Public Law 81–101

That there are hereby

Temporary appropriations, 1949.

appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenue, receipts, and funds, such amounts as may be necessary to permit Government departments, agencies, and corporations for which appropriations or other funds would be made available by the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1949 (H. R. 2632), as passed by the House of Representatives

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on February 16, 1949, or as passed by the Senate on April 13, 1949, to carry out their functions, until the approval of said Act, at the rate which would be provided for in appropriations, funds, or other authority granted by said Act: Provided, That in any case where the amount which would be made available under said Act as passed by the House of Representatives is different from the amount which would be made available under the Act as passed by the Senate, the rate herein provided for shall be based on the lesser amount: Provided further, That expenditures hereunder shall be charged to the appropriate appropriation or fund contained in the aforesaid Act (H. R. 2632) when it becomes law: Provided further, That no funds

Restriction on use of funds.

appropriated pursuant to this paragraph shall be used for salaries and expenses of a person in any of the following positions in the Bureau of Reclamation, or of any person who performs the duties of any such position, who is not a qualified engineer with at least five years’ engineering and administrative experience: (1) Commissioner of Reclamation; (2) Assistant Commissioner of Reclamation; and (3) Regional Director of Reclamation.