An Act making appropriations for public works for water and power resources development, including certain civil functions administered by the Department of Defense, the Panama Canal, certain agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Atlantic-Pacific Interoceanic Canal Study Commission, the Delaware River Basin Commission, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Water Resources Council, and the Atomic Energy Commission, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and for other purposes
PL 90-479 (H.R.17903), enacted 08/12/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-479-AUG. 12, 1968 
705 
Public Law 90-479 
AN ACT 
August 12. 1968 
Making appropriations for public works for water and power resources develop- 
CH.R- 17903] 
ment, including certain civil functions adminisitered by the Department of 
Defense, the Panama Canal, certain agencies of the Department of the 
Interior, the Atlantic-Pacific Interoc^eanic Canal Study Conuuission, the Dela-
ware River Basin Commission, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River 
Basin, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Water Resources Council, and 
the Atomic Energy Commission, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and 
for other purposes. 
Public Works for 
Water and Power 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Re'presentathes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- Resources oevei 
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, for public °^^^l gntrgy 
works for water and power resources development, including certain commission AP-
civil fimctions administered by the Department of Defense, the Pan- propriation Act, 
ama Canal, certain agencies of the Department of the Interior, the 
Atlantic-Pacific Interoceanic Canal Study Commission, the Delaware 
Kiver Basin Commission, Interstate Commission on the Potomac 
River Basin, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Water Resources 
Council, and the Atomic Energy 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 
six 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 Department of 
the Army, and graves used by the Army in commercial cemeteries; 
$15,000,000: Provided^ That this appropriation shall not be used to 
repair more than a single approach road to any national cemetery: 
Provided further^ That this 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 thisrappropriation. 
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 Engi-
neers for authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army 
pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and 
related purposes: 
note 
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[82 STAT. 
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, $30,015,000, to 
remain available until expended: Pro-vided^ That $582,000 of this 
appropriation shall be transferred to the Bureau of Sport Fisheries 
and Wildlife for Studies, investigations, and reports thereon as 
required by the Fish and Wildlife Coordinajtion Act of 1958 (72' Stat. 
16 use 661 
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. 
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, of 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) ; $865,682,500, to 
remain available until expended: Provided^ That no part of this 
appropriation 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 in 
connection with the rehabilitation of the Snake Creek Embankment of 
the Garrison Dam and Reservoir Project, North Dakota, the Corps 
of Engineers is authorized to participate with the State of North 
Dakota to the extent of one-half the cost of widening the present 
embankment to provide a four-lane right-of-way for U.S. Highway 83 
in lieu of the present two-lane highway: Provided further^ That funds 
appropriated for the Robert S. Kerr Lock and Dam, Oklahoma, shall 
be available to provide a 9-foot deep auxiliary navigation channel and 
1,000-foot-long turning basin along Sans Bois Creek, with appropriate 
widths and an overall length of approximately ten miles: 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 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 fea-
tures 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 control, and related works, 
including such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance of 
harbor channels provided by a State, municipality or other public 
agency, outside of harbor lines, and serving essential needs of general 
commerce and navigation; financing the United States share of the cost 
of pumping water from Lake Okeechobee to the Everglades National 
Park; 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 straightening channels; and removal of obstructions 
to navigation; $223,700,000, to remain available until expended. 
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707 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary for emergency flood control, hurricane and 
shore protection activities, as authorized by section 5 of tlie Flood 
Control Act, approved August 18, 1941, as amended, $5,000,000, to 
69 stat. ise; 
remain available until expended. 
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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 theatened or destroyed by flood, as authorized by law (33 U.S.C. 
702a, 702g-l), $69,600,000, to remain available until expended, of ^/gtar^isn^' 
which $425,000 shall be available for the construction of road crossings 
of the Panola-Quitman Floodw^ay at Crowder and Paducah Wells, 
Mississippi. 
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 
Harbors and the Coastal Engineering Research Center; commercial 
statistics; and miscellaneous investigations; $20,775,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS 
Appropriations in this title shall be available for expenses of at-
tendance by military personnel at meetings in the manner authorized 
by section 19(b) of "the Act of July 7, 1958 (72 Stat. 336), uniforms, 
fusc'4i'*^o and 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), note. 
' 
and for printing, either during a recess or session of Congress, of 
si stat. 206. 
survey reports authorized by law, and such survey reports as may be 
printed during a recess of Congress shall be printed, with illustrations, 
as documents of the next succeeding session of Congress; and during 
the current fiscal year the revolving fund. Corps of Engineers, shall 
Ijc available for purchase (not to exceed one hundred and ninety for 
replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles: Provided, 
That the total capital of said fund shall not exceed $172,000,000. 
