Pub. L. 95-465, tit. I, under "SECRETARIAL OFFICES"

OFFICES

EnactedYear: 1978Length: 974 wordsOfficial source
SECRETARIAL OFFICES Office of the Solicitor salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor. $14.58.5.000. Office of the Secretary departmental management For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, including necessary expenses for certain operations that provide departmentwide services, $42,200,000 of which not to exceed $5,000 may be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided, That the unexpended balances of the appropriations to the Office of the Secretary, Department of Interior for “Salaries and Expenses” and “Departmental Operations” shall be merged with this appropriation. salaries and expenses (special foreign currency programs) For payment 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 Office of the Secretary, as authorized by law, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available, in addition to other appropriations, to such office for payments in the foregoing currencies (7 U.S.C. 1704). General Provisions, Department of the Interior Sec. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made available under this authority until funds specifically made available to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have been exhausted. Sec. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer of any appropriation in this title, in addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of forest or range fires on or threatening lands under jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction: Provided, That appropriations made in this title for fire suppression purposes shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with their use for fire suppression purposes, such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations currently available at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That no appropriations made in this title shall be available for acquisition of automatic data processing equipment, software, or services in excess of $1,000,000 systems life cost, without prior approval of the Secretary. Sec. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, wher-92 STAT. 1291ever consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any other activity in the same manner as authorized by the Act of June 30, 1932 (31 U.S.C. 686): Provided, That reimbursements for costs of supplies, materials, equipment, and for services rendered may be credited to the appropriation current at the time such reimbursements are received. Sec. 104. Appropriations made to the Department of the Interior in this title shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $300,000; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary, and the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members. Sec. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of the Interior for salaries and expenses shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902 and D.C. Code 4–204). Sec. 106. In addition to the aircraft specifically authorized under this Act there is hereby authorized for acquisition 2 aircraft for replacement only, both of which shall be from surplus. Sec. 107. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for obligation in connection with contracts issued by the General Services Administration for services or rentals for periods not in excess of twelve months beginning at any time during the fiscal year. Sec. 108. Appropriations made in this title shall not be available for processing documents making grants or contracts for water research that have not been reviewed and approved by an organization designated by the Secretary. Sec. 109. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Act of July 1, 1932 (47 Stat. 564; 25 U.S.C. 386a), any adjustment or elimination by the Secretary of the indebtedness (including interest thereon) of the Hydaburg Cooperative Association to the United States shall be immediately effective. Sec. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Public Law 91–190 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), construction of any feature of the Upper Colorado River Storage Project as authorized by the Act of April 11, 1956, as amended, shall proceed if a final Environmental Impact Statement has been filed on such feature. (b) Notwithstanding any provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Public Law 91–190 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Projects, as authorized by Public Law 93–320. and construction of any feature of the Central Arizona Project as authorized by Public Law 90–537, September 30, 1968 (43 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), shall proceed if a final Environmental Impact Statement has been filed on such feature. (c) Notwithstanding any provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Public Law 91–190 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), construction of any feature of the Southern Nevada Water Project as authorized by Public Law 89–292 (43 U.S.C. 616ggg), as amended, shall proceed if a final Environmental Impact Statement has been filed on any such feature.
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