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Show 584 water or other improvements of navigable waters of the United States.485 Perhaps the most flexible arrangement in the case of opera- tion and maintenance funds is that prescribed for the Tennessee Valley Authority. As already pointed out, it may reserve so much of its revenues as it deems necessary "in the operation of dams and reservoirs, in conducting its business in generat- ing, transmitting, and distributing electric energy" and in its fertilizer business.486 Here, replenishment from revenues depends upon the administrative discretion of the operating agency. We have also outlined the varying legislative provisions for funds of an emergency character available in the case of flood- control work of the Army Engineers and the Department of Agriculture, as to Reclamation projects, and under statutes relating to the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Bonneville Project, and the Fort Peck Project.487 At the same time, it was noted that no such fund is provided with respect to navigation projects or the Boulder Canyon Project.488 As to these emergency funds, however, variations exist in the degree to which they are exempted from the appropriation process. For example, replenishment of the Army Engineer emergency flood-control fund is dependent upon appropria- tions.489 The same is true of the authorization for emergency flood-control expenditures by the Secretary of Agriculture.490 In the case of the Bureau of Reclamation's emergency fund, replenishment is accomplished by appropriations from the 485 Act of June 10, 1920, § 17, 41 Stat. 1063, 1072, as amended, 16 U. S. G. 810. 489 Act of May 18, 1833, § 26, 48 Stat. 58, 71, as amended, 16 U. S. C. 831y. Somewhat similar is the provision of a fund under the Fort Peck Act, "to defray the operating expenses of generation and transmission of power," as well as for emergency expenses. Act of May 18, 1938, § 10, 52 Stat. 403, 406,16 U. S. O. 833i. 487 See supra, pp. 565-567. 488 See supra, p. 567. 489 Act of May 17,1950, § 210, 64 Stat. 163, -. 490 Act of December 22, 1944, § 15, 58 Stat. 887, H07, as amended by Act of May 17,1950, § 216, 64 Stat. 163, -. |
