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Management and investigations of resources

Appropriation, 1965--

Supplemental appropriation, 1965_-.

2d supplemental appropriation, 1965--

Total appropriation, 1965.
Transferred to "Operating expenses, Public Build-
ing Service," General Services Administration__
Comparative transfer from "Salaries and expenses,"
Office of the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife__

Total available, 1965-----

Appropriation, 1966

Pay cost supplemental__

$33, 810, 000

1, 050, 000
470,000

$35, 330, 000

-22, 489

+151, 148

35, 458, 659

36, 134, 300
478, 031

Total appropriation, 1966_.

Transferred to "Operating expenses, Public Building
Service," General Services Administration____
Comparative transfer from "Salaries and Expenses,"
Office of the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife__

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36, 612, 331

-26, 335

+143, 537

36, 729, 533

+146, 100

+432, 100

-118, 000

Savings from reduced employees' compensation
payments_

-11, 886

Decrease due to a shift in financing to the na-
tional wildlife refuge fund.......

-1, 600, 000

To provide for increased pay costs for fiscal
year 1966 positions__

To provide for operation of 14 new refuges and
waterfowl production areas.

To provide for wage board pay increases..

Soil and moisture conservation: To provide for in-
creased pay costs for fiscal year 1966 positions---
Management and enforcement: To provide for in-
creased pay costs for fiscal year 1966 positions--
Fishery research:

To provide for increased pay costs for fiscal year
1966 positions--.

To provide for wage board pay increases__.
To provide for initial staffing and operation of a
new fish-pesticide research laboratory‒‒‒
To provide additional staffing at 3 research fa-
cilities.

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Mr. DENTON. The first appropriation item is "Management and in-
vestigations of resources." We will insert pages 7 through 10 of the
justifications.

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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:

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