Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1981
PL 96-367 (H.R.7590), enacted 10/01/1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-367—OCT. 1, 1980 
94 STAT. 1331 
Public Law 96-367 
96th Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending 
September 30,1981, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by 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 September 30, 
1981, for energy and water development, and for other purposes, 
namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
Oct. 1, 1980 
[H.R. 7590] 
Energy and 
Water 
Development 
Appropriation 
Act, 1981. 
ENERGY SUPPLY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 
For Operating expenses of the Department of Energy necessary for 
energy supply, research and development activities and other activi-
ties in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), $2,268,754,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That during fiscal year 1981 and 
within the resources and authority available, gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct loans for the Hydropower Feasibility 
Studies Loan Program shedl not exceed $10,000,000. 
42 u s e 7101 
note. 
URANIUM SUPPLY AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES 
For Operating expenses of the Department of Energy necessary for 
uranium supply and enrichment activities in carrying out the pur-
poses of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 
95-91), $1,009,040,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$979,585,000 shall be derived from revenues received from the enrich-
ment of uranium as authorized by section 111(h) of Public Law 
93-438, as amended, notwithstanding the provisions of section 3617 of 
the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 484): Provided, That within the limits 
of this appropriation, obligations may be incurred in advance of 
uranium enrichment revenue collections and shall be liquidated from 
such collections: Provided further, That this appropriation as well as 
all prior year balances are merged with the Uranium Supply and 
Enrichment Activities Plant and Capital Equipment Appropriation. 
42 u s e 5821. 
GENERAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 
For operating expenses of the Department of Energy necessary for 
general science and research activities in carrying out the purposes of 
the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), 
$378,015,000, to remain available until expended. 
94 STAT. 1332 
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ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
For operating expenses of the Department of Energy necessary for 
atomic energy defense activities in carrying out the purposes of the 
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Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), 
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$2,890,623,000, to remain available until expended. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For salaries and expenses for the Office of the Secretary of Energy 
necessary for administering the Department in carrying out the 
puiposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 
95-91), and for official reception and representation expenses (not to 
exceed $35,000), $4,892,000. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy necessary 
for general management, program administration, field office and 
program support functions and other activities in carrying out the 
puiposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 
95-91), including the hire of passenger motor vehicles; $390,324,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $184,267,000 shall be 
derived from moneys received as authorized by section 201 of Public 
42 use 5821. 
Law 95-238, notwithstanding the provisions of section 3617 of the 
Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 484): Provided, That of the funds provided, 
$7,075,000 shall be for the Office of the Inspector General. 
PLANT AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT 
ENERGY SUPPLY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 
For expenses of the Department of Energy in connection with the 
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital equip-
ment and other expenses incidental thereto necessary for energy 
supply, research and development activities and other activities in 
carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (Public Law 95-91), including the acquisition or condemnation of 
any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 
construction, or expansion; purchase of passenger motor vehicles (not 
to exceed 135 of which 131 are for replacement only) including 6 
police-type vehicles; $373,287,000, and in addition, $10,000,000 for the 
construction or acquisition by the Secretary of Energy of capacity for 
the away from reactor storage of spent nuclear fuel from electric 
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powerplants licensed under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, all to 
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remain available until expended. 
URANIUM SUPPLY AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES 
For expenses of the Department of Energy in connection with the 
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital equip-
ment and other expenses incidental thereto necessary for uranium 
supply and enrichment activities in carrying out the purposes of the 
42 use 7101 
Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), includ-
"°*® 
ing the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any 
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion; 
purchase of passenger motor vehicles (not to exceed 20 for replace-
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94 STAT. 1333 
ment only); $276,760,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $274,460,000 shall be derived from revenues received from the 
enrichment of uranium as authorized by section 111(h) of Public Law 
93-438, as amended, notwithstanding the provisions of section 3617 of 42 use 5821. 
the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 484): Provided, That within the limits 
of this appropriation, obligations may be incurrred in advance of 
uranium enrichment revenue collections and shall be liquidated from 
such collections: Provided further. That this appropriation as well as 
all prior balances are merged with the Uranium Supply and Enrich-
ment Activities Operating Expenses Appropriation. 
GENERAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 
For expenses of the Department of Energy in connection with the 
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital equip-
ment and other expenses incidental thereto necessary for general 
science and research activities in carrying out the purposes of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), includ- 42 use 7ioi 
ing the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or facility or ^°^-
for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion; purchase 
of passenger motor vehicles (not to exceed 15 for replacement only); 
$126,400,000, to remain available until expended. 
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
For expenses of the Department of Energy in connection with the 
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital equip-
ment and other expenses incidental thereto necessary for atomic 
energy defense activities in carrying out the purposes of the Depart-
ment of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), including the 
acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion; purchase of 
passenger motor vehicles (not to exceed 237 of which 212 are for 
replacement only) including 7 police-type vehicles; purchase of one 
aircraft for replacement only and acquisition of one additional 
aircraft at no cost through transfer from the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency; $600,005,000, to remain available until expended. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of the Department of Energy necessary for depart-
mental administration and other activities in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 
95-91), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
expansion, or for the purchase, construction or acquisition of capital 
equipment and other expenses incidental thereto, $38,065,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 
OPERATION A N D MAINTENANCE, ALASKA POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For engineering and economic investigations to promote the devel-
opment and utilization of the water, power, and related resources of 
Alaska, and for necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of 
projects in Alaska and of marketing electric power and energy, 
$3,069,000, to remain available until expended. 
94 STAT. 1334 
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BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND 
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, 
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established pursuant to Public Law 93-454, are approved for con-
struction of Southwest Oregon Service—Buckley-Summer Lake 500 
KV transmission line and related facilities; and for official reception 
and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,000. 
During fiscal year 1981 and within the resources and authority 
available, gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans 
shall not exceed $2,400,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION 
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 appUed to the southeastern power area, 
$1,552,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy, 
and for construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substa-
tions 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 appUed to the southwest-
ern power area, $28,208,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the functions authorized by title HI, section 
42 use 7152. 
302(a)(1)(E) of 
the Act of 
August 4,1977 (Public Law 95-91), other than 
the Upper Colorado River Storage Project, and for operation and 
maintenance of electric power transmission facilities, and power 
marketing including purchase power and wheeling, as authorized by 
law, including the purchase of passenger motor vehicles (not to 
exceed 17 of which 16 are for replacement only); $138,502,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $124,200,000 shall be 
derived from the Department of the Interior Reclamation Fund and 
$600,000 shall be derived from the Colorado River Dam Fund for 
power marketing and transmission expenses of the Boulder Canyon 
Project. 
COLORADO RIVER BASINS POWER MARKETING FUND, WESTERN AREA 
POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the functions authorized by title EQ, section 
302(aXlXE) of the Act of August 4,1977 (Public Law 95-91), for the 
Upper Colorado River Storage Project, as authorized by the Act of 
April 11, 1956, as amended (43 U.S.C. 620d), $3,548,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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94 STAT. 1335 
EMERGENCY FUND, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION 
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 that Act, $200,000, to be derived from the 
Department of the Interior Reclamation Fund. 
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commis-
sion to carry out the provisions of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), including services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $74,374,000. 
GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT FUND 
42 u s e 7101 
note. 
