An Act making appropriations far certain civil functions administered by the Department of Defense, the Panama Canal, certain agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Atlantic-Pacific later oceanic Canal Study Commission, the Delaware River Basin Commission, the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Water Resources Council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1987 and for other purposes
PL 89-689 (H.R.17787), enacted 10/15/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-689-OCT. 15, 1966 
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Public Law 89-689 
October 15, 1966 
^ ^ A C T 
[H. R. 17787] 
Making appropriations for certain civil functions administered by the Depart-
ment of Defense, tlie Panama Canal, certain agencies of the Department of the 
Interior, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Atlantic-Pacific Interoceanic 
Canal Study Commission, the Delaware River Basin Commission, the Saint 
Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, the Tennessee Valley Authority, 
and the Water Resources Council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and 
for other purposes. 
Public Works 
Appropriation 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
Acr,l'967. " 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30,1967, for certain 
civil functions administered by the Department of Defense, the Pan-
ama Canal, certain agencies of the Department of the Interior, the 
Atomic Energy Commission, the Atlantic-Pacific Interoceanic Canal 
Study Commission, the Delaware River Basin Commission, the Saint 
Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, the Tennessee Valley 
Authority, and the Water Resources Council, and for other purposes, 
namely: 
TITLE 
I—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary cemeterial expenses as authorized by law, including 
maintenance, operation, and improvement of national cemeteries, and 
purchase of headstones and markers for unmarked graves; purchase 
of three passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; maintenance 
of that portion of Congressional Cemetery to which the United States 
has title. Confederate burial places under the jurisdiction of the De-
partment of the Army, and graves used by the Army in commercial 
cemeteries; $15,098,000: Provided^ That this appropriation shall not be 
used to repair more than a single approach road to any national ceme-
tery : Provided further^ That this appropriation shall not be obligated 
for construction of a superintendent's lodge or family quarters at a cost 
per unit in excess of $17,000, but such limitation may be increased by 
such additional amounts as may be required to provide office space, 
public comfort rooms, or space for the storage of Government property 
within the same structure: Provided further^ That reimbursement shall 
be made to the applicable military appropriation for the pay and 
allowances of any military personnel performing services primarily 
for the purposes of this appropriation. 
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: 
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(iENERAL INVESTKJATIONS 
For expenses necessaiy for the collection and study of basic informa-
tion pertaining to river and harbor^ flood control, shore protection, and 
related projects, and when authorized by law, surveys and studies of 
projects prior to authorization for construction, $3'2,450,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That $441,000 of this appropria-
tion shall be transferred to the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife 
for studies, investigations, and reports thereon as required by the 
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 563-565) to 
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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. 
CONSTRUCTION, 
GENERAL 
For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control, shore pro-
tection, and related projects authorized by law; and detailed studies, 
and plans and specifications, or projects (including those for develop-
ment with participation or under consideration for participation by 
States, local governments, or private groups) authorized or made 
eligible for selection by law (but such studies shall not constitute a 
commitment of the Government to construction); $967,460,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That no part of this appro- 
Restriction. 
priation shall be used for projects not authorized by law or which 
are authorized by law limiting the amount to be appropriated therefor, 
except as may be within the limits of the amount now or hereafter 
authorized to be appropriated: Provided further, That the Chief of 
Engineers shall, in lieu of altering the existing obsolescent bridge, 
provide a new four-lane high-level bridge as a replacement for the 
United States Highway Numbered 64 bridge immediately west of 
Fort Smith, Arkansas: Provided further, That at the discretion of the 
Chief of Engineers, funds appropriated for the Robert S. Kerr Lock 
and Dam, Oklahoma, may be used to provide appropriate navigational 
clearances for bridges crossing the Sans Bois Creek which are to be 
relocated under the existing project: Provided further, That the Lost 
Creek Project in Oregon and the Wynoochee Project in Washington 
shall not be operated for irrigation purposes until such time as the 
Secretary of the Interior makes the necessary arrangements with non-
Federal interests to recover the costs, in accordance with Federal 
Reclamation Law, which are allocated to the irrigation purpose: 
32 stat. 388. 
