An Act making appropriations for 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 St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Delaware River Basin Commission, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and for other purposes
PL 89-299 (H.R.9220), enacted 10/28/1965

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of^stiTes^'forw^^er 
^ ^ - ^^^- ^^^ Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of 
resources projects, Engineers, shall make a study of the need for, and the feasibility of, 
^^"'^y- 
the Federal Government reimbursing States, political subdivisions 
thereof, and other public entities, for expenditures incurred by them 
in connection with authorized projects for improvement of rivers and 
harbors and other waterways for navigation, flood control, hurricane 
protection, beach erosion control, and other water resources develop-
ment purposes, to the extent that such expenditures are incurred after 
the initiation of the survey studies which form the basis for such 
Report to 
authorizcd projects. The Secretary shall report to Congress, not later 
ongress. 
^^^^ Januar^ 31, 1967, the results of such study together with his 
recommendations in connection therewith. 
Citation o
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Harbor Act of 1965". 
Approved October 27, 1965. 
Public Law 89-299 
October 28, 1965 
A N A C T 
L_! — 
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Making appropriations for certain civil functions administered by the Depart-
ment of Defense, the Panama Canal, certain agencies of the Department of 
the Interior, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Saint Lawrence Seaway 
Development Corporation, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Delaware River 
Basin Commission, and the Interoceanic Canal Commission, for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1966, and for other purposes. 
Public Works 
Appropriation Act, 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
(gee^ 
' sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30,1966, for 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 Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Cor-
poration, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Delaware River Basin 
Commission, and the Interoceanic Canal Commission, 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 five passenger motor vehicles, of which three shall be for replace-
ment only: maintenance of that portion of Congressional Cemetery to 
which the United States has title. Confederate burial places under 
the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army, and graves used by 
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the Army in commercial cemeteries; $13,739,000: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall not be used to repair more than a single approach 
road to any national cemetery: Provided further, That this appropri-
ation 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: Pro-
vided 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 or 
ENGINEERS—CIVIL, 
The following appropriations shall be expended under the direction 
of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engi-
neers for authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army 
pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and 
related purposes: 
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses necessary for the collection and study of basic infor-
mation 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, $25,435,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, 
That $310,000 of this 
appropriation shall be transferred to the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service for studies, investigations, and reports thereon as 
required by the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 
563-565) to provide that wildlife conservation shall receive equal 
le use eeinote. 
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 protec-
tion, and related projects authorized by law; and detailed studies, 
and plans and specifications, of projects (including those for de-
velopment with participation pr under consideration for participa-
tion 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); $993,279,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That no part of this ap- Restriction. 
propriation shall be used for projects not authorized by law or which 
are authorized by law limiting the amount to be appropriated there-
for, except as may be within the limits of the amount now or here-
after authorized to be appropriated: Provided further. That $500,000 
of this appropriation shall be transferred to the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service for studies, investigations, and reports thereon 
as required by the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958 (72 
Stat. 563-565) to provide that wildlife conservation shall receive 
equal consideration and be coordinated with other features of water-
resource development programs of the Department of the Army. 
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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 gen-
eral commerce and navigation; financing the United States share of 
the cost of operation and maintenance 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 connect-
ing waters; clearing and straightening channels; and removal of 
obstructions to navigation; $175,762,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL, HURRICANE AND SHORE PROTECTION EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary for emergency flood control, hurricane and 
shore protection activities, as authorized by section 5 of the Flood 
69 Stat. 186; 
Control Act approvcd August 18, 1941, as amended, $12,000,000, to 
76 Stat. 1194, 
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remain available until expended. 
GENERAL 
EXPENSES 
For exj>eiises 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; com-
mercial statistics; and miscellaneous investigations; $16,537,000. 
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D CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND 'rKlBUTAKIE.S 
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 II.S.C^ 
49*stft^*l5?i'*' 
^^^^' 702g-l), $84,942,500, to remain available unti 1 expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations in this title shall be available for expenses of attend-
ance by military pei*sonnel at meetings in the iimnner authorized by 
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, 1954, 
68 Stat, 1114. 
.^g amended (5 U.S.C. 2131), and for printing, either during a recess 
or session of Congress, of sui-vey reports autjiorized by law, and such 
survey reports as may be printed during a recess of Congress shall be 
printed, with illustrations, as documents of the next succeeding session 
of Congress; and during the current fiscal yeai- the revolving fund, 
Corps of Engineers, shall be aA^ailable for purchase (not to exceed one 
hundred and eighty-four, of which one hundred and sixty-nine shall 
be for replacement only) and hire of passengei'; motor vehicles: Pro-
rlded. That the total capital of said fund shall not exceed $145,(K)0,000. 
