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Show 581 uling is to make appropriations available until expended. In the case of navigation and flood-control projects, this has been accomplished by general legislation.466 Or such modification may be made effective with respect to individual annual ap- propriation items. Thus, the General Appropriation Act, 1951, so provides in the case of appropriations for construc- tion of water-resource projects by the Army Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bonneville Power Administra- tion, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the International Boundary and Water Commission.467 And the same is true in the case of appropriations for the prosecution of flood-control activities by the Department of Agriculture.468 Another means for relaxing the effect of the general rules is by an authorization for the execution of contracts extend- ing beyond the fiscal year. For example, it is expressly pro- vided that any public work on canals, rivers, and harbors adopted by Congress may be prosecuted by "direct appro- priations, by continuing contracts," or by both.469 Similar but limited authority may be included in appropriation leg- islation. Such is the case with respect to appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bonneville Power Admin- istration in the General Appropriation Act, 1951.470 It should be noted, however, that the mere existence of contract authority may not resolve the problem of construction scheduling. For the contract authority may be less than the time requirements of the construction program. Under the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, Congress in 1933 removed project construction from the need for appropriations. It authorized TVA, in the "construction of any future dam, steam plant, or other facility, to be used in whole or in part 466 Act of August 24, 1912, § 7, 37 Stat. 417, 487, as amended, 31 U. S. C. 718; Act of March 1,1917, § 3, 39 Stat. 948, 950. 467 Act of September 6,1950, ch. Ill, title I; ch. VII, title I; ch. VIII, title I; ch. IX, 64 Stat. 595, -, -, -, -. Such a provision has been regularly in- cluded since 1937 in legislation appropriating funds for navigation projects. See, e. g., Act of July 19,1937, § 1, 50 Stat. 515, 516. 468 Oh. VII, title I, 64 Stat. -. 469 Act of September 22,1922, § 10, 42 Stat. 1038, 1043, 33 U. S. O. 621. 470 Act of September 6, 1950, ch. VII, title I, 64 Stat. 595, -, -. |