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US (United States) Code. Title 32. Chapter 15: Flood control
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33 USC CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
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CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
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Sec.
701. Flood control generally.
701-1. Declaration of policy of 1944 act.
701a. Declaration of policy of 1936 act.
701a-1. "Flood control" defined; jurisdiction of Federal
investigations.
701b. Supervision of Secretary of the Army; reclamation
projects unaffected.
701b-1. Transfer of jurisdiction in certain cases to
Department of Agriculture.
701b-2. Cooperation by Secretaries of the Army and
Agriculture; expenditures.
701b-3. Examinations and surveys; availability of
appropriations.
701b-4. Administration of surveys; number authorized; reports.
701b-5. Omitted.
701b-6. Examinations and surveys by Secretary of Agriculture.
701b-7. Supplemental reports to Senate Environment and Public
Works Committee and House Public Works Committee.
701b-8. Submission of report by Chief of Engineers.
701b-8a. Discontinuance of preliminary examination reports.
701b-9. Availability of appropriations for expenses incident
to operation of power boats or vessels; expenses
defined; certification of expenditures.
701b-10. Revolving fund; establishment; availability;
reimbursement; transfer of funds; limitation.
701b-11. Flood protection projects.
(a) General considerations; nonstructural
alternatives.
(b) Non-Federal participation through nonstructural
alternatives; limitation.
701b-12. Floodplain management requirements.
(a) Compliance with floodplain management and
insurance programs.
(b) Floodplain management plans.
(c) Guidelines.
(d) Technical support.
701b-13. Construction of flood control projects by non-Federal
interests.
(a) Authority.
(b) Studies and design activities.
(c) Completion of studies and design activities.
(d) Authority to carry out improvement.
(e) Reimbursement.
(f) Specific projects.
(g) Treatment of flood damage prevention measures.
701c. Rights-of-way, easements, etc.; acquisition by local
authorities; maintenance and operation; protection of
United States from liability for damages; requisites
to run-off and water-flow retardation and soil
erosion prevention assistance.
701c-1. Acquirement of titles for certain projects and to
lands, easements, rights-of-way; reimbursement of
local agencies.
701c-2. Acquisition and sale of land.
701c-3. Lease receipts; payment of portion to States.
701d. Compacts between States; consent of Congress.
701e. Effect of act June 22, 1936, on provisions for
Mississippi River and other projects.
701f. Authorization of appropriations.
701f-1. Additional authorization.
701f-2. Funds for specific and authorized projects merged with
and accounted for under regular annual appropriation.
701f-3. Expenditure in watersheds of funds appropriated for
flood prevention purposes.
701g. Removal of obstructions; clearing channels.
701h. Contributions by States and political subdivisions.
701h-1. Contributions by States and political subdivisions for
immediate use on authorized flood-control work;
repayment.
701i. Elimination from protection of areas subject to
evacuation.
701j. Installation in dams of facilities for future
development of hydroelectric power.
701k. Crediting reimbursements for lost, stolen, or damaged
property.
701l, 701l-1. Repealed.
701m. Insufficient Congressional authorization; preparations
for and modification of project.
701n. Emergency response to natural disasters.
(a) Emergency fund.
(b) Emergency supplies of drinking water; drought;
well construction and water transportation.
(c) Levee owners manual.
701o. Omitted.
701p. Railroad bridge alterations at Federal expense.
701q. Repair and protection of highways, railroads, and
utilities damaged by operation of dams or reservoir.
701r. Protection of highways, bridge approaches, public
works, and nonprofit public services.
701r-1. Utilization of public roads.
(a) Definitions.
(b) Improvement, reconstruction, and maintenance.
(c) Replacement roads; construction to higher
standards.
701s. Small flood control projects; appropriations; amount
limitation for single locality; conditions.
701t. Emergency fund for flood damage; amount; commitments
to be fulfilled by local interests.
701u. International engineering or scientific conferences;
attendance.
702. Mississippi River.
702a. Adoption of 1927 project; execution; creation of
board; scope of authority; appropriation.
702a-1. Modification of project of 1927; adoption.
702a-1 1/2 .Further modification of 1927 project; adoption;
appropriation.
702a-1 3/4 .Further modification; adoption.
702a-2. Abandonment of Boeuf Floodway.
702a-3. Levees; raising and enlarging.
702a-4. Fuse-plug levees.
702a-5. Back levee north of Eudora Floodway.
702a-6. Drainage necessitated by floodway levees.
702a-7. Railroad and highway crossings over floodways.
702a-8. Additional roads; construction by United States.
702a-9. Lands, easements, and rights-of-way; acquisition by
local authorities; reimbursement; protection of
United States from liability for damages.
702a-10. Flowage rights and rights-of-way; reimbursement of
local authorities; highway crossings; use of
properties for national forests or wildlife refuges.
702a-11. Morganza Floodway; Eudora Floodway.
702a-12. Modified Lower Mississippi River project as of August
18, 1941.
(a) Alluvial valley, Mississippi River; Yazoo Basin
levees; abandonment of Boeuf and Eudora
Floodways and Northward Extension.
(b) Yazoo River project.
(c) Tensas-Cocodrie backwater area.
(d) Reimbursement of local authorities for certain
expenses.
(e) Saint Francis River.
(f) Bayou Rapides, Boeuf, and Cocodrie, Louisiana,
improvements.
(g) Increased authorizations for alluvial valley,
Mississippi River.
702b. Local contribution toward cost of flood control work.
702c. Expenditures for construction work; conditions
precedent; liability for damage from flood waters;
condemnation proceedings; floodage rights.
702d. Flowage rights; condemnation proceedings; benefits to
property.
702d-1. Bonnet Carre Spillway and Floodway; rights-of-way,
etc., over lands.
702e. Maps for project; preparation.
702f. Expenditures for earlier projects.
702g. Appropriation for emergency fund.
702g-1. Additional appropriation for emergency fund.
702h. Prosecution of project by Mississippi River
Commission; president of commission; salaries.
702h-1. Transferred.
702i. Certain sections applicable to property and rights
acquired or constructed.
702j. Projects relating to tributary streams; report to
Congress; appropriation.
702j-1. Saint Francis and Yazoo Rivers; lands and easements;
alteration of highways; cooperation of States.
702j-2. White River Levee District; rights-of-way; drainage
facilities; flowage rights; acquisition by local
authorities; protection of United States from
liability for damages.
702k. Surveys below Cape Girardeau, Missouri; resurvey of
levee in Tennessee.
702k-1. Authorization of appropriation.
702k-2. Separability.
702l. Repeal of inconsistent laws.
702m. Interest of Members of Congress in contracts for
acquisition of land.
702n. Levee rights-of-way; payment or reimbursement for.
703. Sacramento River, California.
704. Modification of project.
705. Salmon River, Alaska; flood control work authorized.
706. Secretary of Commerce; current precipitation
information; appropriation.
