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tion report shall be treated as are other examination reports. I n no event shall such examination report be released to the Board prior to its release to the public, but this shall not preclude the Commissioner from complying with subsection (c) of this section. The Commissioner shall notify the Board when the examination is completed. The request for an examination shall be kept on file by the Commissioner but it shall not be open to public inspection prior to the release of the examination report to the public. (c) I t shall be the duty of the Commissioner to report to the Board when he has reasonable cause to believe that any member insurer examined or being examined at the request of the Board may be insolvent or in a financial condition hazardous to the policyholders or the public. Reports. (d) The Board may, upon majority vote, make reports and recommendations to the Commissioner upon any matter germane to the solvency, liquidation, rehabilitation, or conservation of any member insurer. Such reports and recommendations shall not be considered public documents. (e) The Board may, upon majority vote, make recommendations to the Commissioner for the detection and prevention of insurer insolvencies. (f) The Board shall, at the conclusion of any insurer insolvency in which the Association was obligated to pa;^ covered claims, prepare a report on the history and causes of such insolvency, based on the information available to the Association, and submit such report to the Commissioner. SEC. 113. The Association shall be subject to examination and regulation by the Commissioner. The Board shall submit, not later than March 30 of each year, a financial report for the preceding calendar year on a form approved by the Commissioner. Tax exemption. SEC. 114. The Association shall be exempt from payment of all fees and taxes levied or collected by the District of Columbia, except taxes levied on real or personal property. SEC. 115. The rates and premiums charged for insurance policies to which this title applies shall include amounts sufficient to recoup a sum equal to the amounts paid to the Association by the member insurer less any amounts returned to the member insurer by the Association and such rates shall not be deemed excessive because they contain an amount reasonably calculated to recoup assessments paid by the member insurer. SEC. 116. There shall be no liability on the part of and no cause of action of any nature shall rise against any member insurer, the Association or its agents or employees, the Board, or the Commissioner or his representatives for any action taken by them in the performance of their powers and duties under this title. SEC. 117. All proceedings in which the insolvent insurer is a party or is obligated to defend a party in any court in the District of Columbia shall be stayed for sixty days from the date the insolvency is determined to permit proper defense by the Association of all pending causes of action. As to any covered claims arising from a judgment under any decision, verdict, or finding based on the default of the insolvent insurer or its failure to defend an insured, the Association either on its own behalf or on behalf of such insured may apply to have such judgment, order, decision, verdict, or finding set aside by the same court or administrator that made such judgment, order, decision, verdict, or finding and shall be permitted to defend against such claim on the merits. SEC. 118. (a^ The Commissioner shall by order terminate the operation of the District of Columbia Insurance Guaranty Association as

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to any kind of insurance afforded by property or casualty insurance policies with respect to which he has found, after hearing, that there IS in effect a statutory or voluntary plan which— (1) is a permanent plan which is adequately funded or foiwhich adequate funding is provided; and (2) extends or will extend to District of Columbia policyholders and residents protection and benefits with respect to insolvent insurers not substantially less favorable and effective to such policyholders and residents and the protection and benefits provided with respect to such kind of insurance under this title. (b) The Commissioner shall by the same such order authorize discontinuance of future payments by insurers to the District of Columbia Insurance Guaranty Association with respect to the same kinds of insurance, except assessments and payments shall continue, as necessary, to liquidate covered claims of insurers adjudged insolvent prior to said order and the related expenses not covered by such other plan. (c) In the event the operation of any account of the District of Columbia Insurance Guaranty Association shall be so terminated as to all kinds of insurance otherwise within its scope, the Association as soon as possible thereafter shall distribute the balance of money? and assets remaining in said account (after discharge of the functions of the Association with respect to prior insurer insolvencies not covered by such other plan^ together with related expenses) to the insurers which are then writing in the District of Columbia policies of the kinds of insurance covered by such account, and which had made payments into such account, pro rata upon the basis of the aggregate of such payments made by the respective insurers to such account during the period of five years next preceding the date of such order. Upon completion of such distribution with respect to all of the accounts specified in section 105, this title shall be deemed to have expired. TITLE II — A M E N D M P: N T OF THE LIFE INSURANCE ACT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO INCREASE CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS OF LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES SEC. 201. Chapter 3 of the Life Insurance Act (D.C. Code, sees. ^5-501—^35-541) is amended as follows: (1) Section 8(a) of such chapter (D.C. Code, sec. 35-508(a)) ysiurreV*"'" is amended (A) by striking out in the first sentence "$200,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,000,000", and (B) by striking out in the last sentence "$150,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,600,000". (2) Section 8(b) of such chapter (D.C. Code, sec. 35-508(b)) is amended (A) by inserting "or subsequent amendment" immediately after "subsection", and (B) by inserting "or the minimum surplus required of a mutual company" immediately after "stock company". (3) Paragraph 10(b) (ii) of section 35 of such chapter (D.C. Code, sec. 35-535 (10)(b)(ii)) is amended by striking out 78 Stat. res. "$300,000" and "$150,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,600,000" in each such place. (4) Paragraph (15) (ii) of section 35 of such chapter (D.C. Code, sec. 35-535(15) (ii)) is amended by striking out "$300,000'* 74 Stat. ses; and "$150,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,500,000" in each '® ^'"'"'"' such place. SEC. 202. The amendment made by this title shall take effect thirty Effective date. days after the date of enactment of this Act.

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TITLE III—AMENDMENT O F THE L I F E INSURANCE ACT O F THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO I N C R E A S E G R O U P T E R M L I F E INSURANCE AMOUNT L I M I T A T I O N S

74 Stat. 315; 76 Stat. 1131.

64 Stat. 333.

SEC. 30L Sections 10(1)(d), 10(3)(d), 10(4)(d), 10(6)(d), and 10(9)(d) of chapter V of the Life Insurance Act (D.C. Code, sees. 35-710 (l)(d), (3)(d), (4)(d), (6)(d), and (9)(d)), are amended ^2^^ i^y striking out "$20,000" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "$30,000"; (2) by striking out "$40,000" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "$100,000"; and (3) by striking out "150" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "300". SEC. 302. The first sentence of section 11 of chapter V of the, Life lusurance Act (D.C. Code, sec. 35-711), is amended (1) by striking out "and" between clauses (b) and (c), (2) by striking out the colon at the end of clause (c) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and (3) by inserting immediately thereafter a new clause (d) as follows: "and (d) that subject to the terms of the policy any person insured under a group life insurance contract, whether issued before or after the effective date of this clause, may make to any person, other than his employer, an absolute or collateral assignment of any or all the rights and benefits conferred on him by any provision of such policy or by law, including specifically, but not by way of limitation, any right to designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries thereunder and any right to have an individual policy issued upon termination either of employment or of said policy of group life insurance, but nothing herein shall be construed to have prohibited an insured from making an assignment of all or any part of his rights and privileges under the policy before the effective date of this clause and, subject to the terms of the policy, an assignment by an insured before or after the effective date of this clause is valid for the purposes of vesting in the assignee all rights and privileges so assigned, but without prejudice to the insurer on account of any payment it may make or individual policy it may issue prior to receipt of notice of the assignment:". TITLE IV—AMENDMENT O F THE F I R E AND CASUALTY ACT R E G U L A T I N G THE B U S I N E S S OF F I R E, M A R I N E, AND C A S U A L T Y INSURANCE I N THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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stock company authorized to do business in the District shall have and shall at all times maintain a paid-up capital stock of not less than $300,000, and a surplus of not less than $300,000. Every domestic mutual company and every domestic reciprocal company shall have and shall at all times maintain a surplus of not less than $300,000 and every foreign or alien mutual company and every foreign or alien reciprocal company shall have and shall at all times maintain a surplus of not less than $400,000. " SEC. 14. CORPORATIONS HERETOFORE FORMED.—No company shall be exempt from the provisions of this subsection by reason of its having been incorporated in the District or elsewhere prior to the effective date of this subsection, except that, in the case of companies authorized in the District on the date of approval of this subsection and continu-

