An Act making appropriations for public works for water and power development and energy research, including the Corps of Engineers-Civil, the Bureau of Reclamation, power agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Appalachian regional development programs, the Federal Power Commission, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Energy Research and Development Administration, and related independent agencies and commissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, and for other purposes.
PL 94-355 (H.R.14236), enacted 07/12/1976

PUBLIC LAW 94-355—JULY 12, 1976 
90 STAT. 889 
Public Law 94-355 
94th Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for public works for water and power development and 
energy research, including the Corps of Engineers—Civil, the Bureau of Rec-
lamation, power agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Appalachian 
regional development programs, the Federal Power Commission, the Tennes-
see Valley Authority, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Energy 
Research and Development Administration, and related indei)endent agencies 
and commissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled, That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, for 
public works for water and power development and energy research, 
including the Corps of Engineers—Civil, the Bureau of Reclamation, 
power agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Appalachian 
regional development programs, the Federal Power Commission, the 
Tennessee Valley Authority, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the 
Energy Research and Development Administration, and related inde-
pendent agencies and commissions, and for other purposes, namely: 
T I T L E I — E N E R G Y R E S E A R C H AND D E V E L O P M E N T 
A D M I N I S T R A T I O N 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary operating expenses of the Administration in carry-
ing out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974; hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; publication and dissemina-
tion of atomic and other energy information; purchase, repai , and 
cleaning of uniforms; official entertainment expenses (not to exceed 
$25,000); reimbursement of the General Services Administration for 
security 
guard 
services; 
hire 
of 
passenger 
motor 
vehicles; 
$4,147,563,000 and any moneys (except sums received from disposal 
of property under the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955 and 
the Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpiling Act, as amended, and 
fees received for tests or investigations under the Act of May 16,1910, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 2301; 50 U.S.C. 98h; 30 U.S.C. 7)) received 
by the Energy Research and Development Administration, notwith-
standing the provisions of section 3617 of the Revised Statutes (31 
U.S.C. 484), to remain available until expended: Provided, 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 the amount appropriated in any other appropriation act 
for "Operating expenses" for the Energy Research and Development 
Administration for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, shall 
be merged, without limitation, with this appropriation: 
Provided 
further, 
That this appropriation shall be available only upon the 
enactment into law of authorizing legislation. 
July 12, 1976 
[H.R. 14236] 
Public Works for 
Water and Power 
Development and 
Energy Research 
Appropriation 
Act, 1977. 
42 use 5801 
note. 
42 use 2301 
note; 
50 use 98 note. 
90 STAT. 890 
42 use 5801 
note. 
30 use 1101 
note. 
Transfer of funds; 
report to 
congressional 
committees 
PUBLIC LAW 94-355—JULY 12, 1976 
PLANT AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT 
For expenses of the Administration, as authorized by law, in con-
nection 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 Energy Reorganization Act of 
1974, including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property 
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
expansion; purchase of not to exceed three hundred and thirty-eight 
for replacement only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase 
of not to exceed two, and hire of aircraft; $1,572,410,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided^ That the amount appropriated in 
any other appropriation Act for "Plant and capital equipment" for 
the Energy Research and Development Administration for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1977, shall be merged, without limitation, 
with this appropriation: Provided 
further^ 
That this appropriation 
shall be available only upon the enactment into laAV of authorizing 
legislation. 
GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT F U N D 
For carrying out the Loan Guarantee and Interest Assistance Pro-
gram as authorized by the Geothermal Energy Research, Develop-
ment, and Demonstration Act of 1974, $30,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided^ That the indebtedness guaranteed or com-
mitted to be guaranteed shall not exceed the aggregate of $200,000,000: 
Provided 
further^ 
That after September 2, 1984, no part of this or 
any other appropriation for the purposes of the Loan Guarantee and 
Interest Assistance Program shall be available for obligation. 
GENERAL PROVISION 
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 per centum of appropriations made avail-
able for the current fiscal year for "Operating expenses" and "Plant 
and capital equipment" may be transferred between such appropria-
tions, 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 Committees of the House and Senate. 
T I T L E I I — D E P A R T M E N T O F D E F E N S E — C I V I L 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under the direction 
of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of 
P]ngineers 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 informa-
tion pertaining to river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, 
and related projects, restudy of authorized projects, and when author-
ized by law, surveys and studies of projects prior to authorization 
for construction, $71,920,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided^ That $2,000,000 of this appropriation shall be transferred 
PUBLIC LAW 94-355—JULY 12, 1976 
90 STAT. 891 
to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for studies, investiga-
tions, and reports thereon as required by the Fish and Wildlife 
Coordination Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 563-565), to provide that wildlife 16USC661 note, 
conservation shall receive equal consideration and be coordinated 
with other features of water-resource development programs of the 
Department of the Army. 