Provided further, That appropriations under this head shall be avail-
able to the Chief of Engineers for the purposes authorized by section 
6 of the Flood Control Act of 1946; provided further that the author- 
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ity contained therein is extended to include the Libby Dam and Reser-
voir project in Montana: Provided 
further, 
That $550,000 of this 
appropriation shall be transferred to the Bureau of Sport Fisheries 
and Wildlife for studies, investigations, and reports thereon as re-
quired by the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 
563-565) to provide that wildlife conservation shall receive equal con-
sideration and be coordinated with other features of water-resource 
development programs of the Department of the Army. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the preservation, operation, maintenance, 
and care of existing river and harbor, flood ccmtrol, 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, out-
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side of harbor lines, and serving essential needs of general commerce 
and navigation; jfinancing the United States share of the cost of pump-
ing water from Lake Okeechobee to the Everglades National Park; 
financing the United States share of the cost of operation and main-
tenance of the remedial works in the Niagara River; activities of the 
California Debris Commission; administration of laws pertaining to 
preservation of navigable waters; surveys and charting of northern 
and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing and straight-
ening channels; and removal of obstructions to navigation; $179,-
000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary for emergency flood control, hurricane and 
shore protection activities, as authorized by section 5 of the Flood Con-
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trol Act approvcd August 18, 1941, as amended, $7,000,000, to remain 
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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 sta-
tistics; and miscellaneous investigations; $17,550,000. 
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. 
^g«^stau^534; 
702a, 702g-l), $87,135,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $75,000 shall be available for the planning of road crossings of 
the Panola-Quitman Floodway at Crowder and Paducah Wells, 
Mississippi. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS 
Appropriations in this title shall be available for expenses of 
attendance by military personnel at meetings in the manner authorized 
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i^y section 19(b) of the Act of July 7, 1958 (72 Stat. 336), uniforms, 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 
79^stat!\'i2y.'^' 
1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131), 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 Con-
gress shall be printed, with illustrations, as documents of the next 
succeeding session of Congress; and during the current fiscal year 
the revolving fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be available for pur-
chase (not to exceed one hundred and ninety-seven, of which one 
hundred and sixty-eight shall be for replacement only) and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles: Provided^ That the total capital of said fund 
shall not exceed $149,000,000. 
68 Stat, 1114; 
79 Stat. 1122. 
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T H E PANAMA CANAL 
CANAL ZONE GOVERNMENT 
OPERATING 
E X P E N S E S 
For operating expenses necessary for the Canal Zone Government, 
including operation of the Postal Service of the Canal Zone; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); 
expenses incident to conducting heariiigs on the Isthmus; expenses of 
special training of employees of the Canal Zone Government as au-
thorized by law (5 TT.S.C. 2301 et seq.) ; contingencies of the Gov- 
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ernor; residence for the Governor; medical aid and support of the 
insane and of lepers and aid and support of indigent persons legally 
within the Canal Zone, including expenses of their deportation when 
practicable; maintaining and altering facilities of other Government 
agencies in the Canal Zone for Canal Zone Government use; and pay-
ments of not to exceed $50 in any one case to persons within the Gov-
ernment service who shall furnish blood for transfusions, $33,404,000. 
CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For acquisition of land and land under water and acquisition, con-
struction, and replacement of improvements, facilities, structures, and 
equipment, as authorized by law (2 C.Z. Code, Sec. 2; 2 C.Z. Code, Sec. 
371), including the purchase of not to exceed ten passenger motor 
76A stat. 7,26. 
vehicles for replacement only, of which eight are for police-type use 
without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current 
fiscal year; improving facilities of other Government agencies in the 
Canal Zone for Canal Zone Government use; and expenses incident to 
the retirement of such assets; $2,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provtded^ That notwithstanding the limitation under this 
head in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1961, appro- 
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priations for "capital outlay'' may be used for expenses related to the 
construction of quarters of non-U.S. citizen employees at a unit cost 
not exceeding $16,500. 
