An Act to amend the Water Resources Planning Act to authorize increased appropriations
PL 92-396 (H.R.14106), enacted 08/20/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-395-AUG. 20, 1972 
[86 
STAT. 
August 20, 1972 
[S. 484] 
Public Law 92-395 
J / ; : 
AN A C T 
To designate the Scapegoat Wilderness, Helena. ]>olo. and Lewis and Clark 
National Forests, in the State of .Monrana. 
Scapegoat Wil-
derness, Mont. 
Designation. 
Map and descrip-
tion, filing with 
congressional 
committees. 
Administration. 
78 Stat. 890. 
16 u s e 1131 
note. 
Be H enacted ty the Senate and Houne of Representatire-s of the 
United States of America in Congrenii a>i>iemhled. That, the area kiiown 
as the Lincoln Back Country as generally depicted on a niaj) entitled 
"Proposed Scapegoat Wilderness", dated May 19,197^. AAliich is on file 
and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief, Forest 
Service, United States Department of Agriculture, is hereby desig-
nated as the Scapegoat Wilderness within and as part of the Helena, 
Lolo, and Lewis and Clark Xational Forests, comprising an area of 
approximately 240,000 acres. 
SEC. 2. As soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, the Secre-
tary of Agriculture shall file a map and a legal description of the 
Scapegoat Wilderness with the Interior and Insular Affairs Commit-
tees of the United States Senate and House of Representatives, and 
such description shall have the same force and effect as if included in 
this Act: Provided^ hoioevei\ That correction of clerical and typo-
graphical errors in such legal description and map may be made. 
SEC. 3. The Scapegoat Wilderness shall be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of the 
Wilderness Act governing areas designated by that Act as wilderness 
areas, except that any reference in such provisions to the eft'ective date 
of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective 
date of this Act. 
Approved August 20, 1972. 
August 20, 1972 
[H. R. 14106] 
Public Law 92-396 
'''^'•^ 
AN A C T 
'*?>'^'^' 
To amend the Water Resources Planning Act to authorize increased 
appropriations. 
Water Resources 
Planning Act, ap-
propriation in-
crease. 
85 Stat. 77. 
42 u s e 1962d. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Water 
Resources Planning Act (79 Stat. 244, 42 U.S.C. 1962 et seq.) is 
amended by striking out the present section 401 and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following: 
''SEC. 401. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Water 
Resources Council: 
"(a) not to exceed $6,000,000 annually for the Federal share 
of the expenses of administration and operation of river basin 
commissions, including salaries and expenses of the chairmen, 
but not including funds authorized by subsection (c) below: 
Provided, That not more than $750,000 annually shall be avail-
able under this subsection for any single river basin commission; 
"(b) not to exceed $1,500,000 annually for the expenses of the 
Water Resources Council in administering this Act, not including 
funds authorized by subsection (c) below; 
"(c) not to exceed $3,500,000 in fiscal year 1973 and such annual 
amounts as may be authorized by subsequent Acts for preparation 
,,: of assessments, and for directing and coordinating the prepara-
tion of such regional or river basin plans as the Council determines 
are necessary and desirable in carrying out the policy of this Act: 
Provided, That not more than $2,500,000 shall be available under 
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this subsection for the preparation of assessments: Provided 
fur-
ther. That the Council may transfer funds authorized by this 
subsection to river basin commissions and to Federal and State 
agencies upon such terms and conditions as it determines are nec-
essary and desirable to carry out the above functions in an econom-
ical, efficient, and timely manner, and that such commissions and 
agencies are hereby autnorized to receive and expend such funds 
pursuant to this subsection." 
Approved August 20, 1972. 
Transfer of 
funds. 
Public Law 92-397 
AN ACT 
To funencl title 2S. United Stares Code, relating to aminities nf widows of 
Supreme Court Justices. 
August 22, 1972 
[S.2854] 
Be 'it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatires 
of the 
United ^States of America in Congress aHsemhled, That section 375 of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
'' (a) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States 
Courts shall pay to the surviving widow of a justice of the United 
States who died on or before the date of enactment of this section, 
while in regular active service or after having retired or resigned 
inider the provisions of this chapter, an annuity of $10,000, 
"(b) The surviving widow of a justice of the United States who 
is in regular active service or is retired or resigned under the provi-
sions of this chapter on the date of enactment of this section, shall, 
if the justice gives written notice to the Director of the Administrative 
Office of the United States Courts within six months of the date of 
enactment of this section of his election to become subject to the 
provisions of section 376 of this chapter, be paid an annuity of $5,000 
or an annuity in accordance with the provisions of section 376, which-
ever is the greater. 
"(c) The surviving widow of a justice of the LTnited States who is 
in regular active service or is retired or resigned under the provisions 
of this chapter on the date of enactment of this section, shall, if the 
justice fails to give timely written notice of his election to become 
subject to the provisions of section 376 of this chapter, be paid an 
annuity of $5,000. 
"(d) The widow of a justice of the United States who is appointed 
after the date of enactment of this section shall be ineligible for an 
annuity under this section. 
"(e) An annuity payable under this section shall accrue monthly 
and shall be due and payable in monthly installments on the first 
business day of the month following the month for which the annuity 
shall have accrued. Such annuity shall commence on the first day of 
the month in which a justice dies, and shall terminate upon the death 
or remarriage of the annuitant." 
SEC. 2. Section 376 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting "justice or" or "justice's or" prior to the word "judge" or 
"judge's", as appropriate, wherever those words appear therein, except 
in subsections (q), (r), and (s). 
SEC. 3. (a) The heading of chapter 17, title 28,1'nited States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
Supreme Court 
J u s t i c e s . 
Widows, annu-
ities. 
68 Stat. 918; 
70 Stat. 1021. 
81 Stat. 668; 
82 Stat. 662. 
28 u s e 376. 
"Chapter 17.—RESIGNATION AND RETIREMENT OF 
JUSTICES AND JUDGES". 
(b) The analysis of chapter 17 of title 28, United States Code, is