CONSTRUCTIOISr, GENERAL 
j 
For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control, shore pro-
tection, and related projects authorized by laws; 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) : $1,436,745,000, 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 
$2,000,000 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. 
FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood control, and 
rescue work, repair, restoration, or maintenance of flood control proj-
ects threatened or destroyed by flood, as authorized by law (33 U.S.C. 
702a, 702g-l), $231,497,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not less than $250,000 shall be available for bank 
stabilization measures as determined by the Chief of Engineers to be 
advisable for the control of bank erosion of streams in the Yazoo Basin, 
including the foothill area, and where necessary such measures shall 
complement similar works planned and constructed by the Soil Con-
servation Service and be limited to the areas of responsibility mutually 
agreeable to the District engineer and the State Conservationist. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL 
i 
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 com-
merce and navigation; administration of laws pertaining to preserva-
tion of navigable waters; surveys and charting of northern and 
northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing and straightening 
channels; and removal of obstructions to navigation; $648,900,000, to 
i-emai]i available until expended. 
REVOLVING FUND 
For the design and construction of hopper dredges, $6,600,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
90 STAT. 892 
PUBLIC LAW 94-355—JULY 12, 1976 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary for emergency flood control, hurricane, and 
shore protection activities, as authorized by section 5 of the Flood 
33 use 701n. 
Control Act, approved August 18, 1941, as amended, $22,140,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
GENERAL EXPENSES , 
For expenses necessary for general administration and related func-
tions in the Office of the Chief of Engineers and offices of the Division 
Engineers; activities of the Board of Engineers for Eivers and Har-
bors and the Coastal Engineering Research Center; commercial 
statistics; and miscellaneous investigations; $47,200,000. 
- 
SPECIAL RECREATION USE TEES 
For construction, operation, and maintenance of outdoor recreation 
facilities, including collection of special recreation use fees, to remain 
available until expended, $2,000,000, to be derived from the special 
account established by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, 
16 USC460/-6a. as amended (16 U.S.C. 4601) : Provided, That not more than 40 per 
centum of the foregoing amount shall be available for the enhance-
ment of the fee collection system established by section 4 of such Act, 
including the promotion and enforcement thereof, 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations in this title shall be available for expenses of 
attendance by military personnel at meetings in the manner authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 4110, uniforms, and allowances therefor, as authorized by 
law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), and for printing, either during a recess or 
session of Congress, of survey reports authorized by law, and such 
survey reports as may be printed during a recess of Congress shall 
be printed, with illustrations, as documents of the next succeeding 
session of Congress; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; and during the current fiscal year the 
revolving fund. Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase 
(not to exceed one hundred and sixty-nine of which one hundred and 
sixty-seven shall be for replacement only), and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles: Provided, That the total capital of the revolving fund 
shall not exceed $291,000,000. 
TITLE 
III—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
THE 
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 
43 use 371 and Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) 
^°^- 
and other Acts applicable to that Bureau, as follows: 
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS 
For engineering and economic investigations of proposed Federal 
reclamation projects and studies of water conservation and develop-
ment plans and activities preliminary to the reconstruction, rehabili-
tation and betterment, financial adjustment, or extension of existing 
PUBLIC LAW 94-355—JULY 12, 1976 
90 STAT. 893 
projects, to remain available until expended, $24,762,000: Provided. 
That none of this appropriation shall be used for more than one-half 
of the cost of an investigation requested by a State, municipality, or 
other interest: Prowc^ec?/wr^^67', That $554,000 of this appropriation 
shall be transferred to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
for studies, investigations, and reports theieon as required by the Fish 
and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 563-565) to provide 16 USC 661 note. 
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 RKHABILITATION 
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, $348,811,000, of which $214,000,000 shall be derived from the 
reclamation fund: Provided^ That no part of this appropriation shall 
be used to initiate the construction of transmission facilities within 
those areas covered by power wheeling service contracts which include 
provision for service to Federal establishments and preferred cus-
tomers, except those transmission facilities for which construction 
funds have been heretofore appropriated, those facilities which are 
necessary to carry out the terms of such contracts or those facilities 
for which the Secretary of the Interior finds the wheeling agency is 
unable or unwilling to provide for the integration of Federal projects 
or for service to a Federal establishment or preferred customer: Pro-
vided further^ That the final point of discharge for the interceptor 
drain for the San Luis Unit shall not be determined until development 
by the Secretary of the Interior and the State of California of a plan, 
which shall conform with the water quality standards of the State of 
California as approved by the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, to minimize any detrimental effect of the San 
Luis drainage waters. 