PANAMA CANAL COMPANY 
CORPORATION 
The Panama Canal Company is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing authority avail-
able to it and in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 
commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by 
section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended 
(31 IT.S.C. 849), as may be necessary in carrying out the programs 
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set forth in the iDud^et for the current fiscal year for such corporation, 
including maintainmg and improving facilities of other Government 
agencies in the Canal Zone for Panama Canal Company use. 
LIMITATION ON GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE 
EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $12,000,000 of the funds available to the Panama 
Canal Company shall be available during the current fiscal year for 
general and administrative expenses of the Company, including oper-
ation of tourist vessels and guide services, which shall be computed 
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STAT. 
68 Stat. 1114; 
79 Stat. 1122. 
68 Stat. 810. 
on an accrual basis. Funds available to the Panama Canal Company 
for operating expenses shall be available for the purchase of not to 
exceed eighteen passenger motor vehicles for replacement only,, includ-
ing five light sedans at not to exceed $2,000, and for uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, 
as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131). 
GENERAL, PROVISIONS—THE PANAMA CANAL 
The Governor of the Canal Zone is authorized to employ services 
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 
55a), in an amount not exceeding $30,000: Provided^ That the rates 
for individuals shall not exceed $100 per diem. 
Funds appropriated for operating expenses of the Canal Zone Gov-
ernment may be apportioned notwithstanding section 3679 of the Re-
vised Statutes, as amended (31 LT.S.C. 665), to the extent necessary to 
permit payment of such pay increases for officers or employees as may 
be authorized by administrative action pursuant to law which are not 
in excess of statutory increases granted for the same period in corre-
sponding rates of compensation for other employees of the Govern-
ment in comparable positions. 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF T H E INTERIOR 
43 u s e 371 note. 
BUREAU or 
RECLAMATION 
For carrying out the functions of the Bureau of Reclamation as pro-
vided in the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 
388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) and 
other Acts applicable to that Bureau, as follows: 
Restriction. 
16 u s e 661 note, 
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, including not to exceed $450,000 for investigations of projects 
in Alaska, to remain available until expended, $15,075,000, of which 
$13,473,000 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $500,000 
shall be derived from the Colorado River development fund: Pro-
vided^ That none of this appropriation shall be used for more than 
one-half of the cost of an investigation requested by a State, mu-
nicipality, or other interest: Provided 
further. That not to exceed 
$35,000 of this appropriation shall be available for payment to the Salt 
River Pima-Maricopa and Ft. McDowell Indian tribes for economic 
studies in connection with the potential construction of Orme Dam 
on the Salt River in Arizona: Provided further,, That $425,000 of this 
appropriation shall be transferred to the Bureau of Sport Fisheries 
and Wildlife for studies, investigations, and reports thereon as re-
quired by the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 
563-565) to provide that wildlife conservation shall receive equal con-
sideration and be coordinated with other features of water-resource 
development programs of the Bureau of Reclamation. 
CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION 
For construction and rehabilitation of authorized reclamation proj-
ects or parts thereof (including power transmission facilities) and for 
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other related activities, as authorized by law, to remain available until 
expended, $192,375,000, of which $95,000,000 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 cus-
tomers, except those transmission facilities for which construction 
funds have been heretofore appropriated, those facilities which are 
necessary to carry out the terms of such contracts or those facilities for 
which the Secretary of the Interior finds the wheeling agency is unable 
or unwilling to provide for the integration of Federal projects or for 
service to a Federal establishment or preferred customer: 
Provided 
further, That the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain for 
the San Luis unit shall not be determined until (1) completion of a 
pollution study by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 
(2) development of a plan to minimize any detrimental effect of the 
San Luis drainage waters on San Francisco Bay, and (3) agreement is 
reached by the Secretary with the State of California, subject to the 
approval of the President, limiting the Federal share of the costs of 
the drain to Antioch to not more than 60 per centum thereof, and if 
found necessary to extend the drain beyond Antioch, the Federal share 
of such extension shall be determined on the basis of an equitable 
apportionment of the additional costs between the Federal Govern-
ment and the non-Federal entities who are to use the facilities: Pro-
vided further, That no funds shall be made available under this appro-
priation for the construction in Contra Costa County, California, of 
any portion of the interceptor drain in connection with the San Luis 
unit which terminates at any point east of Port Chicago except for 
piers and abutments at a crossing site of the drain over the intake 
channel of the pumping plant for the California aqueduct. 
OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
For operation and maintenance of reclamation projects or parts 
tliereof and other facilities, as authorized by law; and for a soil and 
moisture conservation program on lands under the jurisdiction of the 
Bureau of Keclamation, pursuant to law, $41,000,000, of which 
$29,416,000 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $2,128,000 
shall be derived from the Colorado River Dam fund: Provided, That 
funds advanced by water users for operation and maintenance of rec-
lamation projects or parts thereof shall be deposited to the credit of 
this appropriation and may be expended for the same objects and in 
the same manner as sums appropriated herein may be expended, and 
the unexpended balances of such advances shall be credited to the 
appropriation for the next succeeding fiscal year. 
LOAN PROGRAM 
For loans to irrigation districts and other public agencies for con-
struction of distribution systems on authorized Federal reclamation 
projects, and for loans and grants to non-Federal agencies for con-
struction of projects, as authorized by the Acts of July 4, 1955, as 
amended (43 U.S.C. 421a-421d), and August 6, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 422a-
422k), as amended (71 Stat. 48), including expenses necessary for 
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carrying out the program, $12,995,000, to remain available until ex-
pended : 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 
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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. 
1187,119Y). 
43 u s e 388. 
70 Stat. 107. 
UPPER GOLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT 
For the Upper Colorado River Storage Project, as authorized by 
the Act of April 11, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 620d), to remain available until 
expended, $50,198,000, of which $46,398,000 shall be available for the 
"Upper Colorado River Basin Fund" authorized by section 5 of said 
Act of April 11, 1956, and $3,800,000 shall be available for construc-
tion, operation and maintenance of recreational and fish and wildlife 
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facilities 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 appro-
priated shall be available for construction or operation of facilities 
to prevent waters of Lake Powell from entering any national monu-
ment: Provided further^ That $148,000 of the funds herein appro-
priated for the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund shall be available 
tor operation of the Page, Arizona, Accommodation School, and to 
be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable. 
EMERGENCY 
F U N D 
Restriction. 
62 Stat. 1052. 
59 Stat. 54. 
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. 
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, $11,300,000, 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 administra-
tive expenses. 
SPECIAL 
FUNDS 
Sums herein referred to as being derived from the reclamation fund, 
the Colorado River Dam fund, or the Colorado River development 
fund, are appropriated from the special funds in the Treasury created 
32 Stat. 388. 
^y ^^^ ^^^ ^f j ^ j ^ ^ j ^ ^ ;L902 (43 U.S.C. 391), the Act of December 21, 
II stal: 7?4?" 
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 ex-
penditure under the heads "Operation and Maintenance" and "General 
Administrative Expenses" shall revert and be credited to the special 
fund from which derived. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations to the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for 
purchase of not to exceed forty-one passenger motor vehicles for re-
placement only; purchase of one aircraft; payment of claims for dam-
32 Stat. 388. 
43 u s e 391 note. 
58 Stat. 487. 
49 Stat. 666. 
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age to or loss of property, personal injury, or death arising out of 
activities of the Bureau of Eeclamation; payment, except as otherwise 
provided for, of compensation and expense of persons on the rolls of 
the Bureau of Eeclamation appointed as authorized by law to repre-
sent the TTnited States in the negotiation and administration of inter-
•state compacts without reimbursement or return under the reclamation 
laws; rewards for information or evidence concerning violations of 
law involving property under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Recla-
mation ; performance of the functions specified under the head "Opera-
tion and Maintenance Administration", Bureau of Reclamation, in the 
Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1945; preparation and dis-
semination of useful information including recordings, photographs, 
and photographic prints; and studies of recreational uses of reservoir 
areas, and investigation and recovery of archeological and paleontolog-
ical 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 
59 stat. 54 
incurred on behalf of specific reclamation projects except "General 
Administrative Expenses" and amounts provided for reconnaissance, 
basin surveys, and general engineering and research under the head 
"General Investigations". 
