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[72 Stat. 1576]
PUBLIC LAW 85-000—MMMM. DD, 1958
[72 Stat. 1576]

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PUBLIC LAW 85-863-SEPT. 2, 1958 OPERATION A N D

[72 S T A T.

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, $27,500,000, of which $22,365,100 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $2,015,000 shall be derived from the Colorado River dam fund: 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. LOAN PROGRAM

For loans to irrigation districts and other public agencies for construction of distribution systems on authorized Federal reclamation projects, and for loans and grants to non-Federal agencies for construction 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. 422a-422k), as amended (71 Stat. 48), including expenses necessary for carrying out the program, $5,434,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the unexpended balance on June 30, 1958, of sums heretofore appropriated for the foregoing purposes under the head "Construction and rehabilitation" shall be merged with this appropriation. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE E X P E N S E S

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, $4,039,000, to be derived from the reclamation 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 functions budgeted for the current fiscal year as general administrative expenses. U P P E R COLORADO RIVER B A S I N F U N D

For payment to the "Upper Colorado River Basin fund", authorized by section 5 of the Act of April 11, 1956 (Public Law 485), $68,033,335; to remain available until expended. SPECIAL F U N D S

32 Stat. 388. 45 Stat. 1057. 54 Stat. 774.

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 XJ. 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.