Could I ask Mr. Tipton to comment. The misunderstanding we had about the $83 million, you were here when we were talking about that. Do you know if any of that money has lapsed? Mr. TIPTON. No, sir. Approximately $50 million of the total apportionments that Alaska has to date is still available for expenditure. First you get the apportionments based on the total trust fund obligation, then there is the obligational allotment by the Bureau of the Budget. This latter is what has been restrictive. Alaska has an apportionment of $50 million which they will have up through June 30 of 1974 to spend. Senator Cook. Federal cutbacks, created because of such pressures as inflation, must affect Alaska's actual expenditures. Mr. TIPTON. That is true. Senator GRAVEL. You say $50 million for this coming year has been approved? Mr. TIPTON. $50 million is the apportionment right now; that is, the balance of apportionment that is still available for the State of Alaska. Senator GRAVEL. That is sums of prior years? Mr. TIPTON. I am talking about all back apportionments for 3 years. Under contract authority, these remain available. As Senator Cook stated, you take the 1969 funds and count them first to make sure that it does not lapse. Alaska has already spent their apportionment which might lapse, so they cannot lose any of those funds. All that is left for them to spend of the apportionments that are made is $50 million which they have until June 1974 to spend. Senator GRAVEL. Very good. Thank you very much, Mr. Secretary. Mr. OLSSON. Thank you. (The information supplied for the record by Mr. Olsson, referred to earlier, together with additional material from Mr. Tipton, follows :) In connection with Robert Beardsley's testimony at the Senate Public Works Committee hearings in Juneau, Alaska, on July 10, 1970, the Division Office in Alaska was requested by Committee Counsel to submit a tabulation from 1960 to the present showing yearly apportionment, obligational authority, and actual expenditure. Copies of the tabulation are attached, as furnished by the Division Office for transmittal to the Committee. There were also questions relative to the apportionment balance available to Alaska and when these funds would lapse. The unobligated balance of apportioned funds as of June 30, 1970, was $50,999,020. These are fiscal year 1971 funds and are available for expenditure in accordance with section 118(b), Title 23, for two years after close of the fiscal year for which they are authorized. These funds would lapse on June 30, 1973. ALASKA STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SUMMARY OF AMOUNTS APPORTIONED, OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY RECEIVED, AMOUNTS OBLIGATED, AND ACTUAL EXPENDITURES, FISCAL YEAR 1 Obligational authority balance of $24,612,821.85 at end of fiscal year 1966 not carried over to 2 Obligational authority balance of $34,254,054.99 at end of Dec. 31, 1967-not carried over. IM 30-2-68 established a new ceiling on obligations of $34,261,000 for calendar year 1968, which was in creased to $34,493,000 in April 1968. Of this amount $15,521,850 was authorized during period Jan 3 Balance of $3,563.88 withdrawn by IM-30-9-69 and not available for obligation in fiscal year 1970. • Amount released by IM 30-5-50 dated July 17, 1970 ($9,659,000). TO: (Contractor's name and address) A Joint Venture 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, California ISSUED BY Department of Transportation PURSUANT TO THE "CHANGES" CLAUSE OF THE ABOVE-NUMBERED CONTRACT, THE FOLLOWING CHANGES ARE MADE THE ABOVE-NUMBERED CONTRACT IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE FOLLOWING ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES. Delete the overhead rate shown for KELLY PITTELKO FRITZ & FORSSEN and substitute the following: KELLY PITTELKO FRITZ & FORSSEN Anchorage 748 100% All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. Except as hereby modified, all terme and conditions of said contract as heretofore modified romain unchanged and in full force and The contractor agrees to perform all the services set forth in the attached schedule, for the consideration stated therein. The hes and obligations of the parties to this contract shall be subject to and governed by the schedule and the general provisions. To the extent of any inconsistency between the schedule or the general provisions and any specifications or other provisions which are made a part of this contract, by reference or otherwise, the schedule and the general provisions shall control; to the geet of asy inconsistency between the schedule and the general provisions, the schedule shall control. This contract supersedes and definitizes Notice to Proceed dated April 1, 1970. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THIS CONTRACT IS $ 2,385,586.00 This contract consists of: Cover page (Form FH-1232, Negotiated Contract); the schedule, pages 2 through 8; the General Provisions as listed in Article XV of the schedule; and Exhibit #1 (Work Outline) pages 1 through 4. This contract has been executed under authority of Title 23 USC 308. It has been determined that the work and services called for hereunder will be advantageous to the Government, and that the existing facilities of the Government are not adequate to perform such services. The Department of Transportation, in recognition of the benefits that may be realized with expansion of Alaska's transportation facilities, proposes thru its Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) acting in cooperation with the State of Alaska, to study the engineering feasibility of a surface transportation corridor to serve the northern part of the State. The corridor would include extensions of the present highway and railroad facilities through the Dunbar-Nenana area. The study to be undertaken is to determine the feasibility of a route for and the estimated cost of (1) a railroad extension from the FairbanksNenana area through the Alatna-Bettles area and the Brooks Range to the Prudhoe Bay area; (2) a route for and the estimated cost of a railroad lateral from a junction in the Alatna-Bettles area to the Kobuk area; and (3) a highway lateral extending from the to-be-constructed TransAlaska Pipeline System construction road near the Bettles area westerly to the Kobuk area. The study will consider the feasibility of use of the same corridor for the highway and the railroad between the areas of Bettles and Kobuk. There are to be analyses of alternate routings for the railroad and for the highway, and of appropriate terminals for the highway and for the railroad in the Kobuk River Valley and for the railroad between Bettles and the North Slope in the vicinity of Prudhoe Bay. The contractor shall furnish all necessary and qualified personnel, facilities, material and labor and shall perform all services as may be required, in consultation with the Government, to perform such engineering feasibility study. The contractor shall conduct the work under this contract in accordance with the requirements set forth in the attached Exhibit #1 (Work Outline) the accepted project schedule (Article VII) with its related cost estimates, and the terms and conditions of this contract. isting stocks of FM-24 (4-67) will be used. |