Allotments to the Missouri River Basin project from the appropri-
ation under the head "Construction and Rehabilitation" shall be avail-
able additionally for said project for those functions of the Bureau of 
Reclamation provided for under the head "General Investigations" 
(but this authorization shall not preclude use of the appropriation 
under said head within that area), and for the continuation of investi-
gations by agencies of the Department on a general plan for the de-
velopment of the Missouri River Basin. 
Such allotments may be 
expended through or in cooperation witli State and other Federal 
agencies, and advances to such agencies are hereby authorized. 
Sums appropriated herein which are expended in the performance 
of reimbursable functions of the Bureau of Reclamation shall be re-
turnable 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 
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 Missouri River Basin unit and then only when such 
work is unsuitable for contract or no acceptable bid has been received 
and, other than otherwise provided in this paragraph or as may be 
necessary to meet local emergencies, not to exceed 12 per centum of the 
construction allotment for any project from the appropriation "Con-
struction and rehabilitation" contained in this Act shall be available 
43 u s e 504 
and note. 
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for construction work by force account: Provided^ That this paragraph 
shall not apply to work performed under the Rehabilitation and Bet-
terment Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 724). 
Any appropriations made heretofore or hereafter to the Bureau of 
Reclamation which are expended in connection with national disaster 
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relief under Public Law 81-875 as administered by the Office of Emer-
i855g. 
gency Planning shall be reimbursed in full by that Office to the ac-
count for which the funds were originally appropriated. 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations, 
and appurtenant facilities, as authorized by law, and purchase of three 
aircraft, of which two shall be for replacement only, $109,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided^ That the Bonneville Power 
Administration shall not supply power directly, or indirectly through 
any preference customer, to any phosphorous electric furnace plant in 
southern Idaho, Utah, or Wyoming. 
OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of the Bonne-
ville transmission system and of marketing electric power and energy, 
$17,010,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS 
Appropriations of the Bonneville Power Administration shall be 
available to carry out all the duties imposed upon the Administrator 
pursuant to law. Appropriations made herein to the Bonneville Power 
Administration shall be available in one fund, except that the appro-
priation herein made for operation and maintenance shall be available 
only for the service of the current fiscal year. 
Other than as may be necessary to meet local emergencies, not to 
exceed 12 per centum of the appropriation for construction herein 
made for the Bonneville Power Administration shall be available for 
construction work by force account or on a hired-labor basis. 
SOUTHEASTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities and of marketing electric 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, 
including purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement 
only, $1,000,000. 
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, $3,950,000, to remain available until expended. 
58 Stat. 890. 
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OPERATION AND MAINTENxYNCE 
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 five passenger motor vehicles, for 
replacement only, $2,115,000. 
58 Stat. 890. 
CONTINUING F U N D 
Not to exceed $3,700,000 shall be available during the current fiscal 
year from the continuing fund for all costs in connection with the 
purchase of electric power and energy, and rentals for the use of trans-
mission facilities. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT or THE INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this title shall be available for expend-
iture 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. 202. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer 
(within each bureau or office) of any appropriation in this title, in 
addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the 
several agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of forest 
or range fires on or threatening lands under jurisdiction of the'Depart-
meiit of the Interior. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations in this title shall be available for opera-
tion of warehouses, parages, shops, and similar facilities, w^herever 
consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or economy, and 
said appropriati(ms shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any 
other activity in the same manner as authorized by the Act of June 
30, 1932 (31 t^.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 reimbursements 
are received. 
SEC. 204. No part of any funds made available by this Act to the 
Southwestern Powder Administration may be made available to any 
other agency, bureau, or office for any purposes other than for services 
rendered pursuant to law to the Southwestern Power Administration. 
TITLE III—ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 
ATOMIC ENERGY 
COMMISSION 
Emergency con-
struction. 
Fire prevention. 
Operation of 
warehouses. 
4 7 Stat. 417. 
Southwestern 
Power Admin-
istration funds. 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary operating expenses of the Commission in carrying 
out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, in-
cluding the employment of aliens; services authorized by section 15 of 
the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); hire, maintenance and 
operation of aircraft; publication and dissemination of atomic in-
formation ; purchase, repair and cleaning of uniforms; official enter-
tainment expenses (not to exceed $30,000) ; reimbursement of the Gen-
eral Services Administration for security guard services; hire of pas-
es Stat. 919. 
