55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 259-JUNE 28, 1941 set out in section 2 of the Act of May 27, 1937 (50 Stat. 208); (2) not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for construction of the pumping plant and the equalizing reservoir and dams in Grand Coulee, in accordance with the provisions of said Act of May 27, 1937; and (3) not to exceed $550,000 may be used for operation, maintenance, and replacements, including payment to the Mason City and Coulee Dam school districts as reimbursement for instruction during the 194142 school year in the schools operated by said districts of each pupil who is a dependent of any employee of the United States living in or in the vicinity of Coulee Dam, in the sum of $25 per semester per pupil in average daily attendance at said schools, payable after the term of instruction in any semester has been completed, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior; Yakima project, Washington, Roza division, $500,000; General investigations: To enable the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to carry on engineering and economic investigations of proposed Federal reclamation projects, surveys for reconstruction, rehabilitation, or extensions of existing projects, and studies of water conservation and development plans, including Colorado River Basin investigations, such investigations, surveys, and studies to be carried on by said Bureau either inde- pendently, or, if deemed advisable by the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with State agencies and other Federal agencies, including the Corps of Engineers, National Resources Planning Board, and the Federal Power Commission, $1,000,000; For administrative expenses on account of the above projects, including personal services (not to exceed $220,000) and other expenses in the District of Columbia and personal services and other expenses in the field, $845,000. In addition to the sums appropriated under the caption "General fund, construction", the Secretary of the Interior may also incur obligations and enter into contracts for construction work on the following-named projects and in not to exceed the following sums, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof: Gila project, Arizona, $500,000; Colorado-Big Thompson project, Colorado, $1,500,000; Boise project, Idaho, Anderson Ranch, $500,000; Tucumcari project, New Mexico, $1,550,000; Lugert-Altus project, Oklahoma, $1,150,000; Provo River project, Utah, $1,150,000; Yakima project, Washington, Roza division, $1,100,000; In all, $7,450,000. Total, general fund construction, $64,505,000. Water conservation and utility projects: For the construction of water conservation and utilization projects and small reservoirs, including not to exceed $200,000 for surveys, investigations, and administrative expenses in connection therewith (of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be available for personal services in the District of Columbia), all as authorized by the Act of August 11, 1939 (53 Stat. 1418), as amended by the Act of October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1119), $5,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain avail- able until expended: Proided,That the appropriation contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1941, of $3.500,000, for such projects, including the amounts specified for surveys, investi- gations, and administrative expenses in connection therewith is hereby continued available until expended: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this head for any fiscal year, the sum expended on projects involving Indian trust and tribal lands 337 50 Stat. 210. 16U. . c. §835a. Reimbursement of school districts for in- struction. Yakima, Wash. General investiga- tions. Administrative ex- penses. Contractual obliga- tions. Total. Water conservation and utility projects. Post, p . 750. 16U.S.C. §590yto 590z-10. Prorisos. Reappropriation. 54 Stat. 438. 27S941 -42- -Pr. 1---22
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