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<br />CHAPTER III
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<br />Upper John Day project study in 1984. The data necessarY fo.-.the
<br />study has already been collected and analyzed and additional funds
<br />would allow for the completion of the planning report and environ-
<br />mental statement. <:
<br />Hoover Dam Power plant Uprating and Facility Improvements.- c:::
<br />The Committee directs the Bureau of Reclamation to allocate suffi- ~,
<br />cient funds from the construction program to undertake advanced (..,
<br />engineering and design on Hoover Dam Powerplant and other fa- ~
<br />cility improvements. The project has been in operation fur more
<br />than 40 years and critical safety and equipment requirements have
<br />been identified for implementation. This action will allow the
<br />Bureau of Reclamation to begin initial engineering activities prior
<br />to project authorization.
<br />Lower, Colorado River Flooding.-Controlled flooding conditions
<br />along the lower Colorado River, and recent floods in New Mexico
<br />and Arizona require a coordinated review by both the ColJll!' of En-
<br />gineers and the Bureau of Reclamation and a recommendation of
<br />measures to prevent or minimize recurring damage. Additionally,
<br />the conferees urge the Bureau to comprehensively address the seri-
<br />ous groundwater problems in the lower Colorado region within ex-
<br />isting authorization.
<br />Muddy Creek Project, Montana.-The conferees recommend that
<br />of the funds appropriated in Public Law 98-50 under General In-
<br />vestigations, $10,000 shall be available for transfer to the State of
<br />Montana to continue erosion control studies on the Muddy Creek
<br />Project, Montana.
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<br />account. These savings accrued owing to a limitation on the in-
<br />crease in the standard level user charge in fiscal year 1984. There-
<br />fore, the conferees agree that administrative expenses ~sociated
<br />with the veterans' job training program can be proVlded from
<br />within existing resourceS. The conferees further agree that an eval-
<br />uation of the program, as outlined in Senate Report 98-275, can
<br />also be funded from within available resources.
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<br />CHAPTER n-LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
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<br />SENATE
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<br />Amendment No. 13: Reported in techniciu disagreeme.nt. Inas-
<br />much as this amendment relates solely to the Senate and m accord
<br />with long practice, under which each body determines. its o'."fi
<br />housekeeping requirements and the other body concurs .WIthout m-
<br />.ntion, the managers on the part of the House will mo~e to
<br />e and concur in the Senate amendment.
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<br />RAILROAD ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES BOARD
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<br />Amendment No. 14: Appropriates $50,000, subject to the enact-
<br />ment of authorizing legislation, for salaries and expenses as pro-
<br />posed by the House.
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<br />DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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<br />DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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<br />BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
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<br />Amendment No. 15: Reported in technical disagreement. The
<br />managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to ,:ec,;,de
<br />and concur in the amendment of the Senate appropnatmg
<br />$1,500,000 for the construction of a new headquart.ers for .the oper-
<br />ation of the Valley Division of t!'e .Yuma Reclam~tlOn !,roJect.
<br />Central Arizona Project.-WIthin funds prOVIded .m the f1J!Cal
<br />er 1984 construction program for the Central Arizona Project
<br />. blic Law 98-50), $50,000 is for an evaluation of available water
<br />supplies in the Salt-Verde River Ba.;;i~ which could. be developed
<br />for conservation purposes. The prelumnary evalua~lOn shoul~ be
<br />completed and submitted to the Committees for reVlew by April 1,
<br />1984. . d' ts th
<br />. Arbuckle Projects, Okla.-The Co~ference. ~mmI~te.e Irec e
<br />Bureau of Reclamation to make avaIlable WIthm eXIstmg funds ap-
<br />proximately $200,000 to complete preconstru~tion activities nec~~
<br />sary for the construction of previously au~horlZed conveyanc~ facilI-
<br />ties in connection with the Arbuckle ProJect, Okla., to ~,,?".'de D?-u-
<br />nicipal and industrial water to Sulphur, Okla. Such ~ct1VltJes ~1II
<br />include making location studies, environmental ~tudies, coll~tlOn
<br />of design data, and beginning preparation of desJgn and specIfica-
<br />tions f~ the pumping plant, pipeline and appurten~t features.
<br />Upper >!ohn Day Project, Oreg.-The conferees direct the Bureau
<br />of Reclanilltion to use $150,000 of available funds to complete the
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<br />ENERGY SUPPLY, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
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<br />Amendment No. 16: Reported in technical disagreement. The
<br />managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to recede
<br />and concur with the amendment of the Senate which appropriates
<br />$8,000,000 for "Energy Supply, Research and Development Activi-
<br />ties". Of this amount, $4,000,000 is available for the four atoll
<br />health care plan authorized in section 102 of Public Law 96-205.
<br />The conferees intend that this funding be consistent with the
<br />health care arrangements under Section 177 of the Compact For
<br />Free Association. The conferees agree that the Secretary of the In-
<br />terior should develop a health care plan as required under section
<br />106 of P.L. 96-205 addressing the health care needs of those found
<br />to have been exposed to radiation from the nuclear weapons testing
<br />program and that these funds are available for implementation of
<br />such plan. The provision of these funds does not assume any future
<br />commitments for additional funding for this program.
<br />The conferees agree that $3,000,000 is available for construction
<br />and operation of a second small community solar energy project on
<br />the Island of Molokai, Hawaii, and that $2,000,000 of available
<br />funds shall be used for the thermal energy storage program identi-
<br />fied in the House Report 98-272 and that it be conducted under the
<br />"Energy Storage Systems" activity.
<br />Within the funds provided to the Department of Energy in P.L.
<br />98-50, the managers direct the Department to use up to $500,000 to
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