42 u s e 2011 
note. 
60 Stat. 810. 
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STAT. 
69 Stat. 471. 
Restriction. 
senger motor vehicles; $1,923,000,000 and any moneys (except sums 
received from disposal of property under the Atomic Energy Com-
munity Act of 1955, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 2301)) received by the 
Commission, notwithstanding the provisions of section 3617 of the 
Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 484), to remain available until expended: 
Provided^ That of such amount $100,000 may be expended for objects 
of a confidential nature and in any such case the certificate of the 
Commission as to the amount of the expenditure and that it is deemed 
inadvisable to specify the nature thereof shall be deemed a sufficient 
^'oucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended: Provided 
further. That from this appropriation transfers of sums may be made 
to other agencies of the Government for the performance of the work 
for which this appropriation is made, and in such cases the sums so 
transferred may be merged with the appropriation to which trans-
ferred: Provided further. That no part of this appropriation shall 
be used in connection with the payment of a fixed fee to any contractor 
or firm of contractors engaged under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract 
or contracts at any installation of the Commission, where that fee for 
community management is at a rate in excess of $90,000 per annum, or 
for the operation of a transportation system where that fee is at a rate 
in excess of $45,000 per annum. 
68 Stat. 919. 
42 u s e 2011 
note. 
PLANT AND CAPITAL 
EQUIPMENT 
For expenses of the Commission, as authorized by law, in connec-
tion with the purchase and construction of plant and the acquisition 
of capital equipment and other expenses incidental thereto necessary 
in carrying out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended, including the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
expansion; purchase of not to exceed four hundred and fifty-one, for 
replacement only, of which six for police-type use may exceed by $300 
each the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year, 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase of one aircraft; 
$276,030,000, to remain available until expended. 
GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
Procurement 
of materials, 
etc. 
Transfer of 
funds. 
Report to con-
gressional com-
mittees. 
Restriction on 
fellowships. 
Any appropriation available to the Atomic Energy Commission 
may initially be used subject to limitations in this Act during the cur-
rent fiscal year to finance the procurement of materials, services, or 
other costs which are a part of work or activities for which funds have 
been provided in any other appropriation available to the Commis-
sion: Provided^ That appropriate transfers or adjustments between 
such appropriations shall subsequently be made for such costs on 
the basis of actual application determined in accordance with gen-
erally accepted accounting principles. 
Not to exceed 5 per centum of appropriations made available for 
the current fiscal year for "Operating expenses" and "Plant and capi-
tal equipment" may be transferred between such appropriations, but 
neither such appropriation, except as otherwise provided herein, shall 
bo increased by more than 5 per centum by any such transfers, and 
any such transfers shall be reported promptly to the Appropriations 
Committees of the House and Senate. 
No part of any appropriation herein shall be used to confer a fellow-
ship on any person who advocates or who is a member of an organiza-
tion or party that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the 
ITnited States by force or violence or witli respect to whom the Com-
mission finds, upon investigation and report by the Civil Service Com-
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1013 
mission on the character, associations, and loyalty of whom, that 
reasonable grounds exist for belief that such person is disloyal to the 
Government of the United States: Provided, That any person who ^^"aity-
advocates or who is a member of an organization or party that advo-
cates the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force 
or violence and accepts employment or a fellowship the salary, wages, 
stipend, grant, or expenses for which are paid from any appropriation 
contained herein shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, 
shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one 
year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal clause shall be 
in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of 
existing law. 
TITLE 
IV—INDEPENDENT 
OFFICES 
ATLANTIC-PACIFIC INTEROCEANIC CANAL STUDY 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for an investigation and study, including 
surveys, to determine the feasibility of, and the most suitable site for 
construction of a sea-level canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific 
Oceans: not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $4,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, 
That the unobligated balance's of appropriations to the Interoceanic 
Canal Commission for "Salaries and expenses," shall be merged with 
this appropriation. 
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), $45,000. 