707. Sumner Dam and Lake Sumner; declaration of purpose;
report to Congress; appropriation.
708. Sale of surplus waters for domestic and industrial
uses; disposition of moneys.
709. Regulations for use of storage waters; application to
Tennessee Valley Authority.
709a. Information on floods and flood damage.
(a) Compilation and dissemination.
(b) Flood prevention coordination.
(c) Fees.
(d) Fiscal year limitation on expenditures.
709b. Flood hazard information.
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33 USC Sec. 701 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
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Sec. 701. Flood control generally
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Laws applicable to works of improvement relating to flood control
- All the provisions of existing law relating to examinations and
surveys and to works of improvement of rivers and harbors shall
apply, so far as applicable to examinations and surveys and to
works of improvement relating to flood control. And all
expenditures of funds appropriated for works and projects relating
to flood control shall be made in accordance with and subject to
the law governing the disbursement and expenditure of funds
appropriated for the improvement of rivers and harbors.
Examinations and surveys; details from Government departments;
reports - All examinations and surveys of projects relating to
flood control shall include a comprehensive study of the watershed
or watersheds, and the report thereon in addition to any other
matter upon which a report is required shall give such data as it
may be practicable to secure in regard to (a) the extent and
character of the area to be affected by the proposed improvement;
(b) the probable effect upon any navigable water or waterway; (c)
the possible economical development and utilization of water power;
and (d) such other uses as may be properly related to or
coordinated with the project. And the heads of the several
departments of the Government may, in their discretion, and shall
upon the request of the Secretary of the Army, detail
representatives from their respective departments to assist the
Engineers of the Army in the study and examination of such
watersheds, to the end that duplication of work may be avoided and
the various services of the Government economically coordinated
therein: Provided, That all reports on preliminary examinations
hereafter authorized, together with the report of the Board of
Engineers for Rivers and Harbors thereon and the separate report of
the representative of any other department, shall be submitted to
the Secretary of the Army by the Chief of Engineers, with his
recommendations, and shall be transmitted by the Secretary of the
Army to the House of Representatives, and are ordered to be printed
when so made.
Reports by Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors - In the
consideration of all works and projects relating to flood control
which may be submitted to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and
Harbors for consideration and recommendation, said board shall, in
addition to any other matters upon which it may be required to
report, state its opinion as to (a) what Federal interest, if any,
is involved in the proposed improvement; (b) what share of the
expense, if any, should be borne by the United States; and (c) the
advisability of adopting the project.
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(Mar. 1, 1917, ch. 144, Sec. 3, 39 Stat. 950; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 103-437, Sec.
12(c), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4590.)
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CODIFICATION
Sections 1 and 2 of act Mar. 1, 1917, are classified to sections
702 and 703 of this title. Section 4 amended section 643 of this
title. See section 702h of this title.
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AMENDMENTS
1994 - Pub. L. 103-437 struck out par. at end which read as
follows: "All examinations and reports which may now be made by the
Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors upon request of the
Committee on Rivers and Harbors relating to works or projects of
navigation shall in like manner be made upon request of the
Committee on Flood Control on all works and projects relating to
flood control."
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CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
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TERMINATION OF BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS AND
REASSIGNMENT OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
For termination of Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors 180
days after Oct. 31, 1992, and reassignment of duties and
responsibilities by Secretary of Army, see section 223 of Pub. L.
102-580, set out as a note under section 541 of this title.
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FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
For provisions relating to the reduction of the risk of flood
loss, the minimization of the impact of floods on human safety,
health, and welfare, and the management of floodplains, see Ex.
Ord. No. 11988, May 24, 1977, 42 F.R. 26951, set out as a note
under section 4321 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 11296
Ex. Ord. No. 11296, Aug. 10, 1966, 31 F.R. 10663, as amended by
Pub. L. 90-608, ch. IV, Sec. 402, Oct. 21, 1968, 82 Stat. 1194,
which related to the evaluation of flood hazard in locating
federally owned or financed buildings, roads, and other facilities,
and in disposing of federal lands and properties, was revoked by
Ex. Ord. No. 11988, May 24, 1977, 42 F.R. 26951, set out as a note
under section 4321 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
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33 USC Sec. 701-1 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
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Sec. 701-1. Declaration of policy of 1944 act
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In connection with the exercise of jurisdiction over the rivers
of the Nation through the construction of works of improvement, for
navigation or flood control, as herein authorized, it is declared
to be the policy of the Congress to recognize the interests and
rights of the States in determining the development of the
watersheds within their borders and likewise their interests and
rights in water utilization and control, as herein authorized to
preserve and protect to the fullest possible extent established and
potential uses, for all purposes, of the waters of the Nation's
rivers; to facilitate the consideration of projects on a basis of
comprehensive and coordinated development; and to limit the
authorization and construction of navigation works to those in
which a substantial benefit to navigation will be realized
therefrom and which can be operated consistently with appropriate
and economic use of the waters of such rivers by other users.
In conformity with this policy:
(a) Plans, proposals, or reports of the Chief of Engineers,
Department of the Army, for any works of improvement for navigation
or flood control not heretofore or herein authorized, shall be
submitted to the Congress only upon compliance with the provisions
of this paragraph (a). Investigations which form the basis of any
such plans, proposals, or reports shall be conducted in such a
manner as to give to the affected State or States, during the
course of the investigations, information developed by the
investigations and also opportunity for consultation regarding
plans and proposals, and, to the extent deemed practicable by the
Chief of Engineers, opportunity to cooperate in the investigations.
If such investigations in whole or part are concerned with the use
or control of waters arising west of the ninety-seventh meridian,
the Chief of Engineers shall give to the Secretary of the Interior,
during the course of the investigations, information developed by
the investigations and also opportunity for consultation regarding
plans and proposals, and to the extent deemed practicable by the
Chief of Engineers, opportunity to cooperate in the investigations.
The relations of the Chief of Engineers with any State under this
paragraph (a) shall be with the Governor of the State or such
official or agency of the State as the Governor may designate. The
term "affected State or States" shall include those in which the
works or any part thereof are proposed to be located; those which
in whole or part are both within the drainage basin involved and
situated in a State lying wholly or in part west of the
ninety-eighth meridian; and such of those which are east of the
ninety-eighth meridian as, in the judgment of the Chief of
Engineers, will be substantially affected. Such plans, proposals,
or reports and related investigations shall be made to the end,
among other things, of facilitating the coordination of plans for
the construction and operation of the proposed works with other
plans involving the waters which would be used or controlled by
such proposed works. Each report submitting any such plans or
proposals to the Congress shall set out therein, among other
things, the relationship between the plans for construction and
operation of the proposed works and the plans, if any, submitted by
the affected States and by the Secretary of the Interior. The Chief
of Engineers shall transmit a copy of his proposed report to each
affected State, and, in case the plans or proposals covered by the
report are concerned with the use or control of waters which rise
in whole or in part west of the ninety-seventh meridian, to the
Secretary of the Interior. Within 30 days from the date of receipt
of said proposed report, the written views and recommendations of
each affected State and of the Secretary of the Interior may be
submitted to the Chief of Engineers. The Secretary of the Army
shall transmit to the Congress, with such comments and
recommendations as he deems appropriate, the proposed report
together with the submitted views and recommendations of affected
States and of the Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary of the
Army may prepare and make said transmittal any time following said
30-day period. The letter of transmittal and its attachments shall
be printed as a House or Senate document.