GEOTHERMAL LOAN GUARANTEE AND INTEREST ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For carrying out the Loan Guarantee and Interest Assistance 
Program as authorized by the Geothermal Energy Research, Develop-
ment and Demonstration Act of 1974, as amended, $1,284,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the indebtedness 
guaranteed or committed to be guaranteed through funds provided by 
this or any other appropriation Act shall not exceed the aggregate of 
$500,000,000: Provided further. That no part of this or any other 
appropriation for the purpose of the Loan Guarantee and Interest 
Assistance Program shall be available for obligation for loan guaran-
tees or interest assistance contracts entered into after September 2, 
1984: Provided further. That notwithstanding provisions in Public 
Law 94-355; Public Law 95-96 and Public Law 96-69 to the contrary, 
such portion of the funds previously appropriated for the Geothermal 
Loan Guarantee and Interest Assistance Program as are required to 
secure outstanding loan guarantee obligations for those loans still in 
force as of September 2, 1984, may remain available for obligation 
after that date for payment of valid claims against the program for a 
period not in excess of thirty years. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
SEC. 101. Appropriations to the Department of Energy under this 
title for the current fiscal year shall be available for hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; hire, maintenance and operation of aircraft; pur-
chase, repair and cleaning of uniforms; and reimbursement to the 
General Services Administration for security guard services. From 
these appropriations, transfers of sums may be made to other 
agencies of the United States Government for the performance of 
work for which this appropriation is made. None of the funds made 
available to the Department of Energy under this Act shall be used to 
implement or finance authorized price support or loan guarantee 
programs unless specific provision is made for such programs in an 
appropriation Act. The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, 
buildings, equipment and other contributions from public and private 
sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies. 
Federal, State or private. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds appropriated for Department of Energy 
activities by this Act shall be available for any purpose related to the 
30 u s e 1101 
note. 
90 Stat. 889. 
91 Stat. 797. 
93 Stat. 437. 
Motor vehicles, 
aircraft. 
Contributions, 
acceptance. 
Waste Isolation 
Pilot Plant, N. 
Mex. 
94 STAT. 1336 
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Appropriation 
transfers, 
submittal to 
congressional 
committees. 
obtaining or issuing of a license by the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-
sion to operate the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Delaware Basin, 
Southeast New Mexico (Project 77-13-f), or for any purpose related to 
the storage at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant project site, radioactive 
waste not resulting from the national defense activities of the 
Department of Energy. 
SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriations made 
available for the current fiscal year for Energy Supply, Research and 
Development Activities; Uranium Supply and Enrichment Activities; 
General Science and Research Activities; Atomic Energy Defense 
Activities; and Departmental Administration may be transferred 
between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 
otherwise provided, shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 
per centum by any such transfers, and any such proposed transfers 
shall be submitted promptly to the Committees on Appropriations 
and the appropriate authorizing committees of the House and Senate 
for approval. 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF 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. 
River and 
harbor, flood 
control, shore 
protection, 
study. 
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses necessary for the collection and study of basic 
information pertaining to river and harbor, flood control, shore 
protection, and related projects, restudy of authorized projects, and 
when authorized by law, surveys and studies of projects prior to 
authorization for construction, $134,013,000 to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds made available in this 
paragraph shall be obligated or expended for the study of Diversion of 
Lake Michigan at Chicago, if such study would result in adverse 
diminution of generation at hydroelectric facilities on the Niagara or 
St. Lawrence Rivers. 
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CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL 
For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control, shore 
protection, and related projects authorized by laws; and detailed 
studies, and plans and specifications, of projects (including those for 
development with participation or under consideration for participa-
tion by States, local governments, or private groups) authorized or 
made eligible for selection by law Ot)ut such studies shall not consti-
tute 
a 
commitment 
of 
the 
Government 
to 
construction), 
$1,585,742,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding the provisions of Public Law 89-72 of the Federal 
Water Project Recreation Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 213, July 9, 1965), 
section 2A2, which limits the costs to be allocated to recreation or to 
fish and wildlife enhancement, the Corps of Engineers is directed to 
proceed with construction of site 20 of the Papio Creek Basin 
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94 STAT. 1337 
Nebraska plan of flood control improvements authorized by Public 
Law 94-83, the Flood Control Act of 1968: Provided further. That 42 use 4332. 
within available funds, $1,500,000 shall be for emergency beach ^^ Stat. 739. 
nourishment at Mt. Baldy at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided further. That 
funds appropriated for the Siuslaw River and Bar, Oregon navigation 
project, authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1910, as 36 Stat. 630. 
amended and modified, shall be used to design and construct further 
modifications to that project in accordance with the Report of the 
Division Engineer, North Pacific Division, dated 16 June 1976: 
Provided further. That the Chief of Engineers is directed to spend not 
more than $3,000,000 to provide beach nourishment to replenish the 
authorized project for beach erosion control at Oceanside, San Diego 
County, California, to its previous configuration from any materials 
that he may reeisonably obtain for that purpose. 
