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P U B L I C LAW 85-167-AUG. 26, 1957
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CONTINUING FUND
Not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available during the current fiscal year from the continuing fund for all costs in connection with the purchase of electric power and energy, and rentals for the use of transmission facilities: Provided, That the unexpended balance made available from the continuing fund for the fiscal years 1954 (67 Stat. 262) and 1956 (69 Stat. 856) shall be available to liquidate claims payable for the fiscal year 1954 under lease-purchase contracts with generating and transmission cooperatives as certified by the Comptroller General of the United States: Provided further, That any deficiency in those funds for payment of such claims may be paid out of the continuing fund. GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this title available for travel expenses A11 e n (1 a nc e at shall be available for expenses of attendance of officers and employees m e e t i n g s. at meetings or conventions of members of societies or associations concerned with the work of the bureau or office for which the appropriation concerned is made. SEC. 202. Appropriations in this title shall be available for expendi- st^'^tYo^n."^ '^°^' ture or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement or repair of 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. SEC. 203. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer ^"^ prevention. (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 emergency prevention of forest or range fires on or threatening lands under jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior. SEC. 204. Appropriations in this title shall be available for operation operation of ff
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of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar lacilities, 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 cost of supplies, ^7 Stat. 417. materials and equipment, and for services rendered may be credited to the appropriation current at the time such reimbursements are received. SEC. 205. After August 31, 1957, the position of Administrator of the Southeastern Power Administration shall be in grade GS-18 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, but without regard to the f\jfc*"] 105°^* numerical limitation contained in section 505 of said Act; the salary of the Administrator of the Southwestern Power Administration shall be the same as the salary of the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, so long as held by the present incumbent; and the salary of the Administrative Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior shall be the same as the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior. This Act may be cited as the "Public Works Appropriation Act, ^^°^^ "'^«1958". Approved August 26, 1957.
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