(b) The use for navigation, in connection with the operation and
maintenance of such works herein authorized for construction, of
waters arising in States lying wholly or partly west of the
ninety-eighth meridian shall be only such use as does not conflict
with any beneficial consumptive use, present or future, in States
lying wholly or partly west of the ninety-eighth meridian, of such
waters for domestic, municipal, stock water, irrigation, mining, or
industrial purposes.
(c) The Secretary of the Interior, in making investigations of
and reports on works for irrigation and purposes incidental thereto
shall, in relation to an affected State or States (as defined in
paragraph (a) of this section), and to the Secretary of the Army,
be subject to the same provisions regarding investigations, plans,
proposals, and reports as prescribed in paragraph (a) of this
section for the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of the Army.
In the event a submission of views and recommendations, made by an
affected State or by the Secretary of the Army pursuant to said
provisions, sets forth objections to the plans or proposals covered
by the report of the Secretary of the Interior, the proposed works
shall not be deemed authorized except upon approval by an Act of
Congress; and section 485h(a) of title 43 and section 590z-1(a) of
title 16 are amended accordingly.
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(Dec. 22, 1944, ch. 665, Sec. 1, 58 Stat. 887; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 104-303, title
II, Sec. 223, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3697.)
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AMENDMENTS
1996 - Par. (a). Pub. L. 104-303 substituted "Within 30 days" for
"Within ninety days" and "30-day period" for "ninety-day period".
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CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
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APPLICABILITY OF SECTION TO PROJECTS AUTHORIZED BY FLOOD CONTROL
ACTS
Pub. L. 90-483, title II, Sec. 202, Aug. 13, 1968, 82 Stat. 739,
provided that: "The provisions of section 1 of the Act of December
22, 1944 (Public Law Numbered 534, Seventy-eighth Congress, second
session) [this section], shall govern with respect to projects
authorized in this Act [Pub. L. 90-483], and the procedures therein
set forth with respect to plans, proposals, or reports for works of
improvement for navigation or flood control and for irrigation and
purposes incidental thereto shall apply as if herein set forth in
full."
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior acts:
Nov. 7, 1966, Pub. L. 89-789, title II, Sec. 202, 80 Stat. 1418.
Oct. 27, 1965, Pub. L. 89-298, title II, Sec. 203, 79 Stat. 1074.
Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1264, title II, Sec. 202, 68 Stat. 1256.
May 17, 1950, ch. 188, title II, Sec. 202, 64 Stat. 170.
GLENDO UNIT, WYOMING, MISSOURI RIVER BASIN PROJECT
Joint Res. July 16, 1954, ch. 532, Sec. 2, 68 Stat. 486,
provided, with respect to the Glendo unit (dam and reservoir),
Missouri River Basin Project, at the Glendo site on the North
Platte River in Wyoming, for waiver of the provisions of subsec.
(c) of this section. Section 1 of the Joint Resolution provided for
the construction and operation of such unit by the Secretary of the
Interior.
SECTION AS UNAFFECTED BY SUBMERGED LANDS ACT
Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed
by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of Title 43, Public
Lands.
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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 2287 of this title; title
16 section 839e; title 43 sections 390b, 422d.
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33 USC Sec. 701a 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
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Sec. 701a. Declaration of policy of 1936 act
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It is recognized that destructive floods upon the rivers of the
United States, upsetting orderly processes and causing loss of life
and property, including the erosion of lands, and impairing and
obstructing navigation, highways, railroads, and other channels of
commerce between the States, constitute a menace to national
welfare; that it is the sense of Congress that flood control on
navigable waters or their tributaries is a proper activity of the
Federal Government in cooperation with States, their political
subdivisions, and localities thereof; that investigations and
improvements of rivers and other waterways, including watersheds
thereof, for flood-control purposes are in the interest of the
general welfare; that the Federal Government should improve or
participate in the improvement of navigable waters or their
tributaries, including watersheds thereof, for flood-control
purposes if the benefits to whomsoever they may accrue are in
excess of the estimated costs, and if the lives and social security
of people are otherwise adversely affected.
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(June 22, 1936, ch. 688, Sec. 1, 49 Stat. 1570.)
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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701a-1, 701b, 701b-1,
701b-2, 701b-6, 701b-7, 701c, 701c-1, 701e, 701s of this title.
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33 USC Sec. 701a-1 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
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Sec. 701a-1. "Flood control" defined; jurisdiction of Federal
investigations
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The words "flood control" as used in section 701a of this title,
shall be construed to include channel and major drainage
improvements and flood prevention improvements for protection from
groundwater-induced damages, and Federal investigations and
improvements of rivers and other waterways for flood control and
allied purposes shall be under the jurisdiction of and shall be
prosecuted by the Department of the Army under the direction of the
Secretary of the Army and supervision of the Chief of Engineers,
and Federal investigations of watersheds and measures for run-off
and water-flow retardation and soil-erosion prevention on
watersheds shall be under the jurisdiction of and shall be
prosecuted by the Department of Agriculture under the direction of
the Secretary of Agriculture, except as otherwise provided by Act
of Congress.
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(Dec. 22, 1944, ch. 665, Sec. 2, 58 Stat. 889; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 99-662, title IV,
Sec. 403, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4133.)
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AMENDMENTS
1986 - Pub. L. 99-662 inserted "and flood prevention improvements
for protection from groundwater-induced damages" after "drainage
improvements".
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CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
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SAVINGS PROVISION
Authority of Secretary of Agriculture under this section as
unaffected by repeal of Secretary's authority under section 701b of
this title, see section 7 of act Aug. 4, 1954, set out as a note
under section 701b of this title.
SECTION AS UNAFFECTED BY SUBMERGED LANDS ACT
Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed
by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of Title 43, Public
Lands.
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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in title 16 section 839e.
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33 USC Sec. 701b 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
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Sec. 701b. Supervision of Secretary of the Army; reclamation
projects unaffected
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Federal investigations and improvements of rivers and other
waterways for flood control and allied purposes shall be under the
jurisdiction of and shall be prosecuted by the Department of the
Army under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and
supervision of the Chief of Engineers, except as otherwise provided
by Act of Congress; and in his reports upon examinations and
surveys, the Secretary of the Army shall be guided as to
flood-control measures by the principles set forth in section 701a
of this title in the determination of the Federal interests
involved: Provided, That the foregoing grant of authority shall not
interfere with investigations and river improvements incident to
reclamation projects that may now be in progress or may be
hereafter undertaken by the Bureau of Reclamation of the Interior
Department pursuant to any general or specific authorization of
law.