For an additional amount for "Construction and rehabilitation", to 
become available immediately upon enactment of this Act, to remain 
available until expended, $200,000,000: Provided^ That this additional 
amount may be made available without reimbursement: Provided 
further^ That this appropriation is for the payment of claims for 
damages to or loss of property, personal injury, or death proximately 
resulting from the failure on June 5, 1976, of the Teton River Dam, 
in accordance with such rules and regulations of the Secretary of the 
Interior as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of adminis-
tering such claims and of determining the amounts to be allowed pur-
suant to this appropriation and the persons entitled to receive the 
same: Provided further^ That nothing herein shall be construed to 
impose any liability on the United States or to allow for payment of 
claims that are paid or payable from any other source, public or 
-' 
private: Provided further. That of funds available to the Bureau of 
Reclamation pursuant to Public Law 94-180 under this appropriation 
89 Stat. 1039. 
title, not to exceed $300,000, to remain available until expended, may 
be transferred without reimbursement, with the approval of the Sec-
retary of the Interior, to "Salaries and Expenses", Office of the Secre-
tary, to provide for expenses related to investigations of the structure 
failure, the expenditure of which funds shall not be subject to the 
limitation on services as authorized by title 5, United States Code, 
section 3109, as contained in section 104 of Public Law 94-165. 
89 Stat. 990. 
90 STAT. 894 
PUBLIC LAW 94-355—JULY 12, 1976 
UPPER COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT 
For the Upper Colorado River Storage Project, as autliorized by 
, 
the Act of April 11, 1956, as amended (43 U.S.C. 620d), to remain 
available until expended, $59,331,000, of which $55,200,000 shall be 
available for the "Upper Colorado River Basin Fund" authorized by 
43 use 620d. 
section 5 of said Act of April 11, 1956, and $4,131,000 shall be avail-
able for construction of recreational and fish and wildlife facilities 
43 use 620g. 
authorized by section 8 thereof, and may be expended by bureaus of 
the Department through or in cooperation with State or other Fed-
eral agencies, and advances to such Federal agencies are hereby 
authorized: Provided^ That no part of the funds herein approved 
shall be available for construction or operation of facilities to prevent 
waters of Lake Powell from entering any national monument. 
COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT 
For advances to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development 
Fund, as authorized by section 403 of the Act of September 30, 1968 
43 use 1543. 
(82 Stat. 894), for the construction, operation, and maintenance of 
43 use 1521. 
projects authorized by title I I I of said Act, to remain available until 
expended, $94,020,000, of which $20,600,000 is for liquidation of con-
43 use 1523. 
tract authority provided by section 303(b) of said Act. 
COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL PROJECTS 
For construction, operation and maintenance of projects authorized 
43 use 1571 
bv the Act of June 24, 1974, Public Law 93-320, to remain available 
note. 
until expended, $44,680,000. 
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 Xho, jurisdiction 
of the Bureau of Reclamation, pursuant to law, $143,000,000, of which 
$116,000,000 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $5,172,000 
shall be derived from the Colorado River Dam fund: Provided., That 
funds advanced by water users for operation and maintenance o.f 
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 such advances shall remain available until expended. 
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 Act of July 4, 1955, as 
*• 
amended (43 U.S.C. 421a-421d), and August 6, 1956, as amended 
(43 U.S.C. 422a-422k), including expenses necessary for carrying 
out the program, $27,495,000, 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 pre-
43 use 388. 
scribed in section 12 of the Act of August 4,1939 (53 Stat. 1187,1197). 
PUBLIC LAW 94-355—JULY 12, 1976 
90 STAT. 895 
EMERGENCY FUND 
For an additional amount for the "Emergency .fund", as authorized 
by the Act of June 26,1948 (42 U.S.C. 502), to remain available until 
expended for the purposes specified in said Act, $1,000,000 to be 
derived from the reclamation fund, 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of general administration and related func-
tions in the offices of the Commissioner of Reclamation and in the 
regional offices of the Bureau of Reclamation, $22,600,000, to be derived 
from the reclauiation fund and to be nonreimbursable pursuant to the 
Act of April 19, 1945 (43 U.S.C. 377) : Provided, That no part of any 
other appropriation in this Act shall be available for activities or func-
tions budgeted for the current fiscal year as general administrative 
expenses. 
