Office of the Secretary

Office of the Secretary enforcement of connally hot oil act For expenses necessary for controlling the interstate shipment of contraband oil as required by law (15 U. S. C. 715), $140,000. operation and maintenance, southeastern power administration For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U. S. C. 825s), as applied to the southeastern power area, $1,228,000. operation and maintenance, southwestern power administration For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U. S. C. 825s), as applied to the southwestern power area, $1,765,000, and in addition $775,000 shall be transferred to this appropriation from the appropriation “Construction, Southwestern Power Administration”. research in the utilization of saline water For expenses necessary to carry out provisions of Public Law 448, approved July 3, 1952, authorizing studies of the conversion of saline water for beneficial consumptive uses, $400,000. oil and gas division For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary to discharge his responsibilities with respect to oil and gas, including cooperation with the petroleum industry and State authorities in the production, processing, and utilization of petroleum and its products, and natural gas, $250,000. emergency flood and storm repairs To enable the Secretary of the Interior to reimburse applicable appropriations for the cost of personnel, supplies, and facilities, diverted for the repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of structures, buildings, or other facilities, including equipment, damaged or destroyed by flood or storm, $100,000. 68 Stat. 362 office of the solicitor For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $2,469,000, to be derived by transfer from other appropriations made in this Act in the sums and in the manner set forth in Senate Report Numbered 1506, Eighty-third Congress, and in addition, not to exceed $100,000 shall be transferred from other accounts available to the Department of the Interior and made a part of this appropriation.