pursuant to section 210(j) of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, for space and 
services. 
This Act may be cited as the "Public Works for Water and Power 
Development and Energy Researcli Appropriation Act, 1976". 
Approved December 26, 1975. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 94-319 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 94-711 (Comm. of 
Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 94-505 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 121 (1975): 
June 24, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 5, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Dec. 12, House and Senate agreed to conference report.