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Show 575 priation of the proceeds, Congress in 1914 prohibited expendi- tures "except out of appropriations made annually by Congress."430 By a number of statutes, Congress authorized the disposal of certain other lands connected with Reclamation projects and provided for covering the receipts into the Fund.431 In addi- tion, a number of statutes provided for further augmenting the Fund by other revenues.432 These included a wide variety of sources such as receipts from bonuses, royalties, and rentals from mining on the public domain of coal, phosphates, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium; a portion of charges for use of public lands and national forests by Federal Power Commission licensees; certain moneys accrued from naval petroleum re- serves; and various sums derived from operations in connection with Reclamation projects, including incidental power features.433 Navigation and Headwater Improvements.-Another special fund derived from income from natural resources is established by the Federal Power Act. With specified exceptions, 50% of the charges collected from certain licensees is "reserved and appropriated as a special fund" to be expended under the direc- tion of the Secretary of the Army in the maintenance and op- eration of federal navigation structures or in the construction, maintenance, or operation of "headwater or other improve- ments of navigable waters of the United States."434 Tennessee Valley Authority.-In directing that the proceeds from the sale of power and other products manufactured by TVA be paid into the Treasury, Congress provided for a special fund by excepting from that requirement such part "as in the opinion of the Board shall be necessary for the Corporation in the operation of dams and reservoirs, in conducting its business 480 United States v. Hanson, 167 Fed. 881, 884-885 (C. A. 9, 1909); Act of August 13,1914, § 16, 38 Stat. 686, 690, 43 U. S. O. 414. 431 See supra, n. 276, p. 199. 482 See supra, n. 281, pp. 199-200. 433 See supra, pp. 199-202. 484 Act of June 10, 1920, § 17, 41 Stat. 1063, 1072, as amended, 16 U. S. O. 810. 911611-51------38 |