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 
projects threatened or destroyed by flood, as authorized by law (33 
U.S.C. 702a, 702g-l), $232,519,000, to remain available until 
expended: 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 meas-
ures shall complement 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 Conserva-
tionist: Provided further. That none of the funds available to the 
Corps of Engineers' civil works program shall be available, except on 
a voluntary basis, for the acquisition of land or easements for the 
impoundment of floodwaters, or for the purpose of enlarging the four 
Yazoo Basin reservoirs, as determined by the Corps to be necessary 
because records of recent years show a more frequent incidence of 
high lake levels than originally calculated for the four lake projects 
in the Yazoo Basin, Mississippi, but this provision shall not apply to 
the acquisition of rights-of-way for a plan for flood protection for the 
town of Coffeeville which has the concurrence of community officials: 
Provided further. That funds in this Act for the Tensas Basin Red 
River Backwater Area, Louisiana project are to be used to construct 
features for flood control and allied purposes for Sicily Island and 
Below Red River including pumping stations and such other modifi-
cations of these or existing features in this area as the Chief of 
Engineers determines advisable, subject to non-Federal cooperation 
for each separable feature of such work at the time of construction as 
is required for work pursuant to the August 18, 1941, authorization. 55 Stat. 638. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the preservation, operation, mainte-
nance, 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 preservation of navigable waters; surveys and charting 
of northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing 
94 STAT. 1338 
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and straightening channels; and removal of obstructions to naviga-
tion; $902,605,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available to reimburse non-Federal 
public interests for the costs of diking dredged disposal areas at 
Federed projects provided by non-Federal public interests and for 
funds contributed or advanced to the Secretary of the Army by non-
Federed public interests for diking of dredged disposal areas at 
Federal projects, during the period October 1, 1978, to December 3, 
1979, where the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of 
Engineers, determines that such costs of diking or funds contributed 
or advanced and expended were not specifically required of such non-
Federal public interests by project authorization: Provided further. 
That the authorized project dimensions for East Pass Channel, 
Florida, are hereby modified to provide a channel length of approxi-
mately 3,800 feet in lieu of 2,000 feet from the East Pass Channel into 
Old Pass Lagoon, with no changes in width and depth. 
REVOLVING FUND 
For design and construction of hopper dredges, and for the pur-
chase of one aircraft, $43,225,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That approximately $8,500,000 of this amount shall be used 
for the purchase of one aircraft for replacement of the existing 
aircraft of the Chief of Engineers. 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for general administration and related 
functions in the office of the Chief of Engineers and offices of the 
Division Engineers; activities of the Board of Engineers for Rivers 
and Harbors and the Coastal Engineering Research Center; commer-
cial statistics; and miscellaneous investigations; $81,030,000. 
SPECIAL RECREATION USE FEES 
For construction, operation, and maintenance of outdoor recrea-
tion facilities, including collection of special recreation use fees, to 
remain available until expended, $5,000,000, to be derived from the 
special account established by the Land and Water Conservation Act 
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of 1965, as amended (l6 U.S.C. 4601). 
note. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations in this title shall be available for expenses of 
attendance by military personnel at meetings in the manner author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 4110, uniforms, and allowances therefor, as author-
ized 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 succeed-
ing session of Congress; not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; and during the current fiscal year the 
revolving fund. Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase 
(not to exceed 221 of which 216 shall be for replacement only) and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles: Provided, That the total accrued expend-
itures of the capital investment program of the revolving fund shall 
not exceed $150,000,000 in fiscal year 1981. 
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94 STAT. 1339 
GENERAL PROVISION 
SEC. 201. None of the funds appropriated in this title, except as 
specifically contained herein, shall be used to alter, modify, disman-
tle, or otherwise change any project which is partially constructed 
but not funded for construction in this title. 
FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS 
SEC. 202. (a) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of 
Engineers, is authorized and directed to design and construct, at full 
Federal expense, such flood control measures at or in the vicinity o
f
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(1) Pikesville, Kentucky, and of Grundy, Virginia, on the 
Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River, 
(2) Pineville, Kentucky, on the Cumberland River, and 
(3) Williamson and Matewan, West Virginia, on the Tug Fork 
of the Big Sandy River, 
as the Chief of Engineers determines necessary and advisable to 
afford these communities and other flood damaged localities and 
their immediate environs on both the Levisa and Tug Fork of the Big 
Sandy River and Cumberland River a level of protection against 
flooding at least sufficient to prevent any future losses to these 
communities from the likelihood of flooding such as occurred in April 
1977, at an estimated cost of $284,000,000. Non-Federal interests shall 
hold and save the United States free from damages due to construc-
tion works referred to in this section, and maintain and operate all 
such works after their completion in accordance with regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary of the Army. 
O
b
) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. 
(c) The Congress finds that the benefits attributable to the objec-
tives set forth in section 209 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 exceed 42 use 1962-2. 
the cost of the flood control measures authorized by this section. 
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
WATER AND POWER RESOURCES SERVICE 
For carrying out the functions of the Water and Power Resources 
Service as provided in the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 
1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary 43 use 371 note. 
thereto) and other Acts applicable to that Service as follows: 
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS 
For engineering and economic investigations of proposed Federal 
reclamation projects and studies of water conservation and develop-
ment plans and activities preliminary to the reconstruction, rehabili-
tation and betterment, financial adjustment, or extension of existing 
projects, to remain available until expended, $38,629,000, of which 
$38,579,000 is to be derived from the reclamation fund. 
CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM 
For construction and rehabilitation of projects and parts thereof 
(including power transmission facilities for Water and Power 
Resources Service use) and for other related activities as authorized 
by law, to remain available until expended, $570,641,000, of which 
$118,392,000 shall be available for advances to the Upper Colorado 
94 STAT. 1340 
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43 u s e 620d. 
43 u s e 1543. 
San Luis Unit 
interceptor 
drain. 
76 Stat. 1180. 
Wellton-
Mohawk 
Irrigation and 
Drainage 
District. 
Fremont-
Madison 
Irrigation 
District. 
43 u s e 504. 
River Basin Fund authorized by section 5 of the Act of April 11,1956, 
and $135,235,000 shall be available for advances to the Lower 
Colorado River Basin Fund authorized by section 403 of the Act of 
September 30, 1968: Provided, That of the total appropriated, 
$162,602,000 shall be derived from the Reclamation Fund: Provided 
further. That advances to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund £ind 
Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund may be increased or 
decreased by transfers within the overall appropriation to this 
heading: Provided further. That the unexpended balances of the 
appropriation accounts for "Construction and Rehabilitation", "Colo-
rado River Basin Salinity Control Projects", and "Recreational and 
Fish and Wildlife" shall be merged into one and made available for 
the same purposes as appropriations under this heading: 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 of the total amount 
appropriated in this Act not to exceed $2,000,000 is for archeological 
research and recovery operations, in addition to any funds otherwise 
authorized for such operations, at New Melones Dam and Reservoir, 
California, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1962: Provided 
further. That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed 
to allocate as nonreimbursable and nonretumable that part of the 
cost of constructing Red Fleet Dam on the Jensen Unit, Central Utah 
Project, which resulted from changes in the design to recognize state-
of-the-art criteria deemed necessary for dam safety: Provided further. 
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: Provided further, 
That of the amount herein appropriated not to exceed $6,000,000 for 
the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District, Gila Project, 
Arizona, shall be available for improvement of the Gila River 
Channel to facilitate drainage of lands within the District under a 
repayment obligation heretofore established by existing contract 
between the Secretary of the Interior and the District: Provided 
further. That of the amount herein appropriated not to exceed 
$10,000 shall be available to initiate a rehabilitation and betterment 
program with the Fremont-Madison Irrigation District to rehabili-
tate the facilities of the Marysville, Farmer's Own, Yellowstone, 
Squirrel Creek, and Silky Canal Companies under the Act of Octo-
ber 7,1949 (63 Stat. 724), as amended, to be repaid in full by the lands 
served and under conditions satisfactory to the Secretary of Interior. 