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 
])assenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); expenses incident to conducting 
hearings on the Isthmus; expenses of special training of employees 
of the Canal Zone Government as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101-4118; 
so stat. 432. 
contingencies of the Governor; 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; and maintaining and altering 
facilities of other Government agencies in the Canal Zone for Canal 
Zone Government use, $37,484,500. 
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[82 STAT. 
CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For acquisition of land and land under water and acquisition, 
construction, and replacement of improvements, facilities, structures, 
and equipment, as authorized by law (2 C.Z. Code, Sec. 2; 2 C.Z. Code, 
76A Stat. 7,26. ggc. 371), iucluding the purchase of not to exceed fourteen pas^nger 
motor vehicles for replacement only, of which twelve for police-type 
use may exceed by $300 each 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; $200,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided^ That notwithstanding the limita-
tion under this head in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 
74 Stat. 827. 
1961, appropriations 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 
available 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 
61 Stat. 584. 
(gj U.S.C. 849), as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation, 
including maintaining 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 $13,600,000 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, which 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-six passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, including 
five light sedans at not to exceed $2,000, and for uniforms or allow-
81 Stat. 206. 
ances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902). 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THE PANAMA CANAL 
The Governor of the Canal Zone is authorized to employ services 
80 Stat. 416. 
as authorlzed by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 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 
Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.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 cor-
responding rates of compensation for other employees of the Govern-
ment in comparable positions. 
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709 
TITLE II—DEPAKTMENT OF T H E INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
For carrying out the functions of the Bureau of Reclamation as 
provided in the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 
Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) 
43 use 371. 
and other Acts applicable to that Bureau, as follows: 
GENERAL INVESTIOATION8 
For engineering and economic investigations of proposed Federal 
reclamation projects and studies of water conservation and develop-
ment plans and activities preliminary to the reconstruction, rehabili-
tation and betterment, financial adjustment, or extension of existing 
projects, to remain available until expended, $15,948,500, of which 
$14,423,000 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 $354,000 of this appro-
priation shall be transferred to the Bureau of Sports Fisheries and 
Wildlife for studies, investigations, and reports thereon as required 
by the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 563-565) ^^^^ use eei 
to provide that wildlife conservation shall receive equal consideration 
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 other related activities, as authorized by law, to remain available 
until expended, $166,915,000, of which $115,000,000 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 be determined until development 
by the Secretary of the Interior and the State of California of a 
plan, which shall conform w4th the water quality standards of the 
State of California as approved by the Secretary of the Interior, to 
minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters: 
Provided further^ That of the amount appropriated herein for the 
Washoe Project, not to exceed $600,000, representing the cost of pro-
viding water service on national forest lands under the administration 
of the United States Forest Service, shall be nonreimbursable. 
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, $49,900,000, of which 
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{B2 STAT. 
$39,638,000 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $2,098,000 
shall be derived from the Colorado Kiver Dam fund: Provided^ That 
funds advanced by water users for operation and maintenance of 
reclamation projects or parts thereof shall be deposited to the credit 
of this appropriation and may be expended for the same objects and in 
the same manner as 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 
69 Stat. 244. 
amended (43 U.S.C. 421a-^21d), and August 6, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 422a-
70 Stat. 1044. 
422k), as amended, including expenses necessary for carrying out the 
program, $2,965,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, 
42?d"^'^ 421 a- 
r^^hat auy 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 
43 use 388. 
12 of the Act of August 4,1939 (53 Stat. 1187,1197). 
UPPER COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT 
For the Upper Colorado River Storage Project, as authorized by 
70 Stat. 107. 
the Act of April 11, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 620d), to remain available until 
expended, $25,673,000, together with $2,000,000 to be derived by 
transfer from reimbursements to the "Emergency Fund", Bureau of 
Reclamation, of which $25,000,000 shall be available for the "Upper 
Colorado River Basin Fund", authorized by section 5 of said Act of 
April 11,1956, and $2,673,000 shall be available for construction, opera-
tion and maintenance of recreational and fish and wildlife facilities 
43 use 62og. 
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 appropriated shall be 
available for construction or operation of facilities to prevent waters 
of Lake Powell from entering any national monument. 
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, $11,950,000, to be 
derived from the reclamation fund and to be nonreimbursable pursuant 
59 Stat. 54. 
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 the Act of June 17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 391), the Act of December 21, 
54 tlTt. 7?"' 
1^28 ( ¥ 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 Sec-
retary, to be merged with and expended under the heads herein speci-
fied ; and the unexpended balances of sums transferred for expenditure 
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711 
under the heads "Operation and Maintenance" and "General Admin-
istrative Expenses-' shall revert and be credited to the special fund 
from vrhich derived. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations to the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available 
for purchase of not to exceed forty-five passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only; purchase of two 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 otherwise 
})rovided for, of compensation and expenses 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 recla-
mation laws; rewards for information or evidence concerning viola- 
32 stat. 388. 
