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Show 577 provided for the transfer of $500,000 a year to a special fund designated the "Colorado River Development Fund."442 Re- ceipts of this Fund are authorized to be appropriated for studies and investigations and for construction of projects in the Colorado River Basin.443 Other Funds.-In addition to the foregoing funds designed for use in connection with water-resource projects, Congress has from time to time created still other funds from receipts in connection with natural resources.444 New Construction.-Even with the variety of sources of revenue made available to the Reclamation Fund, the amounts have proved insufficient for the program of project construc- tion envisioned, making appropriations from the general fund necessary.445 Though previously authorized in the form of ad- vances to the Reclamation Fund,446 such appropriations are now made directly available for expenditures.447 So far as project construction goes, the other special funds have a limited im- pact. Moreover, to the extent that nonreimbursable expendi- tures from such funds are authorized, each becomes self-de- 442 Act of June 19,1940, § 2(d), 54 Stat. 774, 43 U. S. O. 618a(d) (Supp. III). 443 Id. See also supra, p. 302. m For example : Twenty-five percent of certain receipts collected under an authorization for the lease of grazing lands outside grazing districts, when appropriated by Congress, is available until expended "solely for the construction, pur- chase, or maintenance of range improvements." Act of August 6, 1947, § 2, 61 Stat. 790, 43 U. S. C. 315i (Supp. III). Moreover, moneys received by the Secretary of the Interior in the administration of certain nonfederal grazing lands are made available, when appropriated by Congress, for leasing such nonfederal lands. Act of June 23,1938, § 4, 52 Stat. 1033, 43 U. S. C. 315m-4. Similarly, 10% of all moneys received from national forests during each fiscal year is made available at the end thereof, to be expended for the con- struction or maintenance of roads and trails within national forests in the states from which such proceeds are derived. Act of March 4, 1913, 37 Stat. 843, as amended, 16 U. S. C. 501. *" See supra, pp. 199-200. 449 See, e. g., Act of June 25, 1910, § 1, 36 Stat. 835, 43 U. S. C. 397; Act of March 3, 1931, 46 Stat. 1507, 43 U. S. C. 391a, 391b. See also Act of May 9,1938, § 1, 52 Stat. 322, 43 U. S. C. 391a-l. 447 See, e. g., Act of June 29, 1948, 62 Stat. 1112, 1128,1129. |