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(June 22, 1936, ch. 688, Sec. 2, 49 Stat. 1570; June 28, 1938, ch.
795, Sec. 1, 52 Stat. 1215; Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 377, Sec. 1, 55
Stat. 638; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat.
501; Aug. 4, 1954, ch. 656, Sec. 7, 68 Stat. 668.)
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AMENDMENTS
1954 - Act Aug. 4, 1954, repealed provisions conferring authority
on the Department of Agriculture under the direction of the
Secretary of Agriculture to make preliminary examinations and
surveys and to prosecute works of improvement for runoff and
waterflow retardation and soil erosion prevention on the watersheds
of rivers and other waterways.
1941 - Act Aug. 18, 1941, reenacted without change portion of
section preceding semicolon.
1938 - Act June 28, 1938, reenacted without change portion of
section preceding semicolon.
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CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
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SAVINGS PROVISION
Section 7 of act Aug. 4, 1954, which amended this section by
repealing provisions relating to the Department of Agriculture,
provides in part that: "(a) the authority of that Department of
Agriculture, under the direction of the Secretary, to prosecute the
works of improvement for runoff and waterflow retardation and soil
erosion prevention authorized to be carried out by the Department
by the act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887), as amended [section
701a-1 of this title], and (b) the authority of the Secretary of
Agriculture to undertake emergency measures for runoff retardation
and soil erosion prevention authorized to be carried out by section
7 of the act of June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1215), as amended by
section 216 of the act of May 17, 1950 (64 Stat. 163) [section
701b-1 of this title], shall not be affected by the provisions of
this section."
RISK-BASED ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY
Pub. L. 104-303, title II, Sec. 202(h), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat.
3676, provided that:
"(1) In general. - The Secretary shall enter into an agreement
with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the
Corps of Engineers' use of risk-based analysis for the evaluation
of hydrology, hydraulics, and economics in flood damage reduction
studies. The study shall include -
"(A) an evaluation of the impact of risk-based analysis on
project formulation, project economic justification, and minimum
engineering and safety standards; and
"(B) a review of studies conducted using risk-based analysis to
determine -
"(i) the scientific validity of applying risk-based analysis
in these studies; and
"(ii) the impact of using risk-based analysis as it relates
to current policy and procedures of the Corps of Engineers.
"(2) Report. - Not later than 18 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act [Oct. 12, 1996], the Secretary shall submit
to Congress a report on the results of the study under paragraph
(1), as well as such recommendations as the Secretary considers
appropriate.
"(3) Limitation on use of methodology. - During the period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 12, 1996]
and ending 18 months after that date, if requested by a non-Federal
interest, the Secretary shall refrain from using any risk-based
technique required under the studies described in paragraph (1) for
the evaluation and design of a project.
"(4) Authorization of appropriations. - There is authorized to be
appropriated $250,000 to carry out this subsection."
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701b-1, 701b-2, 701b-4,
701b-6, 701b-7, 701c-1, 701e, 701f-1, 701j, 702a-12 of this title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 701b-1 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701b-1. Transfer of jurisdiction in certain cases to
Department of Agriculture
-STATUTE-
In order to effectuate the policy declared in sections 701a and
701b of this title, and to correlate the program for the
improvement of rivers and other waterways by the Department of the
Army with the program for the improvement of watersheds by the
Department of Agriculture, works of improvement for measures of
run-off and water-flow retardation and soil-erosion prevention on
the watersheds of waterways, for which works of improvement for the
benefit of navigation and the control of destructive floodwaters
and other provisions have been adopted and authorized to be
prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and
supervision of the Chief of Engineers, are authorized to be
prosecuted by the Department of Agriculture under the direction of
the Secretary of Agriculture and in accordance with plans approved
by him. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized in his
discretion to undertake such emergency measures for run-off
retardation and soil-erosion prevention as may be needed to
safeguard lives and property from floods and the products of
erosion on any watershed whenever fire or any other natural element
or force has caused a sudden impairment of that watershed:
Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 out of any funds heretofore
or hereafter appropriated for the prosecution by the Secretary of
Agriculture of works of improvement or measures for run-off and
water-flow retardation and soil-erosion prevention on watersheds
may be expended during any one fiscal year for such emergency
measures. For prosecuting said work and measures there is
authorized to be appropriated the sum of $10,000,000 to be expended
at the rate of $2,000,000 per annum during the five-year period
ending June 30, 1944: Provided, That such works and measures which
are herein authorized to be prosecuted by the Department of
Agriculture may be carried out on the watersheds of the Rio Grande
and Pecos Rivers subject to the proviso in section 701b of this
title.
-SOURCE-
(June 28, 1938, ch. 795, Sec. 7, 52 Stat. 1225; Dec. 22, 1944, ch.
665, Sec. 15, 58 Stat. 907; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, Sec.
205(a), 61 Stat. 501; May 17, 1950, ch. 188, title II, Sec. 216, 64
Stat. 184.)
-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1950 - Act May 17, 1950, substituted "$300,000" for "$100,000".
1944 - Act Dec. 22, 1944, inserted provisions authorizing
Secretary of Agriculture to undertake emergency work and limiting
amount of annual expenditures for such work.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-MISC2-
SAVINGS PROVISION
Authority of Secretary of Agriculture under this section as
unaffected by repeal of Secretary's authority under section 701b of
this title, see section 7 of act Aug. 4, 1954, set out as a note
under section 701b of this title
SECTION AS UNAFFECTED BY SUBMERGED LANDS ACT
Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed
by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of Title 43, Public
Lands.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701b-4, 701c-1, 701f-1,
701j of this title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 701b-2 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701b-2. Cooperation by Secretaries of the Army and
Agriculture; expenditures
-STATUTE-
In carrying out the purposes of the Act of June 22, 1936 (49
Stat. 1570), as amended and supplemented, the Secretary of the Army
and the Secretary of Agriculture are authorized to cooperate with
institutions, organizations, and individuals, and to utilize the
services of Federal, State, and other public agencies, and to pay
by check to the cooperating public agency, either in advance or
upon the furnishing or performance of said services, all or part of
the estimated or actual cost thereof; and to make expenditures for
personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere, for purchase of reference and law books and periodicals,
for printing and binding, for the purchase, exchange, operation,
and maintenance of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and
motorboats for official use, and for other necessary expenses. The
provisions of this section shall be applicable to any funds
heretofore appropriated for the prosecution by the Secretary of
Agriculture of works of improvement for measures of run-off and
water-flow retardation and soil-erosion prevention upon watersheds.