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oualy thereafter without any increase of authority, the minimum capital and surplus required of a stock company, and the minimum surplus iv(iuire(l of a mutual or- reciprocal company, or of a Lloyd's organization by the laws of the District heretofore applicable shall not be increased by this subsection, and provided also that in the case of such continuously author-ized companies the provisions of section -li irlatinjr to the names of companies, and the provisions of section 25 relating to the amount of surplus necessary to the issuance of policies having no provision for contingent liability, shall not be applicable." SEC. 402. Section 25 of chapter II of the Fire and Casualty Act (i).C. Code, sec. 85-1829) is amended by striking out "$300,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$600,000".

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TITLE V—AMENDMENT O F AMOUNT O F CONTRACT WITH THE (lOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF (X)LT'MBIA FOR W H I C H A S U R E T Y BOND I S R E Q U I R E D SKC. 50 L The tirst section of the Act entitled "An Act in relation to contracts with the District of Columbia" approved June 28, 190(5 (\)X\ Code, sec. 1-805), and the first section of the Act of August 3. IDttS (I).C. Code. sec. l-804a) (relating to contracts with the District of Columbia), are each amended by striking out "$2,000" wherever it appears in each such first section and inserting in lieu thereof

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Approved August 14, 1973. Public Law 93-90 AN ACT

August 14, 1973

To amend the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 and other related Acts to authorize additional appropriations, and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this act may Federal Railbe cited as the "Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1973'1 road safety A,a. SEC. 2. Section 212 of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (45 19°"! " U-S.C. 441) is amended to read as follows: 84 Stat. 977. " SEC. 212. AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS. "There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this title not to exceed $19,440,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974.". SEC. 3. Section 303 of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Con- Hazardous matrol Act of 1970 (49 U.S.C. 1762) is amended to read as follows: '^"^^^ control. " SEC. 303. AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS. "There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this title not to exceed $1,200,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974.". SEC. 4. The Secretary of Transportation shall, within ninety days Report to conafter the date of enactment of this Act, submit a report to the Congress ^'•^^^* which contains a complete evaluation of all programs conducted under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Control Act of 1970, and on proposed revised handling procedures and feasibility of alternative routing in order to avoid population centers. Approved August 14, 1973.

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Public Law 93-91 August 14, 1973 [H. R. 8658]

District of Columbia Appropriation Act of 1974.

AN ACT Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by 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 otherwise appropriated, for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for other purposes, namely: FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

85 Stat. 654. 68 Stat. 102, 108.

For payment to the following funds of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974: $187,450,000 to the general fund; $2,656,000 to the water fund; and $1,628,000 to the sanitary sewage works fund; as authorized by the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1947, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 47-2601 (a)); and the Act of May 18, 1954 (D.C. Code,sec. 43-1641 and 1611). LOANS TO THE DISTRICT or COLUMBIA FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY

D.C. Code 9-2 20. D.C. Code 47-250.1 a note. D.C. Code 1-1441 note". D.C. Code 43-1604. 84 Stat. 1930. D.C. Code 7-133. D.C. Code 43-1540. D.C. Code 47-1620.

For loans to the District of Columbia, as authorized by the Act of June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183), as amended, the Act of November 3, 1967 (81 Stat. 339, 340), the Act of December 9, 1969 (83 Stat. 321), the Act of May 18, 1964 (68 Stat. 105, 110), the Act of June 2, 1950 (64 Stat. 196), and the Act of June 12, 1960 (74 Stat. 210), $226,184,000, which together with balances of previous appropriations for this purpose, shall remain available until expended and be advanced upon request of the Commissioner, as follows: To the general fund, $177,969,000, to the highway fund, $11,900,000, to the water fund, $7,067,000, to the sanitary sewage works fund, $25,000,000, and to the metropolitan area sanitary sewage works fund, $4,248,000. DIVISION OF EXPENSES

The following amounts are appropriated for the District of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the general fund of the District of Columbia, except as otherwise specifically provided: GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

80 Stat. 416.

General operating expenses, $67,639,000, of which $629,700 shall be payable from the highway fund (including $72,400 from the motor vehicle parking account), $94,500 from the water fund, and $67,800 from the sanitary sewage works fund: Provided, That, for the purpose of assessing and reassessing real propert;^ in the District of Columbia, $6,000 of the appropriation shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not in excess of $100 per diem: Provided further,, That not to exceed $7,500 of this appropriation shall be available for test borings and soil investigations: Provided further,, That $2,475,000 of this appropriation (to remain available until expended) shall be available 8olelj5r for District of Columbia employees' disability compensation: Provided further. That not to exceed $126,000 of this appropriation shall be available for settlement of property damage claims not in excess of $500 each and personal injury claims not in excess of $1,000 each: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 of any appropriations available to the

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District of Columbia may be used to match financial contributions from the Department of Defense to the District of Columbia Office of Civil Defense for the purchase of civil defense equipment and supplies approved by the Department of Defense, when authorized by the Commissioner. PUBLIC

SAFETY

Public safety, including employment of consulting physicians, diagnosticians, and therapists at rates to be fixed by the Commissioner; cash gratuities of not to exceed $75 to each released prisoner; purchase of one hundred and ninety-seven passenger motor vehicles for replacement only (including one hundred and ninety-two for police-type use and five for fire-type use without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year but not in excess of $400 per vehicle for police-type and $600 per vehicle for fire-type use above such limitation); $206,357,000, of which $7,854,600 shall be payable from the highway fund (including $112,000 from the motor vehicle parking account): Provided, That the Police Department is authorized to replace not to exceed twenty-five passenger carrying vehicles, and the Fire Department not to exceed five such vehicles annually whenever the cost of repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds three-fourths the cost of the replacement: Provided further, That $7,821,700 shall be available for reimbursement to the United States for services provided to the District of Columbia by the offices of the United States attorney and the United States marshal for the District of Columbia. EDUCATION

Education, including provision of insurance, maintenance, and acceptance of not to exceed thirty-one passenger motor vehicles on a loan basis for exclusive use in the driver education program, and the development of national defense education programs, $198,029,000, of which $165,100 shall be payable from the highway fund. Section 5533(c) of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to compensation received by teachers of the public schools of the District of Columbia for employment in a civilian office during the period July 1, 1973, to August 31, 1973.

