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[CITE: 43USC377b]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
  CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 377b. Availability of appropriations for Bureau of 
        Reclamation
        
    Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation in this Act or in 
subsequent Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts shall on and 
after October 2, 1992, be available for 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 administration of interstate compacts 
without reimbursement or return under the reclamation laws; services as 
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, in total not to exceed $500,000 
per year; rewards for information or evidence concerning violations of 
law involving property under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 
Reclamation; performance of the functions specified under the head 
``Operation and Maintenance Administration'', Bureau of Reclamation, in 
the Interior Department Appropriations Act \1\ 1945; preparation and 
dissemination of useful information including recordings, photographs, 
and photographic prints; and studies of recreational uses of reservoir 
areas, and investigation and recovery of archeological and 
paleontological remains in such areas in the same manner as provided for 
in the Acts of August 21, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461-467) and June 27, 1960 (16 
U.S.C. 469): Provided, That on and after October 2, 1992, no part of any 
appropriation made in this Act or in subsequent Energy and Water 
Development Appropriations Acts shall be available pursuant to the Act 
of April 19, 1945 (43 U.S.C. 377), for expenses other than those 
incurred on behalf of specific reclamation projects except ``General 
Administrative Expenses'', amounts provided for plan formulation 
investigations under the head ``General Investigations'', and amounts 
provided for science and technology under the head ``Construction 
Program''.
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    Sums appropriated in this Act or in subsequent Energy and Water 
Development Appropriations Acts which are expended in the performance of 
reimbursable functions of the Bureau of Reclamation shall be returnable 
to the extent and in the manner provided by law.
    No part of any appropriation for the Bureau of Reclamation, 
contained in this Act, in any prior Act, or in subsequent Energy and 
Water Development Appropriations Acts which represents amounts earned 
under the terms of a contract but remaining unpaid, shall be obligated 
for any other purpose, regardless of when such amounts are to be paid: 
Provided, That the incurring of any obligation prohibited by this 
paragraph shall be deemed a violation of section 1341 of title 31.
    None of the funds made available by this or any other Act or by any 
subsequent Act shall on and after October 2, 1992, be used by the Bureau 
of Reclamation for contracts for surveying and mapping services unless 
such contracts for which a solicitation is issued after the date of this 
Act \2\ are awarded in accordance with title IX of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Service \3\ Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 541 et seq.).
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(Pub. L. 102-377, title II, Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1330, 1331.)

                       References in Text

    The reclamation laws, referred to in text, include the act of June 
17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, popularly known as the Reclamation 
Act, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, classified 
generally to this chapter. For complete classification of act June 17, 
1902, to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of 
this title and Tables.
    The Interior Department Appropriations Act 1945, referred to in 
text, is act June 28, 1944, ch. 298, 58 Stat. 463, which is not 
classified to the Code. The heading ``Operation and maintenance 
administration'' appears at 58 Stat. 487 following the heading ``Bureau 
of Reclamation'' which appears at 58 Stat. 486.
    Act of August 21, 1935, referred to in text, is act Aug. 21, 1935, 
ch. 593, 49 Stat. 666, as amended, popularly known as the Historic 
Sites, Buildings and Antiquities Act, which is classified generally to 
sections 461 to 467 of Title 16, Conservation. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 461 of Title 16 and Tables.
    Act of June 27, 1960, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 86-523, June 
27, 1960, 74 Stat. 220, as amended, which enacted sections 469 to 469c-1 
of Title 16. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Tables.
    Act of April 19, 1945 (43 U.S.C. 377), referred to in text, is act 
April 19, 1945, ch. 80, 59 Stat. 54, which amended section 377 of this 
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
    The date of this Act, referred to in text, probably means the date 
of enactment of Pub. L. 102-377, which enacted this section, and which 
was approved Oct. 2, 1992.
    The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, 
referred to in text, is act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63 Stat. 377, as 
amended. Title IX of the Act is classified generally to subchapter VI 
(Sec. 541 et seq.) of chapter 10 of Title 40, Public Buildings, 
Property, and Works. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 471 of Title 40 and 
Tables.

                          Codification

    Section is comprised of the second, third, fourth, and sixth 
undesignated pars. under headings ``Bureau of Reclamation'' and 
``administrative provisions'' in title II of Pub. L. 102-377, Oct. 2, 
1992, 106 Stat. 1330, 1331.