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 Reclama-
tion, in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1945; preparation 
58 stat. 48?. 
and dissemination of useful information including recordings, photo-
graphs, and photographic prints; and studies of recreational uses of 
reservoir areas, and investigation and recovery of archeological and 
IDaleontological 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, 
49 stat. eee. 
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 
59 stat. 54. 
other than those 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 appro-
priation under the head "Construction and Rehabilitation" shall be 
available additionally for said project for those functions of the 
Bureau of Reclamation provided tor 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. 
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. 666). 
No funds appropriated to the Bureau of Reclamation for operation 
and maintenance, except those derived from advances bj[ 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, organization, 
or individual is in arrears for more than twelve months in the payment 
of charges due under a contract entered into with the United States 
pursuant to laws administered by the Bureau of Reclamation. 
3-600 O - 69 - 48 
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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 
"Construction and rehabilitation" contained in this Act shall be avail-
able for construction work by force account: Provided^ That this 
paragraph shall not apply to work performed under the Rehabilitation 
43 use 504 and ^ud Betterment Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 724). 
note. 
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ALASKA POWER ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS 
For engineering and economic investigations to promote the develop-
ment and utilization of the water, power and related resources of 
Alaska, $600,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ That 
$61,000 of this appropriation 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 
Jte "^^ ^" 
^^^^ C^^ ^*^*- 563-565). 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of projects in 
Alaska and of marketing electric power and energy, $402,000. 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations, 
and appurtenant facilities, as authorized by law, and purchase of one 
aircraft, $104,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ 
That the Bonneville Power Administration shall not supply power 
directly, or indirectly through any preference customer, to any phos-
phorous electric furnace plant in southern Idaho, Utah, or Wyoming. 
OPERATION A N D 
MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of the Bonne-
ville transmission system and of marketing electric power and energy, 
$19,500,000. 
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 be avail-
able 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. 
82 STAT 
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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, 
ss stat. 89o. 
including purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for replacement 
only, $850,000. 
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 Con-
trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southwestern power 
area, $4,020,000, to remain available until expended. 
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 three passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only, $2,350,000. 
CONTINUING 
F U N D 
Not to exceed $3,200,000 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. 
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ADMINISTRATION 
WATER SUPPLY AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL 
70 Stat. 498; 
9 Stat. 903. 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, as amended, and other related activities, including ^^ ^^ 
$9,000,000 for grants to States and $1,000,000 for grants to interstate '3rusc'466 
agencies under section 7 of such Act, $88,838,000: Provided, That "°'^ug^ 
$1,250,000 for grants to comprehensive basin planning agencies under 
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section 3(c) of such Act and $21,200,000 for grants under section 6 of 
so stat. 1246. 
such Act, shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
H ulc tetl-i 
That the unexpended balance of funds appropriated under the head-
ing "Grants for waste treatment works construction and sewer over-
flow control," for grants under section 6 of such Act shall be merged 
with this appropriation. 
CONSTRUCTION GRANTS FOR WASTE TREATMENT WORKS 
For grants for construction of waste treatment works pursuant to 
section 8 of the Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, to remain 
so stat. 1243. 
available until expended, $214,000,000. 
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Emergency con-
struction. 
Fire prevention. 
Operation of 
warehouses, etc. 
47 Stat. 417-
Southwestern 
Power Administra-
tion. 
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 consoli-
dation 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 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 Power 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—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 $2,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $4,900,000, to remain available until expended. 
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), $47,000. 
CONTRIBUTION TO DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 
COMMISSION 
For payment of the United States sha,re of the current expenses of 
the Delaware River Basin Commission, as authorized by law (75 Stat. 
706, 707), $154,000. 
82 STAT. ] 
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715 
INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN 
CONTRIBUTION TO INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER 
BASIN 
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay in advance to the 
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin the Federal con-
tribution toward the expenses of the Commission during the current 
fiscal year in the administration of its business in the conservancy 
district established pursuant to the Act of July 11,1940 (54 Stat. 748), 33 use 567b. 
$5,000. 
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), includ- 
js stat. ss^. 
ing purchase of three aircraft for replacement only, hire, maintenance, 
and operation of aircraft, and purchase (not to exceed two hundred for 
replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $50,250,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL 
WATER RESOURCES PLANNING 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of titles I and 
I I of the Water Resources Planning Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1962-
1962d-5), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 
^o stat. 4i6. 
rates not to exceed $100 per diem for individuals, and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, $1,020,000: Provided^ That the share of the expenses 
of any river basin commission borne by the Federal Government, pur-
suant to title I I of the Water Resources Planning Act of 1965, shall 
not exceed $200,000 annually for recurring operating expenses, includ-
ing the salary and expenses of the chairman. 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of title I I I of 
the Water Resources Planning Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1962-1962^-5), 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates not to 
exceed $100 per diem for individuals, and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $2,602,500, to remain available until expended. 