^^ Stat. 1195.

RECREATION

Recreation, $14,300,000. HUMAN

RESOURCES

Human resources, including reimbursement for services rendered to the District of Columbia by Freedmen's Hospital; and care and treatment of indigent patients in institutions, including those under sectarian control, under contracts to be made by the Director of Human Resources; $218,443,000: Provided, That the inpatient rate and outpatient rate under such contracts, with the exception of Children's Hospital, and for services rendered by Freedmen's Hospital, shall not exceed $38 per diem and the outpatient rate shall not exceed $6 per visit; the inpatient rate and outpatient rate for Children's Hospital shall not exceed $40 per diem and $6.75 per visit; and the inpatient rate (excluding the proportionate share for repairs and construction) for services rendered by Saint Elizabeths Hospital for patient care shall be $24.53 per diem: Provided further, That total reimbursements to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, including funds from Title X IX of the Social Security Act, shall not exceed the amount for the fiscal year 79 Stat. 343; 1970: Provided further, That the hospital rates,specified herein shall *^42 USC*n1)6.

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not apply, beginning July 1, 1969, to services provided to patients who are eligible for such services under the District of Columbia plan for medical assistance under Title X IX of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the furnishing of medical assistance to individuals sixty-five years of age or older who are residing in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the treatment, in any institution, under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner and located either within or without the District of Columbia, of individuals found by a court to be chronic alcoholics. HIGHWAYS

AND

TRAFFIG

Highways and traffic, including $162,600 for traffic safety education; $600 for membership in the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators and $1,500 for membership in the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission; rental of one passenger-carrying vehicle for use by the Commissioner; and purchase of sixteen passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; $23,460,200, of which $17,227,300 shall be payable from the highway fund (including $640,800 from the motor vehicle parking account): Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for the purchase of drivertraining vehicles. ENVIRONMENTAL

SERVICES

Environmental services, $45,010,000, of which $11,931,100 shall be payable from the water fund, $13,629,500 from the sanitary sewage works fund, and $15,700 from the metropolitan area sanitary sewage works fund. PERSOlSrAL SERVICES

For pay increases and related retirement costs for general schedule employees, wage board employees, and Public Schools cafeteria employees to be transferred by the Commissioner of the District of Columbia to the appropriations for the fiscal year 1974 from which said employees are properly payable, $13,782,000, of which $534,400 shall be payable from the highway fund (including $6,800 from the motor vehicle parking account), $501,400 from the water fund, and $369,200 from the sanitary sewage works fund. R E P A Y M E N T OF LOANS A N D

INTEREST

For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in compliance with sections 108, 217, and 402 of the Act of May 18, 1954 D. c. Code 4 3 (68 Stat. 103,109, and 110), as amended; section 9 of the Act of Sep1540, 43-1616, 7-1^3.^""'"'"' tember 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 619), as amended; section 1 of the Act of D.c. Code 2June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183), as amended; and section 4 of the Act of D c Code 9June 12, 1960 (74 Stat. 211), including interest as required thereby, 22 0'. ' $39,633,000, of which $6,110,100 shall be payable from the highway 1623?' ^°^^ '^^' fund, $2,041,400 from the water fund, $1,436,000 from the sanitary sewage works fund, and $56,700 from the metropolitan area sanitary sewage works fund. CAPITAL

72 Stat. 15.

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OUTLAY

For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in compliance with the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896), as amended, and payments under the Act of July 2, 1954 (68 Stat. 443), construction projects as authorized by the Acts of April 22, 1904 (33 Stat. 244), May 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 105, 110), June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183), August 20, 1958 (72 Stat. 686), and the Act of December 9, 1969 (83

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Stat. 321); including acquisition of sites; preparation of plans and specifications; conducting preliminary surveys; erection of structures, including building improvement and alteration and treatment of rounds; to remain available until expended, $128,178,000, of which 9,142,300 shall be payable from the highway fund, $9,440,000 from the water fund, and $1,100,000 from the sanitary sewage works fund: Provided, That $9,211,100 shall be available for construction services by the Director of the Department of General Services or by contract for architectural engineering services, as may be determined by the Commissioner, and the funds for the use of the Director of the Department of General Services shall be advanced to the appropriation account, "Construction Services, Department of General Services": Provided further, Notwithstanding the foregoing, all authorizations for capital outlay projects, except those projects covered by the first sentence of section 23(a) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-495, approved August 23, 1968), for which funds are provided by this paragraph, shall expire on June 30, 1975, except authorizations for projects as to which funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date. Upon expiration of any such project authorization the funds provided herein for such project shall lapse. GENERAL PROVISIONS

D.C. Code -441 note.

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SEC. 1. Except as otherwise provided herein, all vouchers covering expenditures of appropriations contained in this Act shall be audited before payment by the designated certifying official and the vouchers as approved shall be paid by checks issued by the designated disbursing official. SEC. 2. Whenever in this Act an amount is specified within an appropriation for particular purposes or object of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise specified, shall be considered as the maximum amount which may be expended for said purpose or object rather than an amount set apart exclusively therefor. SEC. 3. Appropriations in this Act shall be available, when authorized or approved by the Commissioner, for allowances for privately owned automobiles used for the performance of official duties at 10 cents per mile but not to exceed $35 a month for each automobile, unless otherwise therein specifically provided, except that one hundred and thirteen (eighteen for venereal disease investigators in the Department of Human Resources) such allowances at not more than $550 each per annum may be authorized or approved by the Commissioner. SEC. 4. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues of organizations concerned with the work of the District of Columbia government, when authorized by the Commissioner. SEC. 5. Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for or in connection with the preparation, issuance, publication, or enforcement of any regulation or order of the Public Service Commission requiring the installation of meters in taxicabs, or for or in connection with the licensing of any vehicle to be operated as a taxicab except for operation in accordance with such system of uniform zones and rates and regulations applicable thereto as shall have been prescribed by the Public Service Commission. SEC. 6. Appropriations in this Act shall not be available for the payment of rates for electric current for street lighting in excess of 2 cents per kilowatt-hour for current consumed. SEC. 7. All passenger motor vehicles (including watercraft) owned by the Pistrict of Columbia shall be operated and utilized in conf orm-

82 Stat. 827,. D.C. Code 7-135 note.

Vouchers.

Maximum allow-

Automobile allowances.

Travel exp e n s e s; organization dues.

Taxicabs, restrictions.

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Snow and ice control. Judgment payments.

D.C. Code 471910 note. 70 Stat. 78. D.C. Code 471586J. 74 Stat. 17.