SPECIAL FUNDS 
Sums herein referred to as being derived from the Reclamation 
fund, the Colorado River Dam fund, or the Colorado River develop-
ment fund, are appropriated from the special funds in the Treasury 
created by the Act of June 17,1902 (43 U.S.C. 391), the Act of Decem-
ber 21,1928 (43 U.S.C. 6l7a), and the Act of July 19, 1940 (43 U.S.C. 
618a) respectively. Such sums shall be transferred, upon request of 
the Secretary, to be merged with and expended under the heads herein 
specified; and the unexpended balances of sums transferred for expend-
iture under the heads "Operation and Maintenance" and "General 
Administrative Expenses" shall revert and be credited to the special 
fund from which derived. 
AD3IINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available 
for purchase of not to exceed forty-four passenger motor vehicles of 
which twenty-one shall be for replacement only; purchase of one 
aircraft for replacement only; payment of claims for damages to or 
^ 
loss of property, personal injury, or death arising out of activities of 
the Bureau of Reclamation; payment, except as otherwise provided 
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 negotiations and administration of interstate 
compacts without reimbursement or return under the reclamation 
laws; rewards for information or evidence concerning violations of 
law involving property under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Recla-
mation; performance of the functions specified under the head "Oper-
ation and Maintenance Administration", Bureau of Reclamation, in 
the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1945; preparation and 58 Stat. 487. 
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 
paleontological remains in such areas in the same manner as provided 
for in the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461-467) : Provided, 
That no part of any appropriation made herein shall be available 
pursuant to the Act of April 19, 1945 (43 U.S.C. 377), for expenses 
other than those incurred on behalf of specific reclamation projects 
/ 
except "General Administrative Expenses" and amounts provided for 
reconnaissance, basin surveys, and general engineering and research 
under the head "General Investigations". 
89-194 0—78—Dt. 1
60
90 STAT. 896 
PUBLIC LAW 94-355—JULY 12, 1976 
Sums appropriated herein which are expended in the performance 
of reimbursable functions of the Bureau of Reclamation shall be 
leturnable 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: Promded^ That the incurring of any obligation pro-
hibited by this paragraph shall be deemed a violation of section 3679 
of the Revised Statutes, as amended (81 TT.S.C. 665). 
43 use 377a. 
Xo funds appropriated to the Bureau of Reclamation for operation 
and maintenance, except those derived from adA^ances by water users, 
shall be used for the particular benefits of lands (a) within the 
boundaries of an irrigation district, (b) of any member of a water 
, 
, 
users' organization, or (c) of any individual when such district, 
organization, or individual is in arrears for more than twelve months 
in the payment of charges due under a contract entered into with the 
TTnited 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 Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program 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 available for construction work by force account: 
Provided^ That this paragraph shall not apply to work performed 
43 use 504 and imder the Rehabilitation and Betterment Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 724). 
note. 
ALASKA POWER ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS 
For engineering and economic investigations to promote the devel-
opment and utilization of the water, power, and related resources of 
Alaska, $749,000, to remain available until expended: Provided^ That 
$20,000 of this appropriation shall be transferred to the LTnited States 
Fish and Wildlife Service for studies, investigations, and reports 
thereon, as required by the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 
16 use 661 note. 1958 (72 Stat. 563-565). 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of projects 
in Alaska and of marketing electric power and energy, $1,141,000. 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND 
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, 
16 use 838i. 
established pursuant to Public Law 93^54, are hereby specifically 
approved for purchase of one aircraft for replacement only and con-
struction of the following major transmission facilities: facilities to 
provide system support to the Lost River-Salmon River area in south-
east Idaho. 
PUBLIC LAW 94-355—JULY 12, 1976 
90 STAT. 897 
SOUTHEASTERN PO^VER 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, 
$1,076,000. 
SOUTHWESTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations, 
and appurtenant facilities, and for administrative expenses connected 
therewith, in carrying out the provisions of section 5 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southwestern 
power area, $896,000, to remain available until expended. 
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 
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, $7,707,000. 
GENERAT. PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
Emergency 
reconstruction. 
SEC 301. Appropriations in this title shall be available for expendi-
ture or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the approval of 
the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair 
of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam-
aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: 
Provided^ That no funds shall be made available under this authority 
until funds specifically made available to the Department of the 
Interior for emergencies shall have been exhausted. 
SEC 302. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer Fire prevention 
(within each bureau or office) of any appropriation in this title, in 
addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several 
agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of forest or 
range fires on or threatening lands under jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment of the Interior. 
