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 PUBLIC LAW 96-367—OCT. 1, 1980

94 STAT. 1341

sums appropriated herein may be expended, and such advances shall remain available until expended. 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, as amended (43 U.S.C. 422a-422k), including expenses necessary for carrying out the program, $22,924,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That during 1981, and within the resources and authority available, gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall not exceed $38,000,000: Provided further. That any contract under the Act of July 4, 1955, (69 Stat. 244), as amended, not yet executed by the 43 USC 42ia. Secretary, which calls for the making of loans beyond the fiscal year in which the contract is entered into shall be made only on the same conditions as those prescribed in section 12 of the Act of August 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1197). 43 USC 388. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of general administration and related functions in the offices of the Commissioner of the Water and Power Resources Service and in the regional offices of the Water and Power Resources Service, $38,150,000, to be derived from the reclamation fund and to be nonreimbursable pursuant to the Act of April 19, 1945 (43 U.S.C. 377): Provided, That no part of any other appropriation in this Act shall be available for activities or functions budgeted for the current fiscal year as general administrative expenses. SPECIAL FUNDS

Sums herein referred to as being derived from the Reclamation fund, the Colorado River Dam fund, or the Colorado River development fund, are appropriated from the special funds in the Treasury created by the Act of June 17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 391), the Act of December 21, 1928 (43 U.S.C. 617a), and the Act of July 19, 1940 (43 U.S.C. 618a) respectively. Such sums shall be transferred, upon Transfer of request of the Secretary, to be merged with and expended under the f " ^ ^^. heads herein specified; and the unexpended balances of sums transferred for expenditure under the heads "Operation and Maintenance" and "General Administrative Expenses" shall revert and be credited to the special fund from which derived. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Appropriations for the Water and Power Resources Service shall be available for purchase of not to exceed 30 passenger motor vehicles of which 26 shall be for replacement only; payment of claims for damages to or loss of property, personal injury, or death arising out of activities of the Water and Power Resources Service; payment, except as otherwise provided for, of compensation and expenses of persons on the rolls of the Water and Power Resources Service appointed as authorized by law to represent the United States in the negotiations and administration of interstate compacts without reimbursement or return under the reclamation laws; for service as authorized by 5

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