-SOURCE-
(June 28, 1938, ch. 795, Sec. 5, 52 Stat. 1223; Aug. 18, 1941, ch.
377, Sec. 8, 55 Stat. 650; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, Sec.
205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Act of June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1570), as amended and
supplemented, referred to in text, is act June 22, 1936, ch. 688,
49 Stat. 1570, as amended, popularly known as the Flood Control Act
of June 22, 1936, which to the extent classified to the Code
enacted sections 701a, 701b, 701c, 701d to 701f, and 701h of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Tables.
-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1941 - Act Aug. 18, 1941, changed the reference near the
beginning of section and inserted sentence at end.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Functions of all officers, agencies and employees of Department
of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary
of Agriculture by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, Sec. 1, eff. June 4,
1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out in the Appendix to Title
5, Government Organization and Employees.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701b-4, 701c-1, 701f-1,
701j, 702a-12 of this title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 701b-3 01/06/03
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CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701b-3. Examinations and surveys; availability of
appropriations
-STATUTE-
Funds heretofore or hereafter appropriated for construction and
maintenance of flood-control works by the Department of the Army
shall be available for expenditure by the Department of the Army in
making examinations and surveys for flood control heretofore or
hereafter authorized, or in preparing reports in review thereof as
authorized by law, in addition to funds heretofore authorized to be
expended for such purposes by the Department of the Army.
-SOURCE-
(Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 699, Sec. 2, 53 Stat. 1414; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 701b-4 of this title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 701b-4 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701b-4. Administration of surveys; number authorized; reports
-STATUTE-
The surveys authorized to be performed under the direction of the
Secretary of the Army as well as all duties performed by the Chief
of Engineers under the direction of the Secretary of the Army shall
be functions of the Engineer Corps, United States Army, and its
head, to be administered under the direction of the Secretary of
the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers except as
otherwise specifically provided by Congress: Provided, That the
power and authority conferred by the Flood Control Act of June 28,
1938, and previously conferred, upon the Federal Power Commission
shall remain in full force and effect: Provided, That no
preliminary examination, survey, project, or estimate for new works
other than those designated in this Act or some prior Act or joint
resolution shall be made: Provided further, That after the regular
or formal reports made as required by law on any examination,
survey, project, or work under way or proposed, are submitted, no
supplemental or additional report or estimate shall be made unless
authorized by law.
-SOURCE-
(Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 699, Sec. 6, 53 Stat. 1415; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938, referred to in text, is
act June 28, 1938, ch. 795, 52 Stat. 1215, as amended, which to the
extent classified to the Code is classified to sections 701b,
701b-1, 701b-2, 701c-1, 701f-1, 701i, 701j, 702a-1 1/2 , 702a-11,
and 706 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to
the Code, see Tables.
This Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 699, 53
Stat. 1414, as amended, which to the extent classified to the Code
enacted sections 558b-1, 701b-3, 701b-4, and 707 of this title and
amended sections 701c-1 and 701g of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Federal Power Commission terminated and its functions, personnel,
property, funds, etc., transferred to Secretary of Energy (except
for certain functions transferred to Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission) by sections 7151(b), 7171(a), 7172(a), 7291, and 7293
of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
For transfer of functions of Federal Power Commission, with
certain reservations, to chairman of such Commission, see Reorg.
Plan No. 9 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64
Stat. 1265, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 701b-5 01/06/03
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CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701b-5. Omitted
-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section, act Mar. 31, 1945, ch. 45, Sec. 1, 59 Stat. 41, relating
to appropriations subject to priority restrictions, was from the
War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1946, and was not repeated
in subsequent appropriation acts.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 701b-6 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701b-6. Examinations and surveys by Secretary of Agriculture
-STATUTE-
That, in order to further the declaration of policy and
principles declared in sections 701a and 701b of this title, and to
supplement the preliminary examinations and surveys which the
Secretary of the Army has heretofore been, or is hereafter,
authorized and directed to make of waterways with a view to the
control of their floods, the Secretary of Agriculture be, and he
is, authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and
surveys to be made for run-off and water-flow retardation and
soil-erosion prevention on the watersheds of said waterways, the
costs thereof to be paid from appropriations heretofore or
hereafter made for such purposes.
-SOURCE-
(Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 877, Sec. 3, 50 Stat. 877; Jan. 19, 1948, ch.
2, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 4; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, Sec.
205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1948 - Act Jan. 19, 1948, inserted "or is hereafter" after
"heretofore been" to make section applicable to future preliminary
surveys and examinations.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 701b-7 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701b-7. Supplemental reports to Senate Environment and Public
Works Committee and House Public Works Committee
-STATUTE-
After the Secretary of Agriculture has submitted to Congress a
regular or formal report made on any examination or survey,
pursuant to the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, as
amended and supplemented, a supplemental, additional, or review
report or estimate may be made if authorized by law or by
resolution of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of
the House of Representatives or the Committee on Environment and
Public Works of the Senate.
-SOURCE-
(Jan. 19, 1948, ch. 2, Sec. 2, 62 Stat. 4; Pub. L. 103-437, Sec.
12(d), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4590.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, as amended and
supplemented, referred to in text, is act June 22, 1936, ch. 688,
49 Stat. 1570, as amended, which to the extent classified to the
Code enacted sections 701a, 701b, 701c, 701d to 701f, and 701h of
this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code,
see Tables.
-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1994 - Pub. L. 103-437 substituted "Committee on Public Works and
Transportation of the House of Representatives or the Committee on
Environment and Public Works of the Senate" for "Committee on
Public Works of the House of Representatives or the Committee on
Public Works of the Senate".
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Committee on Public Works and Transportation of House of
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of
Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2,
The Congress.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 701b-8 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701b-8. Submission of report by Chief of Engineers
-STATUTE-
It is declared to be the policy of the Congress that the
following provisions shall be observed:
No project or any modification not authorized, of a project for
flood control or rivers and harbors, shall be authorized by the
Congress unless a report for such project or modification has been
previously submitted by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army,
in conformity with existing law.
-SOURCE-
(Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1264, title II, Sec. 202, 68 Stat. 1256.)
-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section comprises last two paragraphs of section 202 of act Sept.
3, 1954. First paragraph of section 202 is set out as a note under
section 701-1 of this title.
-MISC1-
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the
following prior acts:
May 17, 1950, ch. 188, title II, Sec. 202, 64 Stat. 170.
June 30, 1948, ch. 771, title II, Sec. 202, 62 Stat. 1175.
July 24, 1946, ch. 596, Sec. 2, 60 Stat. 641.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 701b-8a 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701b-8a. Discontinuance of preliminary examination reports
-STATUTE-
For preliminary examinations and surveys authorized in previous
river and harbor and flood control Acts, the Secretary of the Army
is directed to cause investigations and reports for flood control
and allied purposes, to be prepared under the supervision of the
Chief of Engineers in the form of survey reports, and that
preliminary examination reports shall no longer be required to be
prepared.
