have our engineers attend technical conferences and other professional meetings, where the attendance will be beneficial to the individuals in discussing and exchanging information regarding engineering matters. Mr. ENGEL. That was on page 311. What about page 312? The present accounting methods require that all allotments will include the date of the appropriation as well as the amount, so that any funds unexpended on that portion of the project continue in that appropriation account. The proposed wording would enable us to keep funds for any one project lumped together in lieu of accounting for small amounts, and still remain under each separate approved account. We have this authority already in the flood-control program, and it is for accounting purposes that we are asking for this.. Mr. CASE. Would not this make it possible, if the Congress should pass an authorization act subsequent to this appropriation act, but prior to any other appropriation, would not this make it possible to apply the new authorized project money which we have appropriated but which has not been submitted in justifications? Mr. LACROIX. Yes; it would make it possible, but under our practice we never start work on a project until we get the approval from the Appropriation Committees of Congress to go ahead with the construction. Mr. CASE. I can readily see the economy and administrative sense in having one set of books for funds for a given project, regardless of whether funds come out of a general appropriation, but it seems to me it ought to be clearly understood that if Congress appropriates for flood control, general, or rivers and harbors, that the money could not be applied to some other project or allocated to some other project without first being taken up and justified and passed upon the committee of the Congress. General WHEELER. No. We would not use any such funds for that purpose. Mr. ENGEL. Or to initiate a project. General WHEELER. We would not use any funds for initiating a project that we did not present to this committee. Mr. CASE. That is, to the Appropriations Committee. General WHEELER. The Appropriations Committee and receive an appropriation for it. Mr. ENGEL. Does that conclude the language changes? BREAK-DOWN OF RIVER AND HARBOR SIX-YEAR AUTHORIZED CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM Mr. ENGEL. Before we start working on flood control, General Wheeler, will you insert in the record at this point your presently proposed 6-year program for construction of all active river and harbor projects, broken down by States? General WHEELER. Yes, sir. (The program requested follows:) |