SEC 303. Appropriations in this title shall be available for opera-
tion of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, wherever 
consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency, or economy, and 
said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any 
other activity in the same manner as authorized by the Act of 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 304. 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. 
Warehouses, 
garages. 
Southwestern 
Power 
Administration. 
90 STAT. 898 
PUBLIC LAW 94-355—JULY 12, 1976 
TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT OFFICES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Cochairman and his alter-
nate on the Appalachian Regional Commission and for payment of 
the Federal share of the administrative expenses of the Commission, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passen-
ger motor vehicles, $1,897,000. 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For exj)enses necessary to carry out the programs authorized by the 
40 use app. 1. 
Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended, except 
40 use app. 109. expenses authorized by section 105 of said Act, including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, to 
remain available until expended, $303,000,000, of which $185,000,000 
shall be available for the Appalachian Development Highway Sys-
tem, but no part of any appropriation in this Act shall be available 
for expenses in connection with commitments for contracts or grants 
for the Appalachian Development Highway System in excess of the 
total amount herein and heretofore appropriated. 
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the United 
States member of the Delaware River Basin Commission, as author-
ized by law (75 Stat. 716), $83,000. 
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), $198,000. 
, 
FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION 
SALARIES A N D 
E X P E N S E S 
For expenses necessary for the Avork of the Commission, as author-
ized by law, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, hire of 
aircraft, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed 
$1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $41,582,000. 
INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN 
CONTRIBUTION TO INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER 
BASIN 
To er.nble the Secretary of the Treasury to pay in advance to the 
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin the Federal con-
tiibution 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), 
PUBLIC LAW 94-355—JULY 12, 1976 
90 STAT. 899 
as amended by the Act of September 25, 1970 (Public Law 91-407), 33 USC 567b-l. 
$52,000. 
NUCLEAR EEGULATORT COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission in carrying out the pur-
poses of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, including the 42 USC 5801 
employment of aliens; services authorized by 5 IJ.S.C. 3109; publica- nota-
tion and dissemination of atomic information; purchase, repair, and 
cleaning of uniforms; official entertainment expenses (not to exceed 
$10,000) ; reimbursement of the General Services Administration for 
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security guard services; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; 
$244,430,000, to remain available until expended: Pww'c^ec?, That from 
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this appropriation, transfer of sums may be made to other agencies 
of the Government for the performance of the work for which this 
appropriation is made, and in such cases the sums so transferred may 
be merged with the appropriation to which transferred: 
Provided 
furtliei\ 
Moneys received by the Commission for the cooperative 
nuclear safety research programs may be retained and used for sal-
aries and expenses associated with those programs, notwithstanding 
the provisions of section 3617 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 484), 
and shall remain available until expended. 
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the United 
States member of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, as 
authorized by law (84 Stat. 1541), $83,000. 
CONTRIBUTION TO SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION 
For payment of the United States share of the current expenses of 
the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, as authorized by law (84 
Stat. 1530, 1531), $150,000. 
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), 16 USC 831. 
including hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $125,930,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided^ That this appropriation and other funds avail-
able to the Tennessee Valley Authority shall be available for the pur-
chase of not to exceed three aircraft of which one is for replacement 
only, and the purchase of not to exceed two hundred passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only. 
WATER RESOURCES 
COUNCIL 
WATER R E S O U R C E S PLANNING 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Water 
Resources Planning Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1962—1962d-3), as 
amended, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 42 
U.S.C. 1962a-4(5), and hire of passenger motor vehicles (42 U.S.C. 
90 STAT. 900 
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1962a-4(6)), $12,665,000, to remain available until expended, includ-
ing $1,648,000 for expenses in administering the Act (42 U.S.C. 1962d 
(b)), $3,248,000 for preparation of assessments and plans (42 U.S.C. 
1962d(c)), $2,269,000 for preparation of plans (33 U.S.C. 1289), 
$2,500,000 for expenses of river basin commissions under title II of 
the Act (42 U.S.C. 1962d(a)), and $3,000,000 for grants to States 
under title III of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1962c (a)). 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISION 
Fiscal year 
SEO. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
limitation. 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
Short title. 
This Act may be cited as the "Public Works for "Water and Power 
Development and Energy Research Appropriation Act, 1977". 
Approved July 12, 1976. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 94-1223 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 94-1297 (Coram. 
of Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 94-960 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976): 
June 15, considered and passed House. 
June 23, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
June 29, House agreed to conference report; receded and concurred in Senate 
amendments; Senate agreed to conference report.