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Show 538 This includes government corporations.243 Their budget pro- grams must be submitted through the Bureau of the Budget to the President, and thence to Congress.244 Moreover, it is ex- pressly stipulated that, "if necessary, legislation shall be enacted making available such funds or other financial resources as the Congress may determine."245 It is not clear whether this lan- guage contemplates merely appropriation of additional funds, or whether it affirmatively authorizes restrictive provisions in an appropriation act with respect to corporate funds, a restric- tion which would otherwise be subject to a point of order as substantive legislation.246 It should be noted, however, that although the same section expressly prohibits its being con- strued as affecting in any way the section of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act allowing TVA to retain and use its revenues,247 a 1947 appropriation statute did contain a restric- tion applicable to TVA.248 The point is that annual submission of a budget program by federal agencies permits full legislative review by Congress, affording opportunity for control over project selection and activities in federal water-resource programs. Restrictions on Use of Water Under existing law, a number of restrictions on the use of water must be considered in the design, construction, and oper- ation of water-resource projects and activities. M "It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress to bring Govern- ment corporations and their transactions and operations under annual scrutiny by the Congress and to provide current financial control thereof." Act of December 6, 1945, § 2, 59 Stat. 597, 31 U. S. C. 841. This is the Government Corporation Control Act. 844 §§ 102,103, 59 Stat. 598, 31 U. S. C. 847, 848. 245 § 104, 59 Stat. 598,31 U. S. C. 849. 846 Rule XXI, Rules of the House of Representatives, H. Doc. No. 766, 80th Cong., 2d sess., pp. 416-417 (1949) ; Rule XVI, Senate Manual, Sen. Doc. No. 11, 81st Cong., 1st sess., p. 20 (1949). There is, of course, no ques- tion as to the validity of such restrictions if enacted. 847 § 104, 59 Stat. 598, 31 U. S. C. 849; Act of May 18,1933, § 26, 48 Stat. 58, 71, as amended, 16 U. S. C. 831y. 848 Act of July 30, 1947, Titles I, II, 61 Stat. 574, 576, 16 U. S. C. 831h-2 (Supp. III). |