-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 85-500, title II, Sec. 208, July 3, 1958, 72 Stat. 319.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Previous river and harbor and flood-control Acts, referred to in
text, means those acts prior to the River and Harbor Act of 1958
and the Flood Control Act of 1958, titles I and II of Pub. L.
85-500.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 701b-9 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701b-9. Availability of appropriations for expenses incident
to operation of power boats or vessels; expenses defined;
certification of expenditures
-STATUTE-
On and after July 31, 1947, no appropriation under the Corps of
Engineers shall be available for any expenses incident to operating
any power-driven boat or vessel on other than Government business,
and that Government business shall be construed to include
transportation, lodging, and subsistence on inspection trips of
Federal and State officials, having a public interest in authorized
or proposed improvements for river and harbor and flood control,
and any expenses incurred therefor shall be chargeable to river and
harbor and flood control appropriations heretofore or hereafter
made under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Chief of
Engineers: Provided, That such expenditures shall be certified by
the Division Engineer as necessary and proper expenditures.
-SOURCE-
(July 31, 1947, ch. 411, Sec. 1, 61 Stat. 688.)
-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section is also set out as section 575 of this title.
Section was formerly classified to sections 190a and 199 of Title
10 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 10, Armed
Forces, by act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 1.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 701b-10 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701b-10. Revolving fund; establishment; availability;
reimbursement; transfer of funds; limitation
-STATUTE-
There is established a revolving fund, to be available without
fiscal year limitation, for expenses necessary for the maintenance
and operation of the plant and equipment of the Corps of Engineers
used in civil works functions, including acquisition of plant and
equipment, maintenance, repair, and purchase, operation, and
maintenance of not to exceed four aircraft at any one time,
temporary financing of services finally chargeable to
appropriations for civil works functions, and the furnishing of
facilities and services for military functions of the Department of
the Army and other Government agencies and private persons, as
authorized by law, $100; and in addition, the Secretary of the Army
is authorized to provide capital for the fund by capitalizing the
present inventories, plant and equipment of the civil works
functions of the Corps of Engineers. The fund shall be credited
with reimbursements or advances for the cost of equipment,
facilities, and services furnished, at rates which shall include
charges for overhead and related expenses, depreciation of plant
and equipment, and accrued leave: Provided, That on July 1, 1953,
(1) the fund shall assume the assets, liabilities, and obligations
of the Plant accounts, as carried on the records of the Corps of
Engineers as of June 30, 1953, under the appropriations for
"Maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works",
"Flood control, general", and "Flood control, Mississippi River and
tributaries", and (2) there shall be transferred from said
appropriations to the fund amounts equivalent to the unexpended
cash balances of the Plant accounts on June 30, 1953: Provided
further, That the total capital of said fund shall not exceed
$140,000,000.
-SOURCE-
(July 27, 1953, ch. 245, Sec. 101, 67 Stat. 199.)
-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section is also set out as section 576 of this title.
Section was formerly classified to section 190b of Title 10 prior
to the general revision and enactment of Title 10, Armed Forces, by
act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 1.
-MISC1-
RETENTION OF THREE OPERATIONAL AIRCRAFT; NOTICE OF INTENDED USE
OUTSIDE UNITED STATES
For provision relating to retention, use, and disposal of three
operational aircraft by Chief of Engineers, see section 101(d)
[title I, Sec. 110] of Pub. L. 100-202, set out as a note under
section 576 of this title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 701b-11 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701b-11. Flood protection projects
-STATUTE-
(a) General considerations; nonstructural alternatives
In the survey, planning, or design by any Federal agency of any
project involving flood protection, consideration shall be given to
nonstructural alternatives to prevent or reduce flood damages
including, but not limited to, floodproofing of structures; flood
plain regulation; acquisition of flood plain lands for
recreational, fish and wildlife, and other public purposes; and
relocation with a view toward formulating the most economically,
socially, and environmentally acceptable means of reducing or
preventing flood damages.
(b) Non-Federal participation through nonstructural alternatives;
limitation
Where a nonstructural alternative is recommended, non-Federal
participation shall be comparable to the value of lands, easements,
and rights-of-way which would have been required of non-Federal
interests under section 701c of this title, for structural
protection measures, but in no event shall exceed 20 per centum of
the project costs.
-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 93-251, title I, Sec. 73, Mar. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 32.)
-MISC1-
NONSTRUCTURAL FLOOD CONTROL POLICY
Pub. L. 104-303, title II, Sec. 202(d), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat.
3675, provided that:
"(1) Review. - The Secretary shall conduct a review of policies,
procedures, and techniques relating to the evaluation and
development of flood control measures with a view toward
identifying impediments that may exist to justifying nonstructural
flood control measures as alternatives to structural measures.
"(2) Report. - Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act [Oct. 12, 1996], the Secretary shall transmit
to Congress a report on the findings of the review conducted under
this subsection, together with any recommendations for modifying
existing law to remove any impediments identified under such
review."
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 701b-12 01/06/03
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CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701b-12. Floodplain management requirements
-STATUTE-
(a) Compliance with floodplain management and insurance programs
Before construction of any project for local flood protection, or
any project for hurricane or storm damage reduction, that involves
Federal assistance from the Secretary, the non-Federal interest
shall agree to participate in and comply with applicable Federal
floodplain management and flood insurance programs.
(b) Floodplain management plans
Within 1 year after the date of signing a project cooperation
agreement for construction of a project to which subsection (a) of
this section applies, the non-Federal interest shall prepare a
floodplain management plan designed to reduce the impacts of future
flood events in the project area. Such plan shall be implemented by
the non-Federal interest not later than 1 year after completion of
construction of the project.
(c) Guidelines
(1) In general
The Secretary shall develop guidelines for preparation of
floodplain management plans by non-Federal interests under
subsection (b) of this section.
(2) Required elements
The guidelines developed under paragraph (1) shall -
(A) address potential measures, practices, and policies to be
undertaken by non-Federal interests to to (!1) reduce loss of
life, injuries, damages to property and facilities, public
expenditures, and other adverse impacts associated with
flooding and to preserve and enhance natural floodplain values;
and
(B) address those measures to be undertaken by non-Federal
interests to preserve the level of flood protection provided by
a project to which subsection (a) of this section applies.
(3) Limitation on statutory construction
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to confer any
regulatory authority upon the Secretary or the Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(d) Technical support
The Secretary may provide technical support to a non-Federal
interest for a project to which subsection (a) of this section
applies for the development and implementation of plans prepared
under subsection (b) of this section.
-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 99-662, title IV, Sec. 402, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4133;
Pub. L. 100-676, Sec. 14, Nov. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 4026; Pub. L.
104-303, title II, Sec. 202(c)(1), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3674;
Pub. L. 106-541, title II, Sec. 209(a), (c), Dec. 11, 2000, 114
Stat. 2591.)