76 Stat. 915. D.C. Code 3204. 86 Stat. 532. 42 USC 3801 note. F i s c a l year limitation. Chauffeur compensation, limitation.

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ity with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 810), and shall be under the direction and control of the Commissioner, who may from time to time alter or change the assignment for use thereof or direct the alteration of interchangeable use of any of the same by officers and employees of the District, except as otherwise provided in this Act. "Official purposes" as used in the section 16 shall not apply to the Commissioner or in cases of officers and employees the character of whose duties make such transportation necessary, but only as to such latter cases when approved b}^ the Commissioner. SEC. 8. Appropriations contained in this Act lor highways and traffic and environmental services shall be available for snow and ice control work when ordered by the Commissioner in writing. SEC. 9. There are hereby appropriated from the applicable funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making refunds and for the payment of judgments which have been entered against the government of the District of Columbia, including refunds authorized by section 10 of the Act approved April 23, 1924 (43 Stat. 108): Provided, That nothing contained in this section shall be construed as modifying or affecting the provisions of paragraph 3, subsection (c) of section 11 of Title X II of the District of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947, as amended. SEC. 10. Except as otherwise provided herein, limitations and legislative provisions contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1961, shall be applicable during the current fiscal year: Provided, That the limitation for "Construction Services, Department of General Services" shall, during the current fiscal year, be 10 per centum of appropriations for all construction projects: Provided further, That the limitation on expenditure of funds by the Chief of Police for prevention and detection of crime during the current fiscal year shall be $200,000: Provided further, That during the current fiscal year, the limitation with respect to a central heating system, under the heading "Department of Sanitary Engineering", shall not be applicable. SEC. 11. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for the payment of public assistance without reference to the requirement of subsection (b) of section 5 of the District of Columbia Public Assistance Act of 1962 and for the non-Federal share of funds necessary to qualify for Federal assistance under the Act of July 31, 1968 (Public Law 90^45). SEC. 12. 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. 13. No part of any funds appropriated by this Act shall be used to pay the compensation (whether by contract or otherwise) of any individual for performing services as a chauffeur or driver for any designated officer or employee of the District of Columbia government (other than the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, Chief of Police and Fire Chief), or for performing services as a chauffeur or driver of a motor vehicle assigned for the personal or individual use of any such officer or employee (other than the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, Chief of Police and Fire Chief). No part of any funds appropriated by this Act, in excess of $12,000 in the aggregate, shall, in any fiscal year, be used to pay the compensation (whether by contract or otherwise) of individuals for performing services as a chauffeur or driver for the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, or for performing services as a chauffeur or driver of a motor vehicle assigned for the personal or individual use of the Commissioner of the District of Columbia.

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SEC. 14. Not to exceed 4i^ per centum of the total of all funds appro- Overtime or priated by this Act for personal compensation (except temporary temporary positions, cost limipositions provided for the Department of Corrections in this Act) tation. may be used to pay the cost of overtime or temporary positions. SEC. 15. The total expenditure of funds appropriated by this Act for Travel expend_ ^.._ authorized travel and per diem costs outsidle the District of Columbia, iture, limitation Maryland, and Virginia shall not exceed $210,000. SEC. 16. Appropriations in this Act shall not be available, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, for the compensation of any person appointed— (1) as a full-time employee to a permanent, authorized position in the government of the District of Columbia during any month when the number of such employees is greater than 39,619; or (2) as a temporary or part-time employee in the government of the District of Columbia during any month in which the number of such employees exceeds the number of such employees for the same month of the preceding fiscal year, except temporary employees provided for the Department of Corrections in this Act. SEC. 17. No funds appropriated herein for the government of the District of Columbia for the operation of educational institutions, the compensation of personnel, or for other educational purposes may be used to permit, encourage, facilitate, or further partisan political activities. Nothing herein is intended to prohibit the availability of school buildings for the use of any community group during nonschool hours. SEC. 18. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for services 80 Stat. 416. as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Appropriation Short title. Act of 1974". Approved August 14, 1973. Public Law 93-92 AN ACT August 14, 1973 To amend the District of Columbia Election Act regarding the times for filing [H. R. 6713] certain petitions, regulating the primary election for Delegate from the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the District District of Columbia Election of Columbia Election Act (D.C. Code, secs. 1-1101—1-1115) is Act, amendments. amended as follows: (1) Clause (A) of paragraph (2) of section 2 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1102) is amended to read as follows: "(A) who resides 8575 Stat. 82 0; Stat. 788. or is domiciled in the District and who does not claim voting residence or right to vote in any State or territory;". (2) Subsection (a) of section 5 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1105) Regulations. 69 Stat. 700; is amended by (A) striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (7), 75°statr'8i7 (B) redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9), and (C) inserting immediately after paragraph (7) the following: "(8) prescribe such regulations as it considers necessary in order to carry out the purposes of this Act; and". (3) Paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of section 5 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1105) is amended by striking out "after the first Monday". 85 Stat. 789. (4) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b) of section 5 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1105) are each amended by striking out "fortyfive" wherever is appears and inserting in lieu thereof "sixty".

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(5) Paragraph (6) of subsection (b) of section 5 of such Act (D.C. Qode, spc 1-1105) is repealed. ^ (g) Subsection (d) of section 5 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1105) -^ g^j^gj^^jg^j ^Q j-g^d as follows: " (d) The Board may permit either persons temporarily absent from the District or persons physically unable to appear personally at an official registration place to register for the purpose of voting in any election held under this Act." _^voiunteer serv(7) Section 5 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1105) is amended by inserting at the end of that section the following: " (f) Notwithstanding the provisions of the fourth paragraph under the section headed 'Militia' of the Act of July 7, 1898 (relating to 30 Stat. 666. appropriations) (D.C. Code, sec. 1-215), the Board may accept volunteer services for the purposes of voter education and registration." muteeman'caTdi. (8) Paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of section 8 of such Act (D.C. date, nomination. Codc, scc. 1-1108) is amended to read as follows: 85 Stat. 790. «^^^ ^-j^^ Each candidate for election to the office of national committeeman or alternate, or national committeewoman or alternate, and for election as a member or official designated for election at large under clause (4) of the first section of this Act, shall be a qualified elector registered under section 7 of this Act who has been nominated for such office, or for election as such member or official, by a nominating petition (A) signed by not less than five hundred qualified electors registered under such section 7, who are of the same political party as the candidate, and (B) filed with the Board not later than the sixtieth day before the date of the election held for such office, member, or official." 75 Stat. 818. (9) Subsection (f) of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1108) is amended by striking out "5 per centum" and inserting in lieu thereof "1 per centum". 85 Stat. 791. (10) Subsection (1) of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1108) is amended (A) by striking out "forty-fifth" and inserting in lieu thereof "sixtieth", (B) by striking out "ninety-ninth", "ninety-ninth", and "seventieth", respectively, and by inserting in lieu thereof "one hundred fourteenth", "one hundred fourteenth", and ''eighty-fifth*', respectively, and (C) by striking out "The Board may prescribe rules with respect to the preparation and presentation of nominating petitions.". (11) Paragraph (1) of subsection (j) of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1108) is amended (A) by striking out in clause (A) "forty-fifth", and inserting in lieu thereof "sixtieth", (B) by striking out "ninety-ninth", "ninety-ninth", and "seventieth",.respectively, and by inserting in lieu thereof "one hundred fourteenth", "one hundred fourteenth", and "eighty-fifth", respectively, and (C) by striking out "The Board may prescribe rules with respect to the preparation and presentation of such nominating petitions.". (12) Paragraph (3) of subsection (m) of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1108) is amended by striking out "The Board shall by regulation specify such additional details as may be necessary and proper to effectuate the purpose of this subsection.". (13) Subsection (o) of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1108) is amended (A) by striking out in clause (A) "forty-fifth", and by inserting in lieu thereof "sixtieth", (B) by striking out "ninetyninth" and "seventieth", respectively, and by inserting in lieu thereof "one hundred fourteenth" and "eighty-fifth", respectively, and (C) by striking out "The Board may prescribe rules with respect to the preparation and presentation of nominating petitions.".

