BOARD00067

• Board Meeting Date: 8/5/1981
• Description: CWCB Meeting
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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category, and revenue associated with these pro-
grams is deposi ted in each fund, as appropriate.
Revenues in these funds can be expended without going
through the appropriation process; although, as in the case
of the two Colorado accounts, the statute will normally
be very precise as to the use to which such revenue can be
applied.
b., It is not necessary that the revolving funds be
self-financing, although that is desirable, For
the Colorado accounts, the law speCificallY denies
the use of revenue for construction, and reqUires
that General Fund money be appropriated for thi.s
purpose. '

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4. /The fourth and last Treasury account we are concerned
with is the trust fund. Some trust funds are multi-billion
dollar in size, such as the ones for social security;
highways, railroad retirement, and the like.
a. These are established under terms of a speCific
trust or statute. These funds are almost al\~ays
available without a specific congressional appro-
priation.
Reclamation uses Trust Funds onlY when non-Federal agencies
contribute funds to the Bureau for a designated purpose.
b. One such purpose would be for research in our
Denver laboratory.

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