C O N T R I B U T I O N 
T O 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), $115,000. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby 
authorized to make such exj)enditures, within the limits of funds 
and borrowing authority available to such Corporation, and in ac-
cord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the 
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be neces- 
31 ^)|c 849. 
sary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the 
current fiscal year for such Corporation, except as liereinafter 
provided. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, SAINT LAWRENCE 
SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
Not to exceed $515,000 shall be available for administrative ex-
penses which shall be computed on an accrual basis, including not to 
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STAT. 
68 Stat. 111^ 
79 Stat. 1122. 
60 Stat. 810. 
48 Stat. 58. 
16 u s e 831. 
79 Stat. 245. 
42 u s e 1962a-
1962b-6. 
60 Stat. 810. 
42 u s e 1962c-
1962C-6. 
exceed $4,000 for official entertainment expenses to be expended upon 
the approval or authority of the Administrator, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor for operation and 
maintenance personnel, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 2131), and 
services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 
U.S.C. 65a), at rates for individuals not to exceed $100 per day: 
Provided^ That not to exceed $5,000 may be expended for services of 
individuals employed at rates in excess of $50 per day. 
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), in-
cluding purchase of two aircraft, of which one shall be for replacement 
only, hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, and purchase (not 
to exceed two hundred and forty of which two hundred shall be for 
replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $63,700,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
WATER KESOURCES COUNCIL 
WATER R E S O U R C E S 
PLANNING 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of titles I and 
II of the Water Eesources Planning Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-80, 
approved July 22, 1965), including services as authorized by section 
15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), but at rates not to ex-
ceed $100 per diem for individuals, and hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles, $600,000. 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of title I I I of 
the Water Eesources Planning Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-80, ap-
proved July 22, 1965), including services as authorized by section 15 
of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), but at rates not to exceed 
$100 per diem for individuals, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$1,875,000, to remain available until expended. 
TITLE V—GENEEAL PEOVISIONS 
Purchase of 
motor vehicles, 
60 Stat. 810. 
eompensation 
payments. 
eitizenship 
status re-
quirement. 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
SEC. 501. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum 
amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with 
section 16 of the Act of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 78), for the purchase 
of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses and ambulances), 
is hereby fixed at $1,500 except station wagons for which the maximum 
shall be $1,950. 
SEC. 502. Unless otherwise specified and during the current fiscal 
year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other 
Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee 
of tlie Government of the United States (including any agency the 
majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the 
United States) whose post of duty is in continental United States 
unless such person (1) is a citizen of the United States, (2) is a per-
son in the service of the United States on the date of enactment of 
this Act, who, being eligible for citizenship, had filed a declaration 
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1015 
of intention to become a citizen of the United States prior to such 
date, (3) is a person who owes allegiance to the United States, or 
(4) is an alien from Poland or the Baltic countries lawfully admitted 
to the United States for permanent residence: Provided^ That for 
the purpose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person 
shall be considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of 
this section with respect to his status have been complied with: Pro-
vided further^ That any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty 
P^^aity. 
of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than 
$4,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided 
further^ That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and 
not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Pro-
vided further^ That any payment made to any officer or employee 
contrary to the provisions of this section shall be recoverable in ac-
tion by the Federal Government. 
This section shall not apply to 
Exceptions. 
citizens of the Republic of the Philippines or to nationals of those 
countries allied with the United States in the current defense effort, 
or to temporary employment of translatorSj or to temporary employ-
ment in the field service (not to exceed sixty days) as a result of 
emergencies. 
SEC. 503. Appropriations of the executive departments and inde- an^er'etc,^^^""^" 
pendent establishments for the current fiscal year, available for ex-
penses of travel or for the expenses of the activity concerned, are here-
by made available for quarter^ allowances and cost-of-living allow-
ances, in accordance with title I I of the Act of September 6, 1960 (74 
Stat. 793). 
^ 
3038''^'''^"'" 
SEC. 504. No part of any appropriation for the current fiscal year 
contained in this or any other Act shall be paid to any person for the 
filling of any position for which he or she has been nominated after 
the Senate has voted not to approve the nomination of said person. 