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(14) Paragraph (1) of subsection (p) of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1108) is amended by striking out "forty-second day 8/stat^849°^' before the date of the election" and by inserting in lieu thereof "third day after the filing deadline for nominating petitions". (15) Subsection (e) of section 9 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1109) 69 Stat. 702.. is amended by striking out "seven" and by inserting in lieu thereof "ten". (16) Paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of section 10 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1110) is amended by striking out "after the first ^s Stat. 792. Monday". (17) Paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of section 10 of such A(t Runoff eiec(D.C. Code, sec. 1-1110) is amended to read as follows: ^sTstat. sso. "(4) Runoff elections shall be held whenever, in any primary election of a political party for candidates for the office of Delegate, no candidate receives at least 40 per centum of the total votes cast in that election for all candidates of that party for that office. Any such runoff' election shall be held not less than two weeks nor more than six weeks after the date on which the Board has determined the results of the preceding primary. At the time of announcing any such determination, the Board shall establish and announce the date on which the runoff' election will be held, if one is required. The candidates in any such runoff election shall be the two persons who received, respectively, the two highest numbers of votes in such preceding primary; except that if any person withdraws his candidacy from such runoff election, the person who received the next highest number of votes in such preceding primary and who is not already a candidate in the runoff election shall automatically become such a candidate." (18) Subsection (b) of section 10 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1110) is amended by striking out "8 o'clock antemeridian" and by 82 Stat. 106; insertinPT in lieu thereof "7 o'clock antemeridian". " (19) Subsection (e) of section 10 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1110) is amended by striking out "ninety-nine" and inserting in lieu thereof "one hundred fourteen". (20) Subsection (a) of section 11 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1111) is amended by striking out "Such recounts shall be conducted 8569 Stat. 703 Stat. 793. in the manner prescribed by the Board by regulation.". D Board SEC. 2. The Act entitled "An Act to fix and regulate the salaries of E d u.cC.t i o n. a teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia", approved June 20, 1906 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-101 et seq.) is amended as follows: 82 Stat. 101, (1) Paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of section 2 of such Act Term of office. (D.C. Code, sec. 31-101) is amended to read as follows: " (b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection and section 10(e) of the District of Columbia Election Act, the term Supra. of office of a member of the Board of Education shall be four years.". (2) Paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of section 2 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-101) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "However, the term of office of a member of the Board of Education elected in the general election for member of the Board of Education to be held in 1973 and thereafter shall expire at noon of the thirtieth day after the Board of Elections certifies the results of the election, including any runoff election, for members of the Board of Education in the fourth year of such member's term. The term of a member of the Board of Education elected in the general election to be held in 1977 and thereafter shall begin immediately upon the expiration of the term preceding it." SEC. 3. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on and Effective date. after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved August 14, 1973.

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Public Law 93-93 August 14, 1973 CS.1410]

Federal Reserve Act, amendment. 61 Stat. 56; 85 Stat. 100.

AN ACT To amend section 14(b) of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, to extend for three months the authority of Federal Reserve banks to purchase United States obligations directly from the Treasury.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 14(b) of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 355), is amended by striking out "July 1, 1973" and inserting in lieu thereof "November 1, 1973" and by striking out "June 30, 1973" and inserting in lieu thereof "October 31^ 1973". Approved August 14, 1973. Public Law 93-94

August 15, 1973 [S.1887]

59 Stat. 512.

AN ACT jind Develoinnenf.
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Be it enacted by the Semite and, lloune of liem'tsentatioes of the I'nitcd States of Amerk'a in CongresH asHemhled. That the first sentence of subsection (b) of sectioli 3 of the Bretton Woods Agreeluents Act (22 U.S.C. 286u) be amended to read as follows: "The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall iippoint an alternate for the governor of the Fund and an alternate for rhe^ovcrnor of the HMiik.". Approved August 15, 1973. Public Law 93-95

August 15, 1973 [S. 1423]

Labor Management Relation! Act, 1947, amend* ment^ 61 Stat. 157; 83 Stat. 133. 29 USC 186.

AN ACT To amend the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, to permit employer contributions to jointly administered trust funds^established by labor organizations to defray costs of legal services.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 302(c) of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, is amended h^^ striking out "or (7)" and inserting in lieu thereof "f7)" and by adding immediately before the period at the end thereoi the following: "; or (8) with 'respect to money or any other thing of value paid by any employer to a trust fund established by such representative for the purj^ose of defraying the costs of legal services lor employees, their families, and dependents for counsel or plan of their choice: Provided, That the requirements of clause (B) of the proviso to clause (5) oi this subsection shall apply to such trust funds: Provided further. That no such legal services snail be furnished: (A) to initiate any proceeding directed (i) against any such employer or its officers or agents except in workman's compensation cases, or (ii) against such labor organization, or its parent or subordinate bodies, or their officers or agents, or (iii) against any other employer or labor organization, or

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their officers or agents, in any matter arising under the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, or this Act; and (B) in any proceeding where a labor organization would be prohibited from defraying the costs of legal services by the provisions of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959". Approved August 15, 1973.

