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 97 STAT. 252 PUBLIC LAW 98-50—JULY 14, 1983 43 USC 421a. 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 contract is entered into shall be made only on the same conditions as those prescribed in section 12 of the Act of August 4, 43 USC 388. 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1197). GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES For necessary expenses of general administration and related functions in the offices of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation and in the regional offices of the Bureau of Reclama- tion $53,750,000, of which $10,500,000, shall remain available until expended, the total amount 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. EMERGENCY FUND For an additional amount for the "Emergency fund", as author- ized by the Act of June 26, 1948 (43 U.S.C. 502), as amended, to remain available until expended for the purposes specified in said Act, $1,000,000, to be derived from the reclamation fund. SPECIAL FUNDS Sums herein referred to as being derived from the reclamation fund, the Colorado River Dam fund, or the Colorado River develop- ment fund, are appropriated from the special funds in the Treasury created by the Act of June 17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 391), and the Act of December 21, 1928 (43 U.S.C. 617a), and the Act of July 19, 1940 (43 Transfer of U.S.C. 618a), respectively. Such sums shall be transferred, upon funds. request of the Secretary, to be merged with and expended under the heads herein specified; and the unexpended balances of sums trans- ferred for expenditure under the head "General Administrative Expenses" shall revert and be credited to the special fund from which derived. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for purchase of not to exceed 17 motor vehicles of which 16 shall be for replacement only; purchase of one aircraft; payment of claims for damages to or loss of property, personal injury, or death arising out of activities of the Bureau of Reclamation; payment, except as otherwise provided for, of compensation and expenses of persons on the rolls of the Bureau of Reclamation appointed as authorized by law to represent the United States in the negotiations and adminis- tration of interstate compacts without reimbursement or return under the reclamation laws; for service as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, in total not to exceed $500,000; rewards for information or evidence concerning violations of law involving property under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Reclamation; performance of the func- tions specified under the head "Operation and Maintenance Admin- istration", Bureau of Reclamation, in the Interior Department 58 Stat. 463. Appropriations Act, 1945; preparation and dissemination of useful

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