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THT: PANAMA (\AXAL 
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OPEKATIX<; FJCl'KNSEtJ 
For ajKii-atiii^ expenses necessary for the Canal Zone (Tovernment, 
including ojDeration of the Postal Service of the ('anal Zone; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allo\van«'es therefor, as author-
ized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.(\ 2131): 
expenses incident to conducting hearings on the Isthmus; expenses of 
special training of employees of the Canal Zone (xovernment as author-
ized by law (5 ILS.C. 2301 et seq.); contingencies of the Governor; 
^^ stat. 327. 
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 prac-
ticable; maintaining and alternig facilities of other Government agen-
cies in the Canal Zone for Canal Zone Government use; and ])ayments 
of not to exceed $50 in any one case to |)ersons within the (jox-ernment 
service who shall furnish blood for transfusions, $31,000,(K)0. 
CAP1TAI> OUTLAY 
For acquisition of land and land under water and acquisition, con-
struction, and replacement of improvements, fa<Mlities, stnictures, 
and equipment, as authorized by law (2 C.Z. Code» Sec. 2; 2 C.Z. 
Code, Sec. 371), including the puivlnise of not to exceed nine passenger 
76A stat. 7, 26. 
motor 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 Cainil Zone Government use; and ex-
penses incident to the i-etirement of such assets; $i),000,0()0, to remain 
available until expended: Provided. That notwithstanding the limita-
tion under this head in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 
1961, appropriations for "capital outlay" ma\' be useil for expenses 
74 stat. 827. 
related to the constiiiction of quai-tei-s of DOII-U.S. citizen em])loyees 
at a unit cost not exceeding $16,600. 
PANAMA CANAL COMPANY 
CORPORATION 
The Panama Canal Company is hereby authorized to make such ex-
penditures within the limits of funds and b^orrowing 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 U.S.C. 849), as may be necessary in carrying out the programs 
^^ ^*^*- 584. 
set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation, 
including maintaining and improving facilities of pther Government 
agencies in the Canal Zone for Panama Canal Company use. 
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IMITATION ON GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $11,000,000 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 opera-
tion ,of tourist vessels and guide services, vv^hich shall be computed 
on an accrual basis. Funds available to the Panama Canal Company 
for operating expenses shall be available for the purchase of not to 
exceed twenty-one passenger motor vehicles, of which eighteen are 
for replacement .only, including one light sedan at not to exceed 
$2,000, and for uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by the 
68 Stat. 1114. 
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. 
60 Stat. 810. 
55a), in an amount not exceeding $30,000: Provided, That the rates 
for individuals shall not exceed $100 per diem. 
Expenditures hereafter made for maintaining and operating the 
Thatcher Ferry Bridge and approaches thereto (including deprecia-
tion but not interest) shall be included and treated for all purposes 
as a cost of operating and maintaining the Panama Canal and its 
related facilities and appurtenances. 
TITLE I I ~ D E P A E T M E N T OF T H E INTEKIOR 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
For carrying out the functions of the Bureau of Reclamation as 
provided in the Federal reclamation law^s (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 
43 use 371 
Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) 
and other Acts applicable to that Bureau, as follows: 
note 
GENER^^L I N V E S T I G A T I O N S 
For engineering and economic investigations of proposed Federal 
reclamation projects and studies of water consei-vation and develop-
ment plans and activities preliminary to the reconstruction, rehabili-
tation 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, $14,232,000, of which 
$12,847,000 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, munici-
pality, or other interest: Provided further, That $405,000 of this appro-
priation shall be transferred to the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service for studies, investigations, and reports thereon as required by 
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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 Bureau of Reclamation. 
San Luis unit. 
Federal share of 
costs, limitation. 
