FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Office of the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Office of the Commissioner, $425,000. 78 Stat. 282 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries management and investigations of resources For expenses necessary for scientific and economic studies, conservation, management, investigation, protection, and utilization of commercial fishery resources, including whales, sea lions, and related aquatic plants and products; collection, compilation and publication of information concerning such resources; promotion of education and training of fishery personnel; and the performance of other functions mated thereto, as authorized by law; $18,819,900, and in addition, $2,125,000 to be derived from the Pribilof Islands fund: Provided, That. $400,000 of this appropriation shall be available pursuant to the provisions of section 4(b) of the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964. management and investigations of resources (special foreign currency program) For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department shall determine to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States, for necessary expenses of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, as authorized by law, $300,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available, in addition to other appropriations to such agency, for payments in the foregoing currencies. construction For construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities required for the conservation, management, investigation, protection, and utilization of commercial fishery resources and the acquisition of lands and interests therein, $4,788,000, to remain available until expended. general administrative expenses For expenses necessary for general administration of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, including such expenses in the regional offices, $667,000. administration of pribilof islands For carrying out the provisions of the Act of February 26, 1944, as amended (16 U.S.C. 631a–631q), there are appropriated amounts not to exceed $2,442,000, to be derived from the Pribilof Islands fund. limitation on administrative expenses, fisheries loan fund During the current fiscal year not to exceed $277,000 of the Fisheries loan fund shall be available for administrative expenses. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife management and investigations of resources For expenses necessary for scientific and economic studies, conservation, management, investigation, protection, and utilization of sport fishery and wildlife resources, except whales, seals, and sea lions, and for the performance of other authorized functions related to such resources; operation of the industrial properties within the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (61 Stat. 770); and maintenance of the herd of long-horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge; $33,810,000. 78 Stat. 283 construction For construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, management, investigation, protection, and utilization of sport fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein, $7,016,200. migratory bird conservation account For an advance to the Migratory bird conservation account, as authorized by the Act of October 4, 1961 (16 U.S.C. 715k–3, 5), $8,000,000, to remain available until expended. general administrative expenses For expenses necessary for general administration of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, including such expenses in the regional offices, $1,384,000. Administrative Provisions Appropriations and funds available to the Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of not to exceed one hundred and twenty-nine passenger motor vehicles of which one hundred and twenty-four shall be for replacement only (including sixty-eight for police-type use which may exceed by $300 each the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year); purchase of not to exceed six aircraft, for replacement only; not to exceed $50,000 for payment, in the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service; publication and distribution of bulletins as authorized by law (7 U.S.C. 417); rations or commutation of rations for officers and crews of vessels at rates not to exceed $3 per man per day; repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused by operations of the Fish and Wildlife Service; options for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities incident to such public recreational uses on conservation areas as are not inconsistent with their primary purposes; and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Fish and Wildlife Service and to which the United States has title, and which are utilized pursuant to law in connection with management and investigation of fish and wildlife resources. Office of Saline Water salaries and expenses For expenses necessary to carry out provisions of the Act of July 3, 1952, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1951–1958), authorizing studies of the conversion of saline wafer for beneficial consumptive uses, to remain available until expended, $10,000,000, of which not to exceed $703,000 shall be available for administration and coordination during the current fiscal year. construction, operation, and maintenance For construction, operation, and maintenance of demonstration plants for the production of water suitable for agricultural, industrial, municipal, and other beneficial consumptive uses, as authorized by the Act of September 2, 1958, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1958a–1958g), $2,250,000, of which not to exceed $230,000 shall be available for administration. 78 Stat. 284 Office of the Solicitor salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $4,223,000, and in addition, not to exceed $142,000 may be reimbursed or transferred to this appropriation from other accounts available to the Department of the Interior: Provided, That hearing officers appointed for Indian probate work need not be appointed pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act (60 Stat. 237), as amended. Office of the Secretary salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, including teletype rentals and service, and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $4,110,500.