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 
Water and Power Resources Service pursuant to law, to remain 
available until expended, $101,117,000, of which $62,398,000 shall be 
derived from the reclamation fund and $12,858,000 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 
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94 STAT. 1341 
sums appropriated herein may be expended, and such advances shall 
remain available until expended. 
LOAN PROGRAM 
For loans to irrigation districts and other public agencies for 
construction of distribution systems on authorized Federal reclama-
tion projects, and for loans and grants to non-Federal agencies for 
construction of projects, as authorized by the Acts of July 4,1955, as 
amended (43 U.S.C. 421a-421d), and August 6, 1956, as amended (43 
U.S.C. 422a-422k), including expenses necessary for carrying out the 
program, $22,924,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That during 1981, and within the resources and authority available, 
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall not 
exceed $38,000,000: Provided further. That any contract under the 
Act of July 4,1955, (69 Stat. 244), as amended, not yet executed by the 43 use 42ia. 
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 section 12 of the Act of August 4, 
1939 (53 Stat. 1187,1197). 
43 use 388. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of general administration and related 
functions in the offices of the Commissioner of the Water and Power 
Resources Service and in the regional offices of the Water and Power 
Resources Service, $38,150,000, 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 functions budgeted for the 
current fiscal year as general administrative expenses. 
SPECIAL FUNDS 
Sums herein referred to as being derived from the Reclamation 
fund, the Colorado River Dam fund, or the Colorado River develop-
ment fund, are appropriated from the special funds in the Treasury 
created by the Act of June 17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 391), the Act of 
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 Transfer of 
request of the Secretary, to be merged with and expended under the f
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heads herein specified; and the unexpended balances of sums trans-
ferred for expenditure under the heads "Operation and Mainte-
nance" and "General Administrative Expenses" shall revert and be 
credited to the special fund from which derived. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Water and Power Resources Service shall be 
available for purchase of not to exceed 30 passenger motor vehicles of 
which 26 shall be for replacement only; payment of claims for 
damages to or loss of property, personal injury, or death arising out of 
activities of the Water and Power Resources Service; payment, except 
as otherwise provided for, of compensation and expenses of persons 
on the rolls of the Water and Power Resources Service 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; for service as authorized by 5 
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58 Stat. 463. 
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U.S.C. 3109, in total not to exceed $300,000; rewards for information 
or evidence concerning violations of law involving property under the 
jurisdiction of the Water and Power Resources Service; performance 
of the functions specified under the head "Operation and Mainte-
nance Administration", Bureau of Reclamation, in the 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 
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 Adminis-
trative Expenses" and amounts provided for reconnaissance, basin 
surveys, and general engineering and research under the head 
"General Investigations". 
Sums appropriated herein which are expended in the performance 
of reimbursable functions of the Water and Power Resources Service 
shall be returnable to the extent and in the manner provided by law. 
No part of any appropriation for the Water and Power Resources 
Service, contained 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 obliga-
tion 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 Water and Power Resources Service 
for operation and maintenance, except those derived from advances 
by water users, shall be used for the particular benefits of lands (a) 
within the boundaries of an irrigation district, (b) of any member of a 
water users' organization, or (c) of any individual when such district, 
organization, or individual is in arrears for more than twelve months 
in the payment of charges due under a contract entered into with the 
United States pursuant to laws administered by the Water and Power 
Resources Service. 
Emergency 
reconstruction. 
Additional 
appropriations. 
Facilities, 
operation. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
SEC. 301. Appropriations in this title shall be available for expendi-
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 
damaged 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 
(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 
Department of the Interior. 
SEC. 303. Appropriations in this title shall be available for oper-
ation 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 
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94 STAT. 1343 
June 30, 1932 (31 U.S.C. 686): Provided, That reimbursements for 
costs of supplies, materials, equipment, and for services rendered 
may be credited to the appropriation current at the time such 
reimbursements are received. 
SEC. 304. Appropriations in this title shall be available for hire, Aircraft and 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor motor vehicles. 
vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone services in 
private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations 
approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when author-
ized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or associ-
ations which issue publications to members only or at a price to 
members lower than to subscribers who are not members. 
TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Cochairman and his alter-
nate 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, $3,192,000. 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized by 
the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended, 40 use app. i. 
except expenses authorized by section 105 of said Act, including 40 use app. 105. 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, to remain available until expended, $339,300,000, of which 
$214,600,000 shall be available for the Appalachian Development 
Highway 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 author-
ized by law (75 Stat. 716), $116,000. 
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), $269,000. 
INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN 
CONTRIBUTION TO INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER 
BASIN 
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay in advance to the 
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin the Federal 
contribution toward the expenses of the Commission during the 
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current fiscal year in the administration of its business in the 
conservancy district established pursuant to the Act of July 11,1940 
33 use 567b. 
(54 Stat. 748), as amended by the Act of September 25, 1970 (Public 
33 use 567b-i. 
Law 91-407), $55,000. 
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission in carrying out the 
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purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, and 
note. 
the Atomic Energy Act, as amended, namely the control of atomic 
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energy and the issuance of licenses as authorized by section 103 (42 
U.S.C. 2133) so as to make the maximum contribution to the general 
welfare, promote world peace, increase the standard of living and 
strengthen free competition in private enterprise, subject at all times 
to the paramount objective of making the maximum contribution to 
the common defense and security and to the objective of protecting 
the health and safety of the public, including the employment of 
aliens; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; publication and dissemi-
nation of atomic information; purchase, repair, and cleaning of 
uniforms; official entertainment expenses (not to exceed $3,000); 
reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security 
guard services; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; 
$447,520,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
from this appropriation, transfer 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 trans-
ferred: Provided further. That moneys received by the Commission 
for the cooperative nuclear safety research programs may be retained 
and used for salaries and expenses associated with those programs, 
notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 484, and shall remain 
available until expended. 
NUCLEAR SAFETY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE 
For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Safety Oversight Commit-
tee, $1,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
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), $112,000. 
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), $200,000. 
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94 STAT. 1345 
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), i6USC83ie< 
including purchase, hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, and *
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purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $269,563,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
COLUMBIA DAM AND RESERVOIR 
For necessary expenses for the orderly and expeditious completion 
of the Columbia Dam and Reservoir project near Columbia, Tennes-
see, for flood control, water supply, regional development and other 
purposes, including the maintenance of 
a normal maximum reservoir 
pool of 630 feet above sea level by August 1985 and thereafter, 
according to sound engineering practice, $18,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL 
WATER RESOURCES PLANNING 
For the Water Resources Council for expenses necessary in carry-
ing out the provisions of the Water Resources Planning Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 1962-1962d-3), as amended, including services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 42 U.S.C. 1962a-4(5), and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles (42 U.S.C. 1962a-4(6)), $24,777,000 to remain available 
until expended, including $4,748,000 for expenses in administering 
the Act (42 U.S.C. 1962d(b)), $4,186,000 for preparation of assessments 
and plans (42 U.S.C. 1962d(c)), $3,443,000 for expenses of river basin 
commissions under title II of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1962d(a)), $10,000,000 
for grants to States under title III of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1962c(a)), and 
$2,400,000 for Upper Mississippi Comprehensive Management Plan 
(42U.S.C.1962b-3). 
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. 
SEC. 502. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, parties intervening in regula-
tory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. 
SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public inspec-
tion, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
existing Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law. 
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Appropriation 
SEC. 504. There is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury 
authorization. 
^^^ otherwise appropriated, for payment to Dorothy Runnels, widow 
of Harold Runnels, late a Representative from the State of New 
Mexico, $60,663. 
Short title. 
This Act may be cited as the "Energy and Water Development 
Appropriation Act, 1981". 
Approved October 1, 1980. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 96-1093 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 96-1366 (Coram. 
of Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 96-927 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 126 (1980): 
June 24, 25, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 9, 10, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Sept. 24, House agreed to conference report; concurred in certain Senate 
amendments, in others with amendments; Senate agreed to conference 
report; concurred in House amendments. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 16, No. 40: 
Oct. 1, Presidential statement.