An Act to authorize appropriations for the saline water program for fiscal year 1974, and for other purposes.
PL 93-51 (S.1386), enacted 07/01/1973

87 STAT. 
PUBLIC LAW 93-51-JULY 1, 1973 
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TITLE I I I 
GENEKAL PKOVISIONS 
SEC. 301. 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. 302. Except where specifically increased or decreased elsewhere 
in this Act, the restrictions contained within appropriations, or pro-
visions affecting appropriations or other funds, available during the 
fiscal year 1973, limiting the amounts which may be expended for per-
sonal services, or for purposes involving personal services, or amounts 
which may be transferred between appropriations or authorizations 
available for or involving such services, are hereby increased to the 
extent necessary to meet increased pay costs authorized by or pursuant 
to law. 
SEC. 303. Applicable appropriations or funds available for the fiscal 
year 1973 shall also be available for payment of prior fiscal year 
obligations for retroactive pay increases granted pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
5341. 
SEC. 304. No funds appropriated in this Act shall be expended to 
aid or assist in the reconstruction of the Democratic Kepublic of 
Vietnam (North Vietnam). 
SEC. 305. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act, or of funds available for expenditure by any corporation 
or agency shall be used, other than for normal and recognized 
executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses, for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, 
booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presentation designed to 
support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress, except in 
presentation to the Congress itself. 
SEC. 306. Appropriations and authority provided in this Act shall 
be available from June 5,1973, and all obligations incurred in anticipa-
tion of the appropriations and authority provided in this Act are 
herebj^ ratified and confirmed if otherwise in accordance with the 
provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 307. None of the funds herein appropriated under this Act 
may be expended to support directly or indirectly combat activities in 
or over Cambodia, Laos, North Vietnam and South Vietnam or off 
the shores of Cambodia, Laos, North Vietnam and South Vietnam by 
United States forces, and after August 15, 1973, no other funds here-
tofore appropriated under any other Act may be expended for such 
purpose. 
Approved July 1, 1973. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
Retroactive pay 
increases. 
80 Stat. 471; 
82 Stat. 997. 
North Vietnam 
reconstruction, 
funds, prohibition. 
Publicity or 
propaganda. 
U.S. combat 
activities in 
Southeast Asia, 
funds, prohibition. 
Public Law 93-51 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for the saline water program for fiscal year 1974, 
and for other purposes. 
July 1, 1973 
[S.1386] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is author-
ized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of the Saline gra 
Water Conversion Act of 1971 (85 Stat. 159), during fiscal year 1974, 
Appropriation 
the sum of $9,127,000 to remain available until expended as follows: 
(1) Research expense, not more than $2,000,000; 
(2) Development expense, not more than $3,200,000; 
(3) Design, construction, acquisition, modification, operation. 
Saline water 
conversion pro-
authorization. 
42 u s e 1959 
note. 
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and maintenance of saline water conversion test beds and test 
facilities, not more than $1,350,000; 
(4) Design, construction, acquisition, modification, operation, 
and maintenance of saline water conversion modules, not more 
than $677,000; and 
(5) Administration and coordination, not more than $1,900,000. 
(b) Funds authorized and appropriated prior to fiscal year 1974 
85 Stat. 159. 
for auv Durposc under the Saline Water Conversion Act of 1971 may 
be obligated and expended as follows, notwithstanding any other 
provisions of law: 
(1) Research expense, $2,400,000; 
(2) Development expense, $400,000; 
(3) Design, construction, acquisition, modification, operation, 
and maintenance of saline water conversion test beds and facil-
ities, $2,000,000; and 
(4) Design, construction, acquisition, modification, operation, 
and maintenance of saline water conversion modules, $1,875,094. 
(c) Expenditures and obligations under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), 
and (4) of subsections (a) and (b) of this section may be increased 
by not more than 10 per centum and expenditures and obligations 
under paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of this section may be increased 
by not more than 2 per centum, if any such increase under any para-
graph is accompanied by an equal decrease in expenditures and obliga-
tions under one or more of the other paragraphs. 
SEC. 2. In addition to the sums authorized to be appropriated by 
section 1 of this Act there are authorized to be appropriated such addi-
tional or supplemental amounts as may be necessary for increases in 
salary, pay, retirement, or other employee benefits authorized by law, 
or other nondiscretionary costs. 
Approved July 1, 1973. 
Public Law 93-52 
July 1. 1973 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[H. J. Res. 636] 
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1974, and for other 
purposes. 
Resolved hy the /Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
a ^rr'rrrtiJ)ns 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
1974. 
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are appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, 
receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora-
tions, and other organizational units of the Government for the fiscal 
year 1974, namely: 
SEC. 101. (a)(1) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing 
projects or activities (not otherwise specifically provided for in this 
joint resolution) which were conducted in the fiscal year 1973 and for 
which appropriations, funds, or other authority would be available 
in the following Appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1974: 
Agriculture-Environmental and Consumer Protection Appro-
priation Act; 
District of Columbia Appropriation Act; 
Department of Housing and Urban Development; Space,