SEC. 505. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any noVafe'd^ etc ^"" 
other Act for the current fiscal year shall be used to pay in excess of price umita-' 
$4 per volume for the current and future volumes of the United States "°n-
Code, Annotated, and such volumes shall be purchased on condition 
and with the understanding that latest published cumulative annual 
pocket parts issued prior to the date of purchase shall be furnished 
free of charge, or in excess of $4.25 per volume for the current or fu-
ture volumes of the Lifetime Federal Digest, or in excess of $6.50 per 
volume for the current or future volumes of the Modern Federal 
Practice Digest. 
SEC. 506. Funds made available by this or any other Act for ad-
ministrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations and 
agencies subject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
amended (31 ILS.C. 841), shall be available, in addition to objects for 
^9 stat. 597. 
which such funds are otherwise available, for rent in the District of 
Columbia; services in accordance with section 15 of the Act of August 
2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); and the objects specified under this head, all 
^° ^'^'- ^^°-
the provisions of which shall be applicable to the expenditure of such 
funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by which they are made 
available: Provided. That in the event any functions budgeted as ad-
ministrative expenses are subsequently transferred to or paid from 
other funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be cor-
respondingly reduced. 
SEC. 507. Pursuant to section 1415 of the Act of July 15, 1952 (66 ^3^.°'^'^" credits, 
Stat. 662), foreign credits (including currencies) owed to or owned by 
31 use 724. 
the United States may be used by Federal agencies for any purpose 
for which appropriations are made for the current fiscal year (includ-
ing the carrynig out of Acts requiring or authorizing the use of such 
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[80 
STAT. 
Publicity or 
propaganda. 
Time limita-
tion. 
Short title. 
credits), only when reimbursement therefor is made to the Treasury 
from applicable appropriations of the agency concerned: 
Provided, 
That such credits received as exchange allowances or proceeds of sales 
of personal proj)erty may be used in whole or part payment for acquisi-
tion of similar items, to the extent and in the manner authorized by 
law, without reimbursement to the Treasury. 
SEC. 508. During the current fiscal year, any foreign currencies held 
by the United States which have been or may be reserved or set aside 
for specified programs or activities of any agency may be carried on 
the books of the Treasury in unfunded accounts. 
SEC. 509. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act, or of the funds available for expenditure by any corpora-
tion or agency, shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
designed to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress. 
SEC. 510. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
This Act may be cited as the "Public Works Appropriation Act, 
Approved October 15, 1966. 
October 15, 1966 
[H. R. 16646] 
Public Law 89-690 
AN ACT 
To amend title 10, United States Qode, to authorize the award of Exemplary 
Rehabilitation Certificates to certain individuals after considering their char-
acter and conduct in civilian life alter discharge or dismissal from the armed 
forces, and for other purposes. 
Postdischarge 
awards. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Armed Forces. 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That part I I of sub-
title A of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting imme-
diately after chapter 79 thereof the following new chapter: 
"Chapter 80.—EXEMPLARY REHABILITATION 
CERTIFICATES 
"Sec. 
"1571. Establishment of Exemplary Rehabilitation Certificates. 
"1572. Consideration and issuance of certfieate. 
"1573. Matters considered. 
"1574. Other benefits. 
"1575. Job counseling and employment placement. 
"1576. Reports. 
"§ 1571. Establishment of Exemplary Rehabilitation Certificates 
"The Secretary of Labor shall act on any application for an Ex-
emplary Rehabilitation Certificate received under this chapter from 
any person who was discharged or dismissed under conditions other 
than honorable, or who received a general discharge, at least three 
years before the date of receipt of such application. 
"§ 1572. Consideration and issuance of certificate 
"In the case of any person discharged or dismissed from an armed 
force under conditions other than honorable before or after the enact-
ment of this chapter, the Secretary of Labor may consider an ap-
plication for, and issue to that person, an 'Exemplary Rehabilitation 
(Certificate* dated as of the date of issuance, if it is established to his 
satisfaction that such person has rehabilitated himself, that his char-
acter is good, and that his conduct, activities, and habits since he was 
so discharged or dismissed have been exemplary for a reasonable period