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Show 201 Mere mention of the provisions of that legislation reflects its importance to the Reclamation Fund.286 One provision trans- fers to it 52y2% of the moneys accrued from lands within the naval petroleum reserves, except those in Alaska, from Febru- ary 25,1920, through June 30,1938, less $15,000,000 then owing on account of advances from general funds of the Treasury.287 A second and more important provision requires that there be covered into the Reclamation Fund all moneys received in con- nection with irrigation projects, including incidental power features, financed with federal funds and constructed by the Secretary through the Bureau; net power revenues are to be paid into the General Treasury after repayment of the con- struction costs allocated to power.288 These requirements do not apply to projects of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, nor are they to be construed to amend the Boulder Canyon Project Act.289 It should be noted that this legislation has the effect of making available to the Fund amounts realized from the re- payment of emergency moneys expended under the public works program during the preceding years. But these projects had not then reached a state of completion sufficient to com- mence repayment, and in 1941 such large projects as the Grand Coulee and Central Valley Projects were being completed with reimbursable funds advanced from the general funds of the Treasury.290 In the same year, Congress added to the projects so financed a number of others, since construction progress was being delayed by the limited amounts available in the Recla- mation Fund.291 It is informative to note that, at close of the fiscal year end- "• Act of May 9, 1938, § 1, 52 Stat. 291, 322-323, 43 U. S. O. 391a-l, 392a. 287 § 1, 52 Stat. 322, 43 U. S. C. 391a-l. For the specific amounts, see Annual Report of the Secbetaey of the Interior, p. 59 (1938). "• § 1,52 Stat. 322,43 U. S. C. 392a. See Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior, p. 59 (1938). ™Id. 290 See Reclamation Handbook, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, p. 52 (1942). See also Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior, p. 207 (1939). 191 Act of June 28, 1941, 55 Stat. 303, 336; Reclamation Handbook, De- partment of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, p. 52 (1942). |