On pages 72 and 73, in connection with the appropriation for the Rio Grande reclamation project: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the El Paso County Water Improvement District Numbered 1 and the Elephant Butte Irrigation District of New Mexico by which the districts will be relieved of the obligation of making payment of the construction cost chargeable to the development of power of Elephant Butte Dam in the amount determined as equitable by the Secretary of the Interior in return for the conveyance by the said two districts to the United States of all the districts' right, title, interest, and estate in the use of said dam and other project works, including the project water supply, for the development of hydroelectric energy: Provided further, That in such contracts it shall be stated that the use of the dam, project works, and water supply for power purposes shall not deplete or interfere with the use thereof for irrigation purposes: Provided further, That the net earnings of the power plant and system belonging to the United States and any other available revenues as hereinafter stated shall be applied, until the cost thereof has been met, upon the cost of the power development, including (1) the cost of power facilities, (2) the amount invested, as herein authorized, in the cost of Elephant Butte Dam, and (3) the amount invested by the Bureau of Reclamation in Caballo Dam: Provided further, That after the cost of the power development has been met the net earnings of the power plant and system shall be disposed of as Congress may direct. On page 76, in connection with the Gila project, Arizona: Provided, That any right to the use of water from the Colorado River acquired for this project and the use of the lands and structures for the diversion and storage of the same shall be subject to and controlled by the Colorado River Compact, as provided in section 8 of the Boulder Canyon Project Act, approved December 21, 1928 (45 Stat. 1062), and section 2 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1040); On pages 77 and 78, in connection with the appropriation for the Casper-Alcova project, Wyoming: Provided, That in recognition of the respective rights of both the States of Colorado and Wyoming to the amicable use of the waters of the North Platte River, neither the construction, maintenance, nor operation of said project shall ever interfere with the present vested rights or the fullest use hereafter for all beneficial purposes of the waters of said stream or any of its tributaries within the drainage basin thereof in Jackson County, in the State of Colorado, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to reserve the power by contract to enforce such provisions at all times: Provided further, That from and after the passage of this Act, the reclamation project heretofore known as the Casper-Alcova project shall be known and designated on the public records as the Kendrick project, and that the change in the name of said project shall in no wise affect the rights of the State of Wyoming or the State of Colorado or any county, municipality, corporation, association, or person, and all records, surveys, maps, and public documents of the United States or of either of said States in which said project is mentioned or referred to under the name of the Casper-Alcova project shall be held to refer to said project under and by the name of the Kendrick project; On page 81, in connection with the appropriation for the Central Valley project, California: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for construction of such project until it is determined by the Secretary of the Interior, upon approval as to legality by the Attorney General, that authorization therefor has been approved by Act of Congress; On pages 82 and 83: The Public Works Administration allotments made available to the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, pursuant to the National Industrial Recovery Act of June 16, 1933, either by direct allotments or by transfer of allotments originally made to another Department or agency, and the allocations made to the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, from the appropriation contained in the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of April 8, 1935, shall remain available for the purposes for which allotted during the fiscal year 1938. On page 94, in connection with the appropriation for economics of mineral industries: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for the preparation of monthly forecasts of demand for gasoline and motor fuel and estimates of crude-oil production to supply such demand. On pages 109 and 110: Appropriations herein and hereafter made for the National Park Service shall be available for the installation and operation of telephones in Government-owned residences, apartments, or quarters occupied by employees of the National Park Service, provided the Secretary determines the provision of such services are advantageous in the administration of these areas. On page 111, in connection with the appropriation for the Blue Ridge and Natchez Trace Parkways: Provided, That not exceeding $500,000 of this appropriation shall be available for construction of the Natchez Trace Parkway. On page 117, in connection with the appropriation for vocational education: Provided, That for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, the apportionment to the States and Territories shall be computed on the basis of 50 per centum of the sum authorized for each of the purposes enumerated in sections 1, 2, and 3: Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1, 2, and 3 providing minimum allotments, the allotment of funds to any State or Territory for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, shall be not less than 50 per centum of the minimum amount specified for each of the purposes enumerated in these sections: Provided further, That the apportionment to the States shall be computed on the basis of not to exceed $7,398,750 for the fiscal year 1938. COMPLIANCE, RULE XIII, PAR. 2 (a) In compliance with paragraph 2 (a), rule XIII, there is submitted the following statement indicating specific amendments of statutes: EXISTING LAW SEC. 27. Superintendent of Meters to report consumption of gas. The said Superintendent of Meters shall render to the General Accounting Office the consumption of gas each month in the several department buildings (U. S. C., title 40, sec. 27). PROPOSED Provided, That the Superintendent of Meters of the Department of the Interior shall hereafter take the statement of the meters of the several department buildings in the city of Washington, and render to the General Accounting Office the consumption of gas and electricity each month in said buildings, respectively (p. 113 of bill). INTERIOR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION BILL, FISCAL YEAR 1938 Comparative statement of the amounts appropriated for the fiscal year 1937, the Budget estimates for the fiscal year 1938, and the amounts recommended in the accompanying bill for 1938 Object [Amounts taken from tribal funds are indicated by italics] Appropriations, 1937 Budget estimates, 1938 Amount recommended in bill for 1938 Increase (+) or decrease (-), bill compared with 1937 appropriation Increase (+) or decrease (-), bill compared with 1938 Budget estimates |