491 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.--CH. 298--JUNE 28, 1944 WATER CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION PROJECTS For the construction of water conservation and utilization projects and small reservoirs, including not to exceed $170,000 for surveys, investigations, and administrative expenses in connection therewith (of which not to exceed $23,750 shall be available for personal serv- ices in District of Columbia), all as authorized by the Act of August 11, 1939, as amended (16 U. S . C. 5 9 0 y, 590z), $1,700,000. Fort Peck project, Montana: For construction of transmission lines, substations and other facilities as may be required by the Bureau of Reclamation, as authorized by the Act of May 18, 1938 (16 U. S. C. 833), $400,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which amount shall be available for per- sonal services in the District of Columbia (not to exceed $12,000) and for all other objects of expenditure as specified in this Act under the head "Administrative Provisions and Limitations" appearing under the caption "Bureau of Reclamation" but without regard to the amounts of the limitations therein set forth. Services or labor of prisoners of war, enemy aliens and American- born Japanese who are in the control of the Federal Government may be utilized in connection with the construction, operation, and main- tenance of Federal reclamation projects, water conservation and utilization projects, Indian irrigation projects, and related work, subject to the approval of, and regulations by, the War Department or other Federal agency having control of such persons. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY For all salaries and expenses necessary for the work of the Geologi- cal Survey, including personal services in the District of Columbia; purchase (not to exceed $52,500), hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles for field use; and exchange of unserviceable and worn-out passenger-carrying and freight-carrying vehicles as part payment for new freight-carrying vehicles; as follows: Salaries: For personal services in the District of Columbia, $240,490; Topographic surveys: For topographic surveys in the United States, Alaska, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, $1,180,360, of which not to exceed $300,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia: Provided,That no part of this appro- priation shall be expended in cooperation with States or municipalities except upon the basis of the State or municipality bearing all of the expense incident thereto in excess of such an amount as is necessary for the Geological Survey to perform its share of standard topo- graphic surveys, such share of the Geological Survey in no case exceeding 50 per centum of the cost of the survey: Provided further, That $240,000 of this amount shall be available only for such coopera- tion with States or municipalities; Geologic surveys: For geologic surveys in the United States and chemical and physical researches relative thereto, $1,337,970, of which not to exceed $570,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; Strategic and critical minerals (national defense): For scientific and economic investigations of strategic and critical minerals in the United States or its Territories or insular possessions, $665,000, of which not to exceed $120,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia; Mineral resources of Alaska: For investigation of the mineral resources of Alaska, $177,000, to be available immediately, of which 53 Stat. 1418. 16 U. 8. C., Supp. III, I 690y. Fort Peck project, Mont. 52 Stat. 403. Ante, p. 486. Enemy aliens, etc. Utilization of labor and services. General expenes. Topographic sr- veys. Cooperatlon with States, etc. Amount availabe. Strategic and crti- cal minerals. 58 STAT.]
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