TITLE IV—ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary operating expenses of the Commission in carrying 
out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 
^^ stat. 919. 
including the employment of aliens; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. note. 
3109; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; publication and 
dissemination of atomic information; purchase, 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; $2,109,300,000 and 
any moneys (except sums received from disposal of property under 
the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955, as amended (42 U^.C. 
2301)) received by the Commission, notwithstanding the provisions 
^^ ^'^*- '*^^-
of section 3617 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 484), to remain 
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[82 STAT. 
68 Stat. 919. 
42 u s e 2011 
note. 
Transfer of 
funds; report to 
congressional 
committees. 
Restriction on 
fellowships. 
Penalty. 
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 expendi-
ture and that it is deemed inadvisable to specify the nature thereof 
shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed 
to have been expended: Provided further^ That from this appropria-
tion transfers of sums may be made to other agencies of the Govern-
ment for the performance of the work for which this appropriation 
is made, and m 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, where that fee for community management is at 
a rate in excess of $90,000 per annum, or for the operation of a trans-
portation system where that fee is at a rate in excess of $45,000 per 
annum. 
PLANT AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT 
For expenses of the Commission, as authorized by law, in connection 
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 five hundred and 
fifty-three 
for replacement only, of which eleven 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 hire of aircraft; 
$461,574,000, to remain available until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Not to exceed 5 per centum of appropriations made available for 
the current fiscal year 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 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 
United States by force or violence or with respect to whom the 
Commission 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 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. 
82 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-479-AUG. 12, 1968 
717 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
SEC. 501. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum m<^^''ve1i^cte^s. 
amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with 
section 16 of the Act of August 2,1946 (60 Stat. 810), for the purchase 
^i use easa. 
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 compensation 
year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act Ita^l^atusle^^'^ 
shall be used to pay the compensation of any oiRcer or employee of the quired. 
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 
Ii^nited 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 be considered prima facie evidence that 
the requirements of this section with respect to his status have been 
complied with: Provided further, 
That any person making a false 
Penalty. 
affidavit shall be guilty 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: 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 
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 translators, or to temporary employment 
in the field service (not to exceed sixty days) as a result of emergencies. 
SEC. 503. Appropriations of the executive departments and inde- a„^"s'"*etc °"°'^" 
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 I I of the Act of September 6, 1960 
(74 Stat. 793). 
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SEC. 504. No part of any appropriation for the current fiscal year 5925 and notes. 
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 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 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 or purchase shall be furnished free of 
charge, or in excess of $4.25 per volume for the current or future 
volumes of the Lifetime Federal Digest, or in excess of $6.50 per vol-
ume for the current or future volumes of the Modem Federal Practice 
Digest. 
SEC. 506. Funds made available by this or any other Act for adminis-
trative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations and 
agencies subject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
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[82 STAT. 
59 Stat. 841. 
80 Stat. 416. 
Foreign credits. 
31 use 724-
Publicity or 
propaganda. 
Time limitation. 
Interdepart-
mental boards 
etc., exemption. 
59 Stat. 134. 
Short title. 
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 5 U.S.C. 3109; 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 administrative expenses are .sub-
sequehtly 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 be used by Federal agencies for any p^urpose 
for which appropriations are made for the current fiscal year (includ-
ing the carrying out of Acts requiring or authorizing the use of such 
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 property may be used in whole or part payment for 
acquisition of similar items, to the extent and in the manner author-
ized by law, without reimbursement to the Treasury. 
SEC. 508. 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. 509. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 510. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act, shall be available to finance interdepartmental boards, 
commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups under section 214 
of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1946 (31 U.S.C. 691) 
which do not have prior and specific congressional approval of such 
method of financial support. 
This Act may be cited as the "Public Works for Water and Power 
Resources Development and Atomic Energy Commission Appropria-
tion Act, 1969". 
Approved August 12, 1968. 
August 12, 1968 
[S. 222] 
Public Law 90-480 
AN ACT 
To insure that certain buildings financed with Federal funds are so designed and 
constructed as to be accessible to the phj sically handicapped. 
Public build-
ings. 
Accessibility 
to physically 
handicapped. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, as used in this 
Act, the term "building" means any building or facility (other than 
(A) a privately owned residential structure and (B) any building or 
facility on a military installation designed and constructed primarily 
for use by able bodied military personnel) the intended use for which 
either will require that such building or facility be accessible to the 
public, or may result in the employment or residence therein of physi-
cally handicapped persons, which building or facility is—