Management and investigations of resources Appropriation, 1965-- Supplemental appropriation, 1965_-. 2d supplemental appropriation, 1965-- Total appropriation, 1965. Total available, 1965----- Appropriation, 1966 Pay cost supplemental__ $33, 810, 000 1, 050, 000 $35, 330, 000 -22, 489 +151, 148 35, 458, 659 36, 134, 300 Total appropriation, 1966_. Transferred to "Operating expenses, Public Building 36, 612, 331 -26, 335 +143, 537 36, 729, 533 +146, 100 +432, 100 -118, 000 Savings from reduced employees' compensation -11, 886 Decrease due to a shift in financing to the na- -1, 600, 000 To provide for increased pay costs for fiscal To provide for operation of 14 new refuges and To provide for wage board pay increases.. Soil and moisture conservation: To provide for in- To provide for increased pay costs for fiscal year To provide for wage board pay increases__. Fishery services: To provide for increased pay costs for fiscal year 1966 positions_-_. River basin studies: To provide for increased pay costs for fiscal year 1966 positions--- Mr. DENTON. The first appropriation item is "Management and in- Mr. DENTON. The first activity under this appropriation is "Fish hatcheries." Insert pages 11 through 27 of the justifications. The estimate for 1967 is $7,909,000 and 613 permanent positions, an increase of $432,100 and 13 permanent positions over 1966. The increase consists of (1) An increase of $52,000 for increased pay costs. (2) An increase of $45,000 for wage board increases. (3) An increase of $152,000 and eight permanent positions for operation of new facilities at national fish hatcheries. (4) An increase of $146,100 and three permanent positions for operation of the National Fisheries Center and Aquarium. (5) An increase of $37,000 and two permanent positions for operation of a spawning channel, Tehama-Colusa-Red Bluff project, California. The estimate for enforcement of black bass law, amounting to $18,000 and two permanent positions, has been transferred to activity 4, management and enforcement. Operation of new hatcheries and new facilities.—$152,000 and eight permanent positions will permit use of new facilities at national fish hatcheries. These funds will be utilized for salaries, fish food and other operational expenses, and costs of distributing the increased production of fish. Funds for construction of new hatcheries and expansion or improvement of rearing facilities at existing hatcheries have been included in appropriations for recent years. The 43 stations included in this construction program are located in areas where the need for fish for stocking purposes has far exceeded production. In addition, the increasing need of the Bureau and Public Health Service for selected species of fish for research purposes has increased the demand on the hatcheries. The construction program is greatly expanding facilities for the propagation of fish at the hatcheries involved. Of the 43 hatcheries included in the current construction program, 39 will have new facilities ready for operation in fiscal year 1967. The increase of $152,000 will provide for operation of some of these new facilities at 16 hatcheries. A listing of the hatcheries follows: |