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Public Law 93-96 AN ACT To authorize appropriations for activities of the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, for the following categories: (1) Scientific Research Project Support, $285,000,000. (2) National and Special Research Programs, $105,600,000. (3) National Research Centers, $46,000,000. (4) Computing Activities in Education and Research, $8,200,000. (5) Science Information Activities, $8,300,000. (6) InternationalCooperative Scientific Activities, $6,200,000. (7) Research Applied to National Needs, $91,000,000. (8) Intergovernmental Science Program, $1,000,000. (9) Institutional Improvement for Science, $2,000,000. (10) Graduate Student Support, $11,500,000. (11) Science Education Improvement, $35,200,000. (12) Planning and Policy Studies, $2,600,000. (13) Program Development and Management, $30,000,000. SEC. 2. (a) Any amounts which were authorized and appropriated to the National Science Foundation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, or any prior fiscal year, but which remained unobligated as of the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, shall be merged with and added to the amounts authorized by section 1 of this Act. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this or any other Act— (1) of the total amount authorized for the purpose of "National and Special Research Programs" under category (2) of section 1 and subsection (a) of this section, not less than $6,000,000 shall be available for oceanography-related programs, including ship construction/conversion; (2) of the total amount authorized for the purpose of "Research Applied to National Needs" under category (7) of section 1 and subsection (a) of this section, not less than $25,000,000 shall be available for energy research and technology programs, including but not limited to solar, geothermal, and other nonconventional energy sources, and not less than $8,000,000 shall be available for earthquake engineering programs; (3) of the total amount authorized under section 1 and subsection (a) of this section, not less than $10,000,000 shall be available for the purpose of "Institutional Improvement for Science"; (4) of the total amount authorized under section 1 and sub-

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Transfer of funds, limitation.

Report to Congress.

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section (a) of this section, not less than $13,000,000 shall be available for the purpose of "Graduate Student Support"; and (5) of the total amount authorized under section 1 and subsection (a) of this section, not less than $67,500,000 shall be available for the purpose of "Science Education Improvement". SEC. 3. Appropriations made pursuant to this Act may be used, but not to exceed $5,000, for official consultation, representation, or other extraordinary expenses upon the approval or authority of the Director of the National Science Foundation, and his determination shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government. SEC. 4. In addition to such sums as are authorized by the pi'eceding provisions of this Act, not to exceed $3,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, for expenses of the National Science Foundation incurred outside the Tnited States to be paid in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States. SEC. 5. Appropriations made pursuant to authority provided in sections 1, 3, and 4, shall remain available for obligation, for expenditure, or for obligation and expenditure, for such period or periods as may be specified in Acts making such appropriations. SEC. 6. No funds may be transferred from any particular category listed in section 1 to any other category or categories listed in such section if the total of the funds so transferred from that particular category would exceed 10 per centum thereof, and no funds may be transferred to any particular category listed in section 1 from any other category or categories listed in such section if the total of the funds so transferred to that particular category would exceed 10 per centum thereof, unless— (A) a period of thirty legislative days (or forty-five calendar days, when Congress is in adjournment sine die) has passed after" the Director or his designee has transmitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Pi-esident of the Senate and to the Committee on Science and Astronautics of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate a written report containing a full and complete statement concerning the nature of the transfer and the reason therefor, or (B) each such committee before the expiration of such period has transmitted to the Director written notice to the effect that such committee has no objection to the proposed action. SEC. 7. (a) If an institution of higher education determines, after affording notice and opportunity for hearing to an individual attending, or employed by, such institution, that such individual has been convicted by any court of record of any crime which was committed after the date of enactment of this Act and which involved the use of (or assistance to others in the use of) force, disruption, or the seizure of property under control of any institution of higher education to prevent officials or students in such institutions from engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies, and that such crime was of a serious nature and contributed to a substantial disruption of the administration of the institution with respect to which such crime was committed, then the institution which such individual attends, or is employed by. shall deny for a period of two years any further payment to, for the direct benefit of, such individual under any of the programs specified in subsection (c). If an institution denies an individual assistance

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under the authority of the preceding sentence of this subsection, then any institution which such individual subsequently attends shall deny for the remainder of the two-year period any further payment to, or for the direct benefit of, such individual under any of the programs specified in subsection (c). (b) If an institution of higher education determines, after affording notice and oppoitunity foi' hearing to an individual attending, or employed by, such institution, that such individual has willfully refused to obey a lawful regulation or- order of such institution after the date of enactment of this Act, and that such refusal was of a serious nature and contributed to a substantial disruption of the administration of such institution, then such institution shall deny, for a period of two years, any further payment to, or for the direct benefit of, such individual under any of the programs specified in subsection (c). (c) The programs referred to in subsections (a) and (b) are as follows: (1) The programs authorized by the National Science Foundation Act of 1950; and (2) The programs authorized under title IX of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 relating to establishing the Science Information Service. (d)(1) Nothing in this Act, or any Act amended by this Act, shall be construed to prohibit any institution of higher education from refusing to award, continue, or extend any financial assistance under any such Act to any individual because of any misconduct which in its judgment bears adversely on his fitness for such assistance. (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or prejudicing the rights and prerogatives of any institution of higher education to institute and carry out an independent, disciplinary proceeding pursuant to existing authority, practice, and law. (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the freedom of any student to verbal expression of individual views or opinions. SEC. 8. The amount available for the oceanographic ship construction/conversion program from the sum stipulate-d (for the purpose of "National and Special Research Programs") in category (2) of section 1 of Public Law 92-372 shall, after the date of the enactment of this Act, be determined without regard to section 2(a) of such Public Law. SEC. 9. Notwithstanding any other provision of this or any other Act, the Director of the National Science Foundation shall keep the Committee on Science and Astronautics of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate fully and currently informed with respect to all the activities of the National Science Foundation. SEC. 10. No funds—• (1) authorized to be appropriated under this Act to the National Science Foundation for fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, or (2) heretofore appropiiated to the National Science Foundation and remaining available to it for obligation and expenditure, may be used to conduct or support research in the United States or abroad on a human fetus which is outside the womb of its mother and which has a beating heart. SEC. 11. This Act may be cited as the "National Science Foundation Authorization Act, 1974". Approved August 16, 1973.

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86 Stat. 526. Information to congressional committees.

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Public Law 93-97 August 16, 1973 [H. R. 8947]

Public Works for Water and Power Development and Atomic Energy Commission Appropriation Act, 1974.

AN ACT Making appropriations for public works for water and power development, including the Corps of Engineers—Civil, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bonneville Power Administration and other power agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Appalachian regional development programs, the Federal Power Commission, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Atomic Energy Commission, and related independent agencies and commissions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by 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 otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, for public works for water and power development, including the Corps of Engineers— Civil, the Bureau of Eeclamation, the Bonneville Power Administration and other power agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Appalachian regional development programs, the Federal Power Commission, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Atomic Energy Commission, and related independent agencies and commissions, and for other purposes, namely: TITLE I—ATOMIC E N E R G Y COMMISSION OPERATING EXPENSES

68 Stat. 919. 42 USC 2011 note. 80 Stat. 416.

69 Stat. 4 7 1.

For necessary operating expenses of the Commission in carrying out the purposes of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, including the employment of aliens; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 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; $1,714,263,000 and any moneys (except sums received from disposal of property under the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2301)) received by the Commission, notwithstanding the provisions of section 3617 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 484), to remain 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 expenditure 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 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. P L A N T A N D CAPrrAL

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 property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion; purchase of not to exceed three hundred and eighty-nine for replacement only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and hire of aircraft; $622,275,000, to remain available until expended.