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1101 
CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION 
For construction and rehabilitation of authorized reclamation proj-
ects or parts thereof (including power transmission facilities) and 
for other related activities, as authorized by law, to remain available 
until expended, $196,661,500 of which $90,000,000 shall be derived 
from the reclamation fund: Provided^ That no part of this appropria-
tion shall be used to initiate the construction of transmission facilities 
within those areas covered by power wheeling service contracts which 
include provision for service to Federal establishments and preferred 
customers, except those transmission facilities for which construction 
funds have been heretofore appropriated, those facilities which are 
necessary to carry out the terms of such contracts or those facilities 
for which the Secretary of the Interior finds the wheeling agency is 
unable or unwilling to provide for the integration of Federal projects 
or for service to a Federal establishment or preferred customer: 
Provided further^ That the final point of discharge for the interceptor 
drain for the San Luis unit shall not he determined until (1) comple-
tion 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 Cali-
fornia, 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 Government and the non-Federal entities who are to use 
the facilities: Provided further^ That no funds shall be made available 
under this appropriation 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: 
Provided further^ That not to exceed $2,200,000 shall be available for 
construction of additional facilities associated with delivery of Colo-
rado River water to Mexico, and to be nonreimbursable: 
Provided 
further^ That not to exceed $450,000 shall be available for replacement 
of the Paradise Valley Diverson Dam on the Milk River project, 
Montana, with facilities to serve the lands of the Paradise Valley 
Irrigation District, to be repaid in full under terms and conditions 
satisfactory to the Secretary of the 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 
Bureau of Reclamation, pursuant to law, $41,305,000, of which 
$29,547,000 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $1,629,000 
^hall 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 
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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. 
70 Stat. 1044. 
422a-i22k), as amended (71 Stat. 48), including expenses necessary 
for carrying out the program, $13,495,000 to remain available until 
expended: Provided^ That any contract under the Act of July 4, 
1955 (69 Stat. 244), as amended, not yet executed by the Secretary, 
which calls for the making of loans beyond the fiscal year in which the 
contract is entered into shall be made only on the same conditions as 
those prescribed in section 12 of the Act of August 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 
43 
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388. 
1187,1197). 
UPPER 
COLORADO 
RIVER 
STORAGE 
PROJECT 
For the Upper Colorado River Storage Project, as authorized by 
70 stst. 107. 
the Act of April 11, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 620d), to remain available until 
expended, $48,011,500, of which $43,528,000 shall be available for the 
"Upper Colorado River Basin Fund" authorized by section 5 of said 
Act of April 11, 1956, and $4,483,500 shall be available for construc-
tion of recreational and fish and wildlife facilities authorized by sec-
43 use 62og. 
tion 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 appropriated shall be available for 
construction or operation of facilities to prevent waters of Lake 
Powell from entering any National Monument: Provided 
further^ 
That $163,000 of the funds herein appropriated for the Upper Colo-
rado River Basin Fund shall be available for operation of the Page. 
Arizona, Accommodation School, and to be nonreimbursable and 
uonreturnable. 
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, $10,775,000, to be 
derived from the reclamation fund and to be nonreimbursable pur-
59 Stat. 54. 
guaut 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 activi-
ties or functions budgeted for the current fiscal year as general admin-
istrative expenses. 
SPECIAL FONDS 
Sums herein referi-ed 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 
32 Stat. 388. 
elated by the Act of June 17,1902 (43 U.S.C. 391), the Act of Decem-
45 Stat. 1057. 
ber 21,1928 (43 U.S.C. 617a), and the Act of July 19,1940 (43 U.S.C. 
54 Stat. 774. 
618a), Tcspectively. Such sums shall be transferred, upon request 
of the Secretary, to be merged with and exi^ended under the heads 
herein specified: and the unexpended balances of sums transferred for 
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1103 
expenditure under the heads "Operation and Maintenance'" and "Gen-
eral Administrative Expenses" shall revert and be credited to the 
special fund from which derived. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS 
Appropriations to the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for 
purchase of not to exceed forty-nine passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only; purchase of one aircraft; payment of claims for 
damage to or loss of property, personal injury, or death arising out 
of activities of the Bureau of Reclamation; payment, except as other-
v^ise provided for, of compensation and expense of persons on the rolls 
of the Bureau of Reclamation appointed as authorized by law to 
represent the United States in the negotiation and administration of 
interstate compacts without reimbursement or return under the rec-
lamation laws; rewards for information or evidence concerning viola-
tions of law involving property under the jurisdiction of the Bureau 
of Reclamation; performance of the functions specified under the 
head "Operation and Maintenance Administration , Bureau of Recla-
mation, in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1945; prepara- 
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tion and dissemination of useful information including recordings, 
photographs, and photographic 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 pro-
vided for in the Act of August 21,1935 (16 U.S.C. 461-467) : Provided, 
^9 stat. eee. 
