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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 754-JUNE 29, 1948 Glendo project, Wyo. 43U. .C.§618a; Supp. I, § 618a. Ante, pp. 235, 284. Ante, pp. 221, 235. 43U..S ., Supp. I, §68s (a). Report to Congres- sional committees. Ante, p. 1041 . provided with facilities for irrigation; or for or in connection with the acquisition or installation of the power facilities or transmission facilities for delivering power from the Canyon Ferry project, Mon- tana: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation may be used for surveys, design, or construction of the Glendo project, Wyo- ming, or any feature thereof to a greater capacity or for other purposes than set forth in Senate Document Numbered 191, Seventy-eighth Congress, Second Session, without the specific authorization of Congress. COLORADO RIVER DEVELOPMENT FUND Colorado River development fund (expenditure account): For investigations of projects for the utilization of waters of the Colorado River system in the four States of the upper division, as authorized by section 2 of the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act, approved July 19, 1940 (54 Stat. 774), $900,000 from the Colorado River develop- ment fund (holding account), the unobligated balance of said amount at the end of the fiscal year to revert to the fund: Provided,That the existence of this appropriation item shall not preclude the use in any part of the States of the Colorado River Basin of funds appropriated for general investigations: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for the preparation of any compre- hensive plan or project report the construction estimates for which are not based upon current construction prices and costs. COLORADO RIVER DAM FUTND Boulder Canyon project: For operation, maintenance, and replace- ments of the dam, power plant, and other facilities, of the Boulder Canyon project, $1,500,000, payable from the Colorado River dam fund, including payments to the Boulder City school district in accord- ance with the provisions of Public Law 528, approved May 12, 1948. Said payments for dependents of those employees of the Bureau of Reclamation directly employed in the construction, operation, and maintenance of the project shall be deemed a part of the cost of opera- tion and maintenance of said project under section 1 (a) of the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act (Act of July 19, 1940, 54 Stat. 774). Other such payments shall be deemed nonproject costs. The Secretary shall submit to the Appropriations Committees annually a justification showing all investments and expenditures made or proposed out of the Colorado River dam fund, for the joint use of the project and of other Federal activities at or near Boulder City. In the proportion that such investments and expenditures were or shall be for the use of such other Federal activities and not related to the construction, operation, or maintenance of the project they shall be deemed nonproject invest- ments and expenditures. The obligation under the provision of sec- tion 2 of the said Act to repay to the United States Treasury advances and readvances to the Colorado River dam fund which obligation is made the basis for computation of rates under the provisions of section 1 of said Act, shall be diminished in the amount that nonproject invest- ments or expenditures are or have been made from said fund and the rates computed pursuant to said section 1 of said Act shall reflect such diminution. ADVANCES TO COLORADO RIVEB DAM FUND Boulder Canyon project: For continuation of construction of the Hoover Dam and incidental works in the main stream of the Colorado River at Black Canyon, to create a storage reservoir, and of a complete plant and incidental structures suitable for the fullest economic development of electrical energy from the water discharged from such 1130 [62 STAT.