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PUBLIC LAW 89-689-OCT. 15, 1966

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other related activities, as authorized by law, to remain available until expended, $192,375,000, of which $95,000,000 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 the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis unit shall not be determined until (1) completion of a pollution study by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, (2) development of a plan to minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters on San Francisco Bay, and (3) agreement is reached by the Secretary with the State of California, subject to the approval of the President, limiting the Federal share of the costs of the drain to Antioch to not more than 60 per centum thereof, and if found necessary to extend the drain beyond Antioch, the Federal share of such extension shall be determined on the basis of an equitable apportionment of the additional costs between the Federal Government and the non-Federal entities who are to use the facilities: 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 except for piers and abutments at a crossing site of the drain over the intake channel of the pumping plant for the California aqueduct. OPERATION A N D

MAINTENANCE

For operation and maintenance of reclamation projects or parts thereof and other facilities, as authorized by law; and for a soil and moisture conservation program on lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Keclamation, pursuant to law, $41,000,000, of which $29,416,000 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $2,128,000 shall be derived from the Colorado River Dam fund: Provided, That funds advanced by water users for operation and maintenance of reclamation projects or parts thereof shall be deposited to the credit of this appropriation and may be expended for the same objects and in the same manner as sums appropriated herein may be expended, and the unexpended balances of such advances shall be credited to the appropriation for the next succeeding fiscal year. LOAN PROGRAM

For loans to irrigation districts and other public agencies for construction of distribution systems on authorized Federal reclamation projects, and for loans and grants to non-Federal agencies for construction of projects, as authorized by the Acts of July 4, 1955, as amended (43 U.S.C. 421a-421d), and August 6, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 422a422k), as amended (71 Stat. 48), including expenses necessary for carrying out the program, $12,995,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That any contract under the Act of July 4, 1955 (69 Stat. 244), as amended, not yet executed by the Secretary, which calls for the making of loans beyond the fiscal year in which the

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