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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 754-JUNE 29, 1948 44 Stat. 660 . Tuition, etc Report to Congress. Availability of ap- propriations. Travel expenses, etc. Aircraft. in Arizona, there shall be available not to exceed $200,000 of the revenues derived from these operations and deposited into the Treas- ury of the United States to the credit of such Indians, and such revenues are hereby made available for payment of irrigation oper- ation and maintenance charges assessed against tribal or allotted lands of said Pima Indians. Suppressing forest and range fires (tribal funds): For the suppres- sion or emergency prevention of forest and range fires on or threaten- ing Indian reservations, $25,000, payable from funds held by the United States in trust for the respective tribes interested. Support of Indian schools (tribal funds): For the support of Indian schools, and for other educational purposes, including care of Indian children of school age attending public and private schools, tuition and other assistance for Indian pupils attending public schools, and support and education of deaf, dumb or blind, physically handicapped, delinquent, or mentally deficient Indian children, there may be expended from Indian tribal funds and from school revenues arising under the Act of May 17, 1926 (25 U. S . C . 155), not more than $712,000: Provided,That payment may be made from the date of admission for such tuition and care of Indian pupils. Vehicles: Applicable appropriations made herein for the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed two hundred passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only, and such vehicles may be used for the transportation of Indian school pupils. Replacement of property destroyed by fire, flood, or storm: To meet possible emergencies not exceeding $35,000 of the appropriations made by this Act for education of Indians, maintenance of buildings, reservation administration, the Alaska native service, and conservation of health among Indians shall be available, upon approval of the Secretary, for replacing any buildings, equipment, supplies, livestock, or other property of those activities of the Bureau of Indian Affairs above referred to which may be destroyed or rendered unserviceable by fire, flood, or storm: Provided, That any diversions of appropria- tions made hereunder shall be reported to Congress in the annual Budget. Appropriations herein made for reservation administration, educa- tion of Indians, and conservation of health among Indians shall be available for the purchase of supplies, materials, and repair parts, for storage in and distribution from central warehouses, garages, and shops, and for the maintenance and operation of such warehouses, garages, and shops, and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services rendered or supplies furnished by such warehouses, garages, or shops to any activity of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Appropriations herein made for the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be available for travel expenses and the purchase of ice for official use of employees. The following appropriations herein made for the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be available for hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft: "Management, Indian forest and range resources"; Suppressing forest and range fires"; "Alaska native service"; "Navajo and Hopi service"; and "Suppressing forest and range fires (tribal funds)." Appropriations for "Salaries and expenses, reserva- tion administration" shall be available for the maintenance and operation of aircraft. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION Administrative provisions: Sums appropriated in this Act for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for all expenditures 1124 [62 STAT.