That no part of any appropriation made herein shall be available pur-
suant to the Act of April 19,1945 (43 U.S.C. 377), for expenses other 
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than those incurred on behalf of specific reclamation projects except 
"General Administrative Expenses" and amounts provided for recon-
naissance, basin surveys, and general engineering and research under 
the head "General Investigations". 
Allotments to the Missouri River Basin project from the appro-
priation under the head "Construction and Rehabilitation" shall be 
available additionally for said project for those functions of the 
Bureau of Reclamation provided for under the head "General Investi-
gations" (but this authorization shall not preclude use of the appro-
priation under said head within that area), and for the continuation 
of investigations by agencies of the Department on a general plan for 
the development of the Missouri River Basin. 
Such allotments may 
be expended through or in cooperation with 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 
returnable to the extent and in the. manner provided by law: Provided, 
That net revenues not to exceed an additional $88,000 to the amount 
authorized in the Public Works Appropriation Act, 1964 (77 Stat. 
850) arising from the lease of grazing and agricultural lands 
within the Tule Lake and Lower Klamath Lake Divisions as deter-
mined by the Secretary may be credited to the cost heretofore and 
hereafter incurred for the Klamath project water rights program, 
notwithstanding the provisions of section 2(c) of the Act of June 17, 
1944, and sections 2(a), 2(b), and 2(c) of the Act of August 1, 1956. %^^^^%^^^' 
No part of any appropriation for the Bureau of Reclamation, con- 
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tained in this Act or in any prior Act, which represents amounts n°t«-
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). 
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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 
boundaries of an irrigation district, (b) of any member of a water 
users' organization, or (c) of any individual when such district, or-
ganization, 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 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 neces-
sary 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 
for construction work by force account: Provided^ That this para-
graph shall not apply to w,ork performed under the Rehabilitation 
43 use 504 and ^ud Betterment Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 724). 
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BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations, 
and appurtenant facilities, as authorized by law, and purchase of 
one aircraft, $97,777,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided^ 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, 
$15,988,000. 
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 
appropriation 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 A N D 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 
58 Stat. 890. 
1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southeastern power area, 
$1,000,000. 
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SOUTHWESTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION 
1105 
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, $1,700,000, to remain available until expended. 
58 Stat. 890. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy 
pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 
1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southwestern power area, 
including purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles, 
for replacement only, $1,800,000. 
Emergency con-
struction. 
Fire prevention. 
CONTINUING FUND 
Not to exceed $4,000,000 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 
transmission facilities. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. 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. 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 
Department of the Interior. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations in this title shall be available for operation 
of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, wherever con-
solidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or economy, and said 
appropriations! shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any 
other activity in the same manner as authorized by the Act of June 
30, 1932 (31 U.S.C. 686) : Provided, That reimbursements for costs 
^^ stat. 417. 
of supplies, materials and equipment, and for services rendered may 
be credited to the appropriation current at the time such reimburse-
ments are received. 
SEC. 204. No part of any funds made available by this Act to the po°eJ'^Administra 
Southwestern Power Administration may be made available to any tion.^fund"'"'^ "
^
^ 
other agency, bureau, or office for any purposes other than for services 
rendered pursuant to law to the Southwestern Power Administration. 
Operation of 
warehouses, etc. 
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[79 STAT. 
TITLE III—ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
68 Stat. 919. 
42 u s e 2011 
For necessary operating expenses of the Commission in carrying out 
the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, including 
note. 