-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
2000 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-541, Sec. 209(c), substituted
"Floodplain" for "Flood plain" in heading and "floodplain" for
"flood plain" in first sentence.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106-541, Sec. 209(a), in first sentence
substituted "The" for "Within 6 months after October 12, 1996,
the", designated second sentence as par. (2), inserted heading,
substituted "The guidelines developed under paragraph (1) shall - "
for "Such guidelines shall", designated remainder of sentence as
subpar. (A), inserted "to be undertaken by non-Federal interests
to" after "policies", added subpar. (B), and redesignated former
par. (2) as (3).
1996 - Pub. L. 104-303 substituted "Floodplain management
requirements" for "Compliance with flood plain management and
insurance programs" in section catchline and amended text
generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Before
construction of any project for local flood protection or any
project for hurricane or storm damage reduction, the non-Federal
interests shall agree to participate in and comply with applicable
Federal flood plain management and flood insurance programs."
1988 - Pub. L. 100-676 inserted "or any project for hurricane or
storm damage reduction" after "local flood protection".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2000 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 106-541, title II, Sec. 209(b), Dec. 11, 2000, 114 Stat.
2591, provided that: "The amendments made by subsection (a)
[amending this section] shall apply to any project or separable
element of a project with respect to which the Secretary [of the
Army] and the non-Federal interest have not entered a project
cooperation agreement on or before the date of enactment of this
Act [Dec. 11, 2000]."
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT
Section 202(c)(2) of Pub. L. 104-303 provided that: "The
amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall apply
to any project or separable element thereof with respect to which
the Secretary and the non-Federal interest have not entered into a
project cooperation agreement on or before the date of the
enactment of this Act [Oct. 12, 1996]."
-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of
the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating
thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment
of related references, see sections 313(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557
of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland
Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set
out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
-FOOTNOTE-
(!1) So in original.
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33 USC Sec. 701b-13 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701b-13. Construction of flood control projects by non-Federal
interests
-STATUTE-
(a) Authority
Non-Federal interests are authorized to undertake flood control
projects in the United States, subject to obtaining any permits
required pursuant to Federal and State laws in advance of actual
construction.
(b) Studies and design activities
(1) By non-Federal interests
A non-Federal interest may prepare, for review and approval by
the Secretary, the necessary studies and design documents for any
construction to be undertaken pursuant to subsection (a) of this
section.
(2) By Secretary
Upon request of an appropriate non-Federal interest, the
Secretary may undertake all necessary studies and design
activities for any construction to be undertaken pursuant to
subsection (a) of this section and provide technical assistance
in obtaining all necessary permits for such construction if the
non-Federal interest contracts with the Secretary to provide to
the United States funds for the studies and design activities
during the period in which the studies and design activities will
be conducted.
(c) Completion of studies and design activities
In the case of any study or design documents for a flood control
project that were initiated before October 12, 1996, the Secretary
may complete and transmit to the appropriate non-Federal interests
the study or design documents or, upon the request of such
non-Federal interests, terminate the study or design activities and
transmit the partially completed study or design documents to such
non-Federal interests for completion. Studies and design documents
subject to this subsection shall be completed without regard to the
requirements of subsection (b) of this section.
(d) Authority to carry out improvement
(1) In general
(A) Studies and design activities under subsection (b)
(i) In general
A non-Federal interest may carry out construction for which
studies and design documents are prepared under subsection
(b) of this section only if the Secretary approves the
project for construction.
(ii) Criteria for approval
The Secretary shall approve a project for construction if
the Secretary determines that the project is technically
sound, economically justified, and environmentally acceptable
and meets the requirements for obtaining the appropriate
permits required under the authority of the Secretary.
(iii) No unreasonable withholding of approval
The Secretary shall not unreasonably withhold approval of a
project for construction.
(iv) No effect on regulatory authority
Nothing in this subparagraph affects any regulatory
authority of the Secretary.
(B) Studies and design activities under subsection (c)
Any non-Federal interest that has received from the Secretary
under subsection (c) of this section a favorable recommendation
to carry out a flood control project, or separable element of a
flood control project, based on the results of completed
studies and design documents for the project or element may
carry out the project or element if a final environmental
impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) has been filed for the project or
element.
(2) Permits
Any plan of improvement proposed to be implemented in
accordance with this subsection (other than paragraph (1)(A))
shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements for obtaining the
appropriate permits required under the Secretary's authority.
Such permits shall be granted subject to the non-Federal
interest's acceptance of the terms and conditions of such permits
if the Secretary determines that the applicable regulatory
criteria and procedures have been satisfied.
(3) Monitoring
The Secretary shall monitor any project for which a permit is
granted under this subsection in order to ensure that such
project is constructed, operated, and maintained in accordance
with the terms and conditions of such permit.
(e) Reimbursement
(1) General rule
Subject to appropriations Acts, the Secretary may reimburse any
non-Federal interest an amount equal to the estimate of the
Federal share, without interest, of the cost of any authorized
flood control project, or separable element of a flood control
project, constructed pursuant to this section and provide credit
for the non-Federal share of the project -
(A) if, after authorization and before initiation of
construction of the project or separable element, the Secretary
approves the plans for construction of such project by the
non-Federal interest;
(B) if the Secretary finds, after a review of studies and
design documents prepared pursuant to this section, that
construction of the project or separable element is
economically justified and environmentally acceptable; and
(C) if the construction work is substantially in accordance
with plans prepared under subsection (b) of this section.
(2) Special rules
(A) Reimbursement or credit
For work (including work associated with studies, planning,
design, and construction) carried out by a non-Federal interest
with respect to a project described in subsection (f) of this
section, the Secretary shall, subject to the availability of
appropriations, reimburse, without interest, the non-Federal
interest an amount equal to the estimated Federal share of the
cost of such work, or provide credit (depending on the request
of the non-Federal interest) for the non-Federal share of such
work, if such work is later recommended by the Chief of
Engineers and approved by the Secretary.
(B) Credit
If the non-Federal interest for a project described in
subsection (f) of this section carries out work before
completion of a reconnaissance study by the Secretary and if
such work is determined by the Secretary to be compatible with
the project later recommended by the Secretary, the Secretary
shall credit the non-Federal interest for its share of the cost
of the project for such work.
(3) Matters to be considered in reviewing plans
In reviewing plans under this subsection, the Secretary shall
consider budgetary and programmatic priorities and other factors
that the Secretary considers appropriate.
(4) Monitoring
The Secretary shall regularly monitor and audit any project for
flood control approved for construction under this section by a
non-Federal interest to ensure that such construction is in
compliance with the plans approved by the Secretary and that the
costs are reasonable.
(5) Limitation on reimbursements
The Secretary may not make any reimbursement under this section
until the Secretary determines that the work for which
reimbursement is requested has been performed in accordance with
applicable permits and approved plans.
