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PUBLIC LAW 163-JULY 15, 1955
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report thereon has been completed, reviewed, by the States of Wyoming and Montana, and approved by the Congress. OPERATION A N D
58 Stat. 157.
MAINTENANCE
For operation and maintenance of reclamation projects or parts thereof and of 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, $24,750,000, of which $20,223,638 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $1,697,000 shall be derived from the Colorado River dam fund, including (notwithstanding the provisions of the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1944, relating thereto) operation and maintenance of Palo Verde W e i r: Provided, That funds advanced 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. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
59 Stat. 54.
For necessary expenses of general administration and related functions in the offices of the Commissioner of Reclamation and in the regional offices of the Bureau of Reclamation, $3,600,000, to be derived from the reclamation fund and to be nonreimbursable pursuant to the ^ c t 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 administrative expenses. EMERGENCY
62 Stat. 1052.
FUND
For an additional amount for the emergency fund as authorized by the Act of June 26, 1948 (43 XJ. S. C. 502), $500,000, to be derived from the reclamation fund, special fund, and to remain available until expended for the purposes specified in said Act. SPECIAL F U N D S
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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 by the Act of June 17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 391), the Act of December 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 expenditure under the heads "Operation and Maintenance" and "General Administrative Expenses" shall revert and be credited to the special fund from which derived. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations to the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for purchase of not to exceed two hundred forty-five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; payment of claims for damage to or loss of property, personal injury, or death arising out of activities of the Bureau of Reclamation; uniforms or allowances therefor, as author5 USC 2131 note, j^ed by the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1114); payment, except as otherwise provided for, of compensation and expense of persons
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