" 
the employment of aliens; services authorized by section 15 of the Act 
60 Stat. 810. 
of August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. o5a); hire, maintenance and operation of 
aircraft; publication and dissemination of atomic information; pur-
chase, repair and cleaning of uniforms; official entertainment expenses 
(not to exceed $30,000); reimbursement of the General Services 
Administration for security guard services; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; $2,121,900,000, and any mone^^s (except sums received from 
disposal of propertv under the Atomic Energy Community Act of 
69 Stat. 471. 
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 voucher for the sum 
therem 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 transferred: 
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, w^here that fee for community man-
agement is at a rate in excess of $90,000 per annum, or for the opera-
tion of a transportation sj^stem where that fee is at a rate in excess of 
$45,000 per annum. 
PLANT AND CAPITAL EQVIJ'MENT 
Procurement of 
materials, etc. 
For expenses of the ('ommission, 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 Atomi(* 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 five liundred and 
fifty-nine, 
of which four hundred and twenty-three are for replacement only, and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; and ])urchase of three aircraft; 
$243,995,000, to i-emain available until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Any appropriation available to the Atomic Energy ('ommission may 
initially be used subject to limitations in this Act during the fiscal 
year 1966 to finance the pi-ocurement 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 Commission: 
Provided^ That appropriate transfers or adjustments between sudi 
appropriations shall suDsequently be made for such costs on the basis 
of actual application determined in accordance with generally accepted 
aocounting principles. 
79 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-299-OCT. 28, 1965 
Not to exceed 5 per centum of appropriations made available for the 
fiscal year 1966 for "Operating expenses" and "Plant and capital 
equipment" may be transferred between such appropriations, but 
neither such appropriation, except as otherwise provided herein, shall 
be increased by more than 5 per centum by any such transfers, and any 
such transfers shall be reported promptly to the Appropriations Com-
mittees of the House and Senate. 
No part of any appropriation herein shall be used to confer a fel-
lowship on any person who advocates or who is a member of an 
organization or party that advocates the overthrow of the Government 
of the United States by force or violence or with respect to whom 
the Conmiission finds, upon investigation and report by the Civil 
Service Commission 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 advocates or who is a member of an organization or party 
that advocates 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. 
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Transfer of 
funds. 
Reports to 
congressional 
committees. 
Restriction on 
fellowships. 
Penalty. 
TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to such Corporation, and in accord 
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 necessary in carrying 
out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year 
for such Corporation, except as hereinafter provided. 
61 Stat. 584. 
31 use 849. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY 
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
Not to exceed $490,000 shall be available for administrative expenses 
which shall be computed on an accrual basis, including not to 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 OT)eration and mainte-
nance 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. 
55a), 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 
68 Stat. 1114. 
60 Stat. 810. 
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), 
including hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, and purchase 
(not to exceed two hundred and seventy-five of which two hundred 
48 Stat. 58. 
16 u s e 831. 
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PUBLIC LAW 89-299-OCT. 28, 1965 
[79 STAT. 
76 Stat. 541. 
Purchase of 
motor vehicles. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Compensation 
payments. 
Citizenship 
status require-
ment. 
and sixty shall be for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $59,347,000, to remain available until expended. 
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the LTnited 
States member of the Delaware River Basin Commission, as author-
ized by law (75 Stat. 716), $44,000. 
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), $96,000. 
HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY 
OFFICE OF T H E 
ADMINISTRATOR 
ADMINISTRATIVE E X P E N S E S , P U B L I C WORKS 
ACCELERATION 
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the functions of 
the Administrator in connection with the Public Works Acceleration 
Act (42 U.S.C. 2641-2643), $500,000. 
INTEROCEANIC CANAL 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, $7,000,000. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
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 the 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 person 
in the service of the United States on the date of enactment of this 
Act, who, being eligible for citizenship, had filed a declaration 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 
79 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 89-29^0CT. 28, 1965 
1109 
be considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of this sec-
tion with respect to his status have been complied with: Provided 
further^ That any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of 
a felon;)/^, 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 sub-
stitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided 
further, 
That any payment made to any officer or employee contrary to the 
provisions of this section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal 
Government. This section shall not apply to 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 employ-
ment of translators, or to temporary employment in the field service 
(not to exceed sixty days) as a result of emergencies. 
SEC. 508. Appropriations of the executive departments and inde-
pendent establishments for the current fiscal year, available for 
expenses of travel or for the expenses of the activity concerned, are 
hereby made available for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allow-
ances, in accordance with title II of the Act of September 6, 1960 
(74 Stat. 793). 