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SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 per centum of appropriations made avail- f^^ds^rlport to able for the current fiscal year for "Operating expenses" and "Plant congressional and capital equipment" may be transferred between such appropria- committees. 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.

TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL DEPARTMENT or

THE ARMY

CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

The following appropriations of the Secretary of the Army Engineers for authorized civil Army pertaining to rivers and and related purposes:

shall be expended under the direction and the supervision of the Chief of functions of the Department of the harbors, flood control, beach erosion,

GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS

For expenses necessary for the collection and study of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, and related projects, restudy of authorized projects, and when authorized by law, surveys and studies of projects prior to authorization for construction, $56,142,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That $1,175,000 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 J,\^^^ ^^^ conservation shall receive equal consideration 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 protection, and related projects authorized by law; and detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of projects (including those for development 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): $873,589,000 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 $1,100,000 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 features of water-resource development programs of the Department of the Army.

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FLOOD CONTROL, M I S S I S S I P P I RIVER A N D TRIBUTARIES

45 Stat. 534; 49 Stat. 1511.

For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood control, and rescue work, repair, restoration, or maintenance of flood control projects threatened or destroyed by flood, as authorized by law (33 U.S.C. 702a, 702g-l), $150,000,000, 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 Conservation Service and be limited to the areas of responsibility mutually agreeable to the District Engineer and the State Conservationist. OPERATION A N D M A I N T E N A N C E, 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 necessarj 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; 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; $409,125,000, to remain available until expended. FLOOD CONTROL A N D COASTAL E M E R G E N C I E S

69 Stat. 186; ^^33 USC 7o1'n

For expenses necessary for emergency flood control, hurricane, and shore protection activities, as authorized by section 5 of the Flood Coutrol Act, approved August 18, 1941, as amended, $7,000,000, to remain available until expended. GENERAL E X P E N S E S

For expenses necessary for general administration and related functions 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; $32,883,000. SPECIAL RECREATION USE FEES

For construction, operation, and maintenance of outdoor recreation facilities, including collection of special recreation use fees, to remain available until expended, $700,000, to be derived from the special account established by section 4(e) of the Land and Water Conserva86 Stat. 459. tion Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 4601): Provided, That not 16 USC 46oz-6a. jQj.g than forty per centum of the foregoing amount shall be available for the enhancement of the fee collection system established by section 4 of such Act, including the promotion and enforcement thereof.

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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; and during the current fiscal year the revolving fund. Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase (not to exceed two hundred and seventeen for replacement only), and hire of passenger motor vehicles: Provided, That the total capital of said fund shall not exceed $210,000,000.

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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 seven 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, to remain available until expended, $24,078,000: Provided, 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 this appropriation.

TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTEKIOR 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) and other Acts applicable to that Bureau, as follows:

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GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS

For engineering and economic investigations of proposed Federal reclamation projects and studies of water conservation and development plans and activities preliminary to the reconstruction, rehabilitation and betterment, financial adjustment, or extension of existing projects, to remain available until expended, $16,850,000: 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: Provided further, That $250,000 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 i^ use eei that wildlife conservation shall receive equal consideration and be "°*^* coordinated with other features of water-resource development programs of the Bureau of Reclamation.

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CONSTRUCTION A N D R E H A B I L I T A T I O N

For construction and rehabilitation of authorized reclamation projects or parts thereof (including power transmission facilities) and for other related activities, as authorized by law, to remain available until expended, $194,275,000, of which $115,000,000 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 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 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. U P P E R COLORADO RIVER STORAGE P R O J E C T

70 Stat. 107.

43 USC 620g.

For the Upper Colorado River Storage Project, as authorized by the Act of April 11, 1956, as amended (43 U.S.C. 620d), to remain available until expended, $25,026,000, of which $24,426,000 shall be available for the "Upper Colorado River Basin F u n d " authorized by section 5 of said Act of April 11, 1956, and $600,000 shall be available for construction of recreational and fish and wildlife facilities 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 approved shall be available for construction or operation of facilities to prevent waters of Lake Powell from entering any national monument. COLORADO RIVER B A S I N

X3 USC 1543. 43 USC 1521. 43 USC 152 3.

PROJECT

For advances to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund, as authorized by section 403 of the Act of September 30, 1968 (82 Stat. 894), for the construction, operation, and maintenance of projects authorized by Title III of said Act, to remain available until expended, $66,000,000, of which $52,500,000 is for liquidation of contract authority provided by section 303(b) of said Act. 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, $82,000,000, of which $66,565,000 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $3,142,000 shall be derived from the Colorado River Dam fund: Provided, That funds advanced by water users for operation and maintenance of

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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. 422a422k), as amended, including expenses necessary for carrying out the program, $18,422,000, 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 prescribed in section 12 of the Act of August 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1197). EMERGENCY

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FUND

For an additional amount for the "Emergency fund", as authorized by the Act of June 26, 1948 (43 U.S.C. 502), to remain available until expended for the purposes specified in said Act, $600,000, to be derived from the reclamation fund: Provided, That the Post Falls Irrigation District, Rathdrum Prairie Project, Idaho, be eligible for use of emergency funds herein appropriated under the Act of June 26, 1948 (62 Stat. 1052), with repayment to be accomplished under conditions satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE

62 Stat. 1052.

EXPENSES

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, $17,120,000, 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.

59 Stat. 54.

SPECIAL F U N D S

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. 617a), 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.

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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Appropriations to the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for purchase of not to exceed thirty passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; purchase of one aircraft 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; 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 reim43 USC' 3 7 * "and bursemeut or return under the reclamation laws; rewards for informa^1 note. tion or evidence concerning violations 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 Reclamation, in the Interior Department 58 Stat. 487. Appropriation Act, 1945; preparation and dissemination of useful information including recordings, photographs, 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, 49 Stat. 666. 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, 59 Stat. 54. 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". 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, contained 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. 665). No funds appropriated to the Bureau of Reclamation for operation and maintenance, except those derived from advances 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 United 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

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ALASKA POWER ADMINISTRATION GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS

For engineering and economic investigations to promote the development and utilization of the water, power and related resources of Alaska, $513,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, That $10,000 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).

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MAINTENANCE

For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of projects in Alaska and of marketing electric power and energy, $756,000. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION CONSTRUOnON

For construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations, and appurtenant facilities, as authorized by law, and purchase of one aircraft for replacement only, $97,500,000, to remain available until expended. OPERATION A N D

MAINTENANCE

For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of the Bonneville transmission system and of marketing electric power and energy, $33,300,000. 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 appropriation herein made for operation and maintenance shall be available 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. SOUTHEASTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

For necessary expenses transmission facilities and pursuant to the provisions 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as $900,000.

of operation and maintenance of power of marketing electric power and energy of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of applied to the southeastern power area,

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SOUTHWESTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION CONSTRUCTION

58 Stat. 890.

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, $465,000, 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 one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only, $5,220,000. OFFICE or THE SECRETARY UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION RESEARCH

For necessary expenses of research and development in underground electric power transmission, $750,000, to remain available until expended. GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Emergency reconstruction.

