176 2 3,014 -14 314,395 167,768 140,894 5,229 The total appropriation request of $314.4 million represents a decrease of $13.3 million compared with the current year appropriations and a decrease of $43.9 million compared with the preceding year. General and special funds: 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: 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, rehabili tation and betterment, financial adjustment, or extension of existing projects, including not to exceed [$450,000 $529,000 for investigations of projects in Alaska, to remain available until expended, [$11,404,000] $11,520,000, of which [$10,054,000 $10,091,000 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $500,000 shall be derived from the Colorado River development fund: 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 $370,000 of this appropriation shall be transferred to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 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 Bureau of Reclamation. (Public Works Appropriation Act, 1965.) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) $5,223 WATER AND POWER DEVELOPMENT BUREAU OF RECLAMATION The Bureau plans, constructs, and operates facilities to irrigate lands, furnish municipal or miscellaneous water supplies, and develop related hydroelectric power and flood control in the 17 Western States and the State of Alaska. Appropriations to the Bureau are made from the general fund and special funds. The special funds are (a) the Reclamation fund, largely derived from certain irrigation and power revenue; receipts from the sale, lease, and rental of public lands; and certain oil and mineral revenue; (b) the Colorado River Dam fund, derived from the revenue of the Boulder Canyon project; and (c) the Colorado River development fund, derived from transfers of money Initiated or resumed but not completed... 2. Alaskan investigations. These engineering and economic investigations relate to projects for the development and utilization of the water resources of Alaska (48 U.S.C. 487-487b). ALLOCATION ACCOUNTS Full-time equivalent of other positions. Average GS salary. 3. General engineering and research. Studies directed toward improvements in planning procedures and in engi- Total number of permanent positions. neering methods and materials. Included are studies of atmospheric water resources and suppression of losses due to evaporation as a means of increasing project water supplies. WATER AND POWER DEVELOPMENT-Con. Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars)—Continued BUREAU OF RECLAMATION-Continued General and special funds-Continued CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION 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, [$185,616,500], $183,450,000, of which [$83,030,000] $90,000,000 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 not to exceed $2,000,000 as proposed in Senate Document 89, Eighty-eighth Congress, for maintaining suitable water quality in the Colorado River shall be nonreimbursable]: Provided further, That no funds shall be made available under this appropriation for the construction in Contra Costa County, California, of any portion of the interceptor drain in connection with the San Luis Unit which terminates at any point east of Port Chicago [: Provided further, That not to exceed $26,000 shall be available for reimbursement to the city of Malta, Montana, for the cost of improvements to streets and appurtenant facilities adjoining property under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior in that city to be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable: Provided further, That not to exceed $150,000 of funds made available for improvement of access roads in the Weber Basin project area shall be nonreimbursable]. (Public Works Appropriation Act, 1965.) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) 17 Recovery of prior year obligations. 21 Unobligated balance available, start of year. 24 Unobligated balance available, end of year. 648 422 -10,598 -21,167 216,975 224,343 223,450 -26,987 -33,240 -40,000 -127 75,000 83,030 90,000 110,431 102,586 93,450 1,118 982 41 Transferred to 848 6. Central Valley project, California.. 68,381 82,000 107,240 7. Denver Office Building, Colorado... 8. Fryingpan-Arkansas project, Colorado. 9. Mann Creek project, Idaho.. 10. Washoe project, Nevada-California... "Operating expenses, Public Buildings Service," General Services Administration (77 Stat. 436 and 78 Stat. 655)... "Operation and Maintenance" (77 Stat. 852, sec. 201). 11. Arbuckle project, Oklahoma.. 12. Baker project, Oregon..... 600 2,550 13. Crooked River project extension, Oregon.... 350 14. Rogue River Basin project, Talent division, Agate Dam and Reservoir, Relation of obligations to expenditures: Oregon.. 15. Canadian River project, Texas... 18,750 16. Lower Rio Grande rehabilitation proj 71 ect, Mercedes division, Texas.. Obligations affecting expenditures.. 17. Dixie project, Utah.. 1,500 74 Obligated balance, end of year.. Obligated balance, start of year... 18. Weber Basin project, Utah 10 Total obligations... 70 Receipts and other offsets (items 11-17) -27,114 -33,240 -40,000 191,103 183,450 30,648 49,116 52,402 -49,116-52,402-51,523 216,975 224,343 223,450 189,861 4,129 19. Chief Joseph Dam project, OkanoganSimilkameen division, Oroville-Tonasket unit, Washington.. 400 1,000 20. Columbia Basin project, Washington 21. Spokane Valley project, Washington... 22. Drainage and minor construction pro 4,686 8,325 6,800 2,860 gram. 1,091 23. Rehabilitation and betterment of existing projects._-_ 935 195,979 The program consists of advance planning, preconstruction activities, and construction of authorized projects; operation and maintenance of completed facilities prior to project completion; and rehabilitation of existing facilities. Investigations for units of the Missouri River Basin are included under that project. Work will be underway in 1966 on 32 projects and 15 units and divisions of the Missouri River Basin project |