SEC. 504. No part of any appropriation for the curfent 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 pei*son. 
SEC. 505. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act for the current fiscal year shall be used to pay in excess of 
$4 per volume for the current and future volumes of the United States 
(^ode, 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 
fi'ee of charge, or in excess of $4.25 \y%v volume for the current or 
future 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 admiur 
istrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations and 
agencies subject to the (xovemment Corporation Control Act, as 
amended (31 U.S.C. 841), shall be available, in addition to objects 
for 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 si>ecified under this 
head, all the provisions of wliich shall be applicable to the expenditure 
of such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by which they are 
made available: Prooided, That in the event any functions budgeted 
as administrative expenses ai-e subsequently transferred to or paid 
from other funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 
correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 507. Pursuant to section 1415 of the Act of July 15, 1952 (66 
Stat. 662), foreign credits (including currencies) owed to or owned 
by the United States may l)e used by Federal agencies for any purpose 
for which appropriations are made for the current fiscal year (includ-
ing the carrying out of Acts i-equiring or authorizing the use of such 
credits), only when i-eimbui'sement therefor is made to the Treasury 
from applicable appropriations of the agency <'oncerned: Provided. 
That such credits receixed as exchange allowances or proceeds of sales 
of personal property 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 reimbui-sement to tlie Treasury. 
Penalty. 
Exceptions. 
Quarters allow-
nces, etc, 
5 use 3033-
3038. 
U.S. Code, An-
notated, etc., 
price limitation. 
59 Stat. 597. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Foreign credits, 
se. 
31 u s e 724. 
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[79 STAT. 
Publicity or 
propaganda. 
Short title. 
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 corporation 
or agency, shall be used for f)ublicity or propaganda purposes designed 
to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress. 
This Act may be cited as the "Public Works Appropriation Act, 
1966". 
Approved October 28, 1965. 
October 28, 1965 
[H. R. 5167] 
Public Law 89-300 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38 of the United States Code to authorize the administrative 
settlement of tort claims arising in foreign countries, and for other purposes. 
Veterans Ad-
ministration. 
72 Stat. 1116. 
38 u s e 230-235. 
63 Stat. 62; 
73 Stat. 471. 
Employee bene-
fits. 
73 Stat. 265. 
76 Stat. 927. 
74 Stat. 80 1. 
60 Stat. 1026. 
74 Stat. 847. 
60 Stat. 10 28; 
75 Stat. 464. 
70 Stat. 706. 
Be it enacted hy tlie Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That (a) subchapter 
III of chapter 3 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
a new section 236 as follows: 
*
*
§ 236. Administrative settlement of tort claims arising in foreign 
countries 
"The Administrator may pay tort claims, in the manner authorized 
in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, when such claims 
arise in foreign coimtries in connection with Veterans' Administra-
tion operations abroad. 
A claim may not be allow^ed under this siec-
tion unless it is presented in writing to the Administrator or his 
designee within two years after the claim accrues." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 3 of such title 38, is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following: 
"236. Administrative settlement of tort claims arising in foreign countries." 
(c) Section 235 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows: "The Administrator may, under such rules and regulations 
as may be prescribed by the President or his designee, provide to per-
sonnel of the Veterans' Administration who are United States citizens 
and are assigned by the Administrator to the Veterans' Administration 
offices in the Republic of the Philippines or to the Veterans' Admin-
istration office in Europe, established pursuant to section 230(c) of 
this title, allowances and benefits similar to those provided by the 
following provisions of law: 
"(1) Section 1131 of title 22 (relating to allowances to provide 
for the proper representation of the United States). 
"(2) Section 1136 (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (7) of title 22 (relat-
ing to travel expenses). 
"(3) Section 1138 of title 22 (relating to transportation of auto-
mobiles) . 
"(4) Section 1148 of title 22 (relating to the return of personnel 
to the United States on leave of absence). 
"(5) Section 1156 of title 22 (relating to payments by the U n i t ^ 
States of expenses for treating illness or injury of officers or employees 
and dependents requiring hospitalization). 
"The foregoing authority supplements, but is not in lieu of, other 
allowances and benefits for overseas employees of the Veterans Admin-
istration provided by titles 5 and 22."