Fire prevention.

Warehouses, g a r a g e s, and shops.

47 Stat. 417.

Southwestern Power Adminis tration.

S E C 301. Appropriations in this title shall be available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emergencj 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. S E C 302. 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 3mergency prevention of forest or range fires on or threatening lands under jurisdiction of the Department of thr Interior. S E C 303. Appropriations in this title shall be available for operation 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.

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TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPALACHIAN

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For necessary expenses of the Federal Cochairman and his alternate 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 passenger motor vehicles, $1,492,000.

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FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended, JJu?c"a^' i except expenses authorized by section 105 of said Act, including serv- ai Stat. 257'; ices as authorized by 6 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehi- ss Stat. les. cles, to remain available until expended, $2Y0,000,000, of which 1^5 "^^ ^^^' 0*° $156,000,000 shall be available for the Appalachian Development Highway System, 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 Highwajr 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 oi the United States member of the Delaware River Basin Commission, as authorized by law (76 Stat. 716), $69,000. 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), $242,000. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the work of the Commission, as authorized by law, including nire of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 6 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $27,000,000. INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN CONTRIBUTION TO INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN

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rent fiscal year in the administration of its business in the conservancy district established pursuant to the Act of July 11, 1940 (54 Stat. 748), as amended by the Act of September 25, 1970 (Public Law 91-407), $34,000. 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), $71,000. C O N T R I B U T I O N TO S U S Q U E H A N N A RIVER B A S I N 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 48 Stat. 58. 16 USC 8 3 1.

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Tennessee Valley A u t W i t y Act of 1933, as amended (16 U.S.C. ch. 12A), including hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $45,676,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation and other funds available to the Tennessee Valley Authority shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed one aircraft for replacement only, and the purchase of not to exceed two hundred and thirty-six passenger motor vehicles for replacement only. WATER RESOURCES COUN{^.IL WATER R E S O U R C E S

79 Stat. 244; 86 Stat. 578. 80 Stat. 416.

PLANNING

For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 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 ait rates not to exceed $100 per diem for individuals, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $7,417,000, to remain available until expended, including $1,180,000, for carrying out the provisions of title I and administering the provisions of titles II, III, and IV of the Act, $2,775,000, for preparation of assessments and management of plans, $1,062,000, for expenses of river basin commissions under title II of the Act, and $2,400,000, for grants to States under title III of the Act: Provided, That the share of the expenses of any river basin commission borne by the Federal Government pursuant to title II of the Act shall not exceed $250,000 annually for recurring operating expenses, including the salary and expenses of the chairman. TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS

F i s c a l year limitation.

SEC. 501. NO part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

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SEC. 502. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 301 of the Second Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 (Public Law 93-50), appropriations contained in that Act shall remain available for obligation for a period of 20 dajs following the enactment of this Act into law. This Act may be cited as the "Public Works for Water and Power Development and Atomic Energy Commission Appropriation Act, 1974". Approved August 16, 1973.

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Public Law 93-98 AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation suul related agencies for the fiscal year ending.June 30, 1974, and for other purposes.

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sums are appropriated, out of any money in the I r e a s u r y not othei- and Related wise appropriated, for the Department of Transportation and related AgenciesApproagencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for other pur- 1974!°" * ' " poses, namely: TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIOX OFFICE or THE SECRETARY SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of I'ransportation, including not to exceed $27,000 for allocation within the Department for official reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine; including not to exceed $275,000 for allocation to the Office of Pipeline Safety for a study of the safety of natural gas pipeline distribution systems which shall consider such areas as the use of plastic pipes, the evaluation of the conditions of existing distribution systems, third party damages, the need for expanding present regulations on service lines, the effectiveness of "odors" given to natural gas, and the utilization of the system approach to pipeline safety, $24,475,000. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVEU^PMENT

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$26,000,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be derived from the appropriation for "Research, engineering and development (Airport and Airway Trust F u n d) ". GRANTS-IN-AID FOR NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SAFETY

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For grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety program, as authorized by section 5 of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (4i» TT.S.C. 1674), $1,175,000, to remain available until expended. CONSOLIDATION OF DEPARTMENTAL HEADQUARTERS

For necessary expenses in connection with the (jonsolidation of departmental activities into the Southwest Area of Washingtoji, District of Columbia, $800,000. COASTGUARD OPERATING EXPENSES

76 Stat. 461.

For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase of not to exceed sixteen passenger motor vehicles, fifteen of which are for replacement only; and recreation and welfare; $545,400,000, of which $171,994 shall be applied to Capehart Housing debt reduction: Provided, That the number of aircraft on hand at any one time shall not exceed our hundred and seventy-two exclusive of planes and parts stored to meet future attrition: Provided further, That, without regard to any provisions of law or Executive order prescribing minimum flight requirements. Coast Guard regulations which establish proficiency standards and maximum and minimum flying hours for this purpose may provide for the payment of flight pay at the rates prescribed in section 301 of title 37, United States Code, to certain members of the Coast Guard otherwise entitled to receive flight pay during the current fiscal year (1) who have held aeronautical ratings or designations for not less than fifteen years, or (2) whose particular assignment outside the United States or in Alaska, makes it impractical to participate in regular aerial flights, or who have been assigned to a couree of instruction of 90 days or more: Provided further, That amounts equal to the obligated balances against the appropriations for "Operating expenses'- for the two preceding years, shall be transferred to and merged with this appropriation, and such merged appropriation shall be available as one fund, except for accounting purposes of the Coast Guard, for the payment of obligations properly incurred against such prior year appropriations and against this appropriation.

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ACQUISITION, CONSTKUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related thereto; $75,500,000, to remain available until June 80, 1976. ALTKKATION

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Foi- necessary expenses for alteration of ol)stnicti\e bridges; $4j000,000, to remain available until expended. KETIRED P A Y

For retired pay, including the payment of obligations therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose, and j:)ayments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefit Plans; $81,000,000.

10 USC 1431,

RESERVE TRAINING

For all necessary expenses for the Coast Guard Reser-ve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities; and supplies, equipment, and services; $25,000,000: Provided, That amounts equal to the obligated balances against the appropriations for "Reserve training" for the two preceding years shall be transferred to and merged with this appropriation, and such merged appropriation shall be available as one fund, except for accounting purposes of the Coast Guard, for the payment of obligations properly incurred against such prior year appropriations and against this appropriation: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available only upon the enactment into law of authorizing legislation by the Ninety-third Congress. RESEARCH, DEVH^LOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for basic and applied scientific research, development, test, and evaluation; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law; $14,000,000, to remain a\ailal)le until expended. STATE BOATING SAFETY ASSISTANCE

For financial assistance for State boating safety programs in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971 (Public Law 92-75), $3,500,000, to remain available until expended, ^

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