(6) Schedule and manner of reimbursement
(A) Budgeting
The Secretary shall budget and request appropriations for
reimbursements under this section on a schedule that is
consistent with a Federal construction schedule.
(B) Commencement of reimbursements
Reimbursements under this section may commence on approval of
a project by the Secretary.
(C) Credit
At the request of a non-Federal interest, the Secretary may
reimburse the non-Federal interest by providing credit toward
future non-Federal costs of the project.
(D) Scheduling
Nothing in this paragraph affects the discretion of the
President to schedule new construction starts.
(f) Specific projects
For the purpose of demonstrating the potential advantages and
effectiveness of non-Federal implementation of flood control
projects, the Secretary shall enter into agreements pursuant to
this section with non-Federal interests for development of the
following flood control projects by such interests:
(1) Berryessa Creek, California
The Berryessa Creek element of the project for flood control,
Coyote and Berryessa Creeks, California, authorized by section
101(a)(5) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 (104
Stat. 4606); except that, subject to the approval of the
Secretary as provided by this section, the non-Federal interest
may design and construct an alternative to such element.
(2) Los Angeles County Drainage Area, California
The project for flood control, Los Angeles County Drainage
Area, California, authorized by section 101(b) of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 4611).
(3) Stockton Metropolitan Area, California
The project for flood control, Stockton Metropolitan Area,
California.
(4) Upper Guadalupe River, California
The project for flood control, Upper Guadalupe River,
California.
(5) Flamingo and Tropicana Washes, Nevada
The project for flood control, Las Vegas Wash and Tributaries
(Flamingo and Tropicana Washes), Nevada, authorized by section
101(13) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat.
4803).
(6) Brays Bayou, Texas
Flood control components comprising the Brays Bayou element of
the project for flood control, Buffalo Bayou and tributaries,
Texas, authorized by section 101(a)(21) of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 4610); except that, subject to
the approval of the Secretary as provided by this section, the
non-Federal interest may design and construct an alternative to
the diversion component of such element.
(7) Hunting Bayou, Texas
The Hunting Bayou element of the project for flood control,
Buffalo Bayou and tributaries, Texas, authorized by such section;
except that, subject to the approval of the Secretary as provided
by this section, the non-Federal interest may design and
construct an alternative to such element.
(8) White Oak Bayou, Texas
The project for flood control, White Oak Bayou watershed,
Texas.
(g) Treatment of flood damage prevention measures
For the purposes of this section, flood damage prevention
measures at or in the vicinity of Morgan City and Berwick,
Louisiana, shall be treated as an authorized separable element of
the Atchafalaya Basin feature of the project for flood control,
Mississippi River and Tributaries.
-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 104-303, title II, Sec. 211, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat.
3681; Pub. L. 106-53, title II, Sec. 223, Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat.
296; Pub. L. 106-60, title VI, Sec. 606, Sept. 29, 1999, 113 Stat.
501.)
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, referred to in
subsec. (d)(1), is Pub. L. 91-190, Jan. 1, 1970, 83 Stat. 852, as
amended, which is classified generally to chapter 55 (Sec. 4321 et
seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set
out under section 4321 of Title 42 and Tables.
Section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1990,
referred to in subsec. (f)(1), (2), (6), is section 101 of Pub. L.
101-640, title I, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4605, which is not
classified to the Code.
Section 101(13) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992,
referred to in subsec. (f)(5), is section 101(13) of Pub. L.
102-580, title I, Oct. 31, 1992, 106 Stat. 4803, which is not
classified to the Code.
-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1999 - Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 106-53, Sec. 223(a)(1), added
subpar. (A), designated existing provisions as subpar. (B),
inserted subpar. heading, and substituted "under subsection (c)"
for "pursuant to subsection (b) or (c)".
Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 106-53, Sec. 223(a)(2), inserted "(other
than paragraph (1)(A))" after "this subsection" in first sentence.
Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 106-53, Sec. 223(b)(1), inserted "and
provide credit for the non-Federal share of the project" after
"constructed pursuant to this section" in introductory provisions,
and added subpar. (C).
Subsec. (e)(2)(A). Pub. L. 106-60, which directed the amendment
of subpar. (A) by striking out "in advance in appropriations Acts",
could not be executed because that phrase did not appear in text
subsequent to the amendment by Pub. L. 106-53, Sec. 223(b)(2). See
below.
Pub. L. 106-53, Sec. 223(b)(2), in subpar. heading, inserted "or
credit" after "Reimbursement" and, in text, substituted "subject to
the availability of appropriations" for "subject to amounts being
made available in advance in appropriations Acts" and inserted ",
or provide credit (depending on the request of the non-Federal
interest) for the non-Federal share of such work," after "the cost
of such work".
Subsec. (e)(6). Pub. L. 106-53, Sec. 223(b)(3), added par. (6).
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33 USC Sec. 701c 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701c. Rights-of-way, easements, etc.; acquisition by local
authorities; maintenance and operation; protection of United
States from liability for damages; requisites to run-off and
water-flow retardation and soil erosion prevention assistance
-STATUTE-
After June 22, 1936, no money appropriated under authority of
section 701f of this title shall be expended on the construction of
any project until States, political subdivisions thereof, or other
responsible local agencies have given assurances satisfactory to
the Secretary of the Army that they will (a) provide without cost
to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way
necessary for the construction of the project, except as otherwise
provided herein; (b) hold and save the United States free from
damages due to the construction works; (c) maintain and operate all
the works after completion in accordance with regulations
prescribed by the Secretary of the Army: Provided, That the
construction of any dam authorized herein, may be undertaken
without delay when the dam site has been acquired and the
assurances prescribed herein have been furnished, without awaiting
the acquisition of the easements and rights-of-way required for the
reservoir area: And provided further, That whenever expenditures
for lands, easements, and rights-of-way by States, political
subdivisions thereof, or responsible local agencies for any
individual project or useful part thereof shall have exceeded the
present estimated construction cost therefor, the local agency
concerned may be reimbursed one-half of its excess expenditures
over said estimated construction cost: And provided further, That
when benefits of any project or useful part thereof accrue to lands
and property outside of the State in which said project or part
thereof is located, the Secretary of the Army with the consent of
the State wherein the same are located may acquire the necessary
lands, easements, and rights-of-way for said project or part
thereof after he has received from the States, political
subdivisions thereof, or responsible local agencies benefited the
present estimated cost of said lands, easements, and rights-of-way,
less one-half the amount by which the estimated cost of these
lands, easements, and rights-of-way exceeds the estimated
construction cost corresponding thereto: And provided further, That
the Secretary of the Army shall determine the proportion of the
present estimated cost of said lands, easements, and rights-of-way
that each State, political subdivision thereof, or responsible
local agency should contribute in consideration for the benefits to
be received by such agencies: And provided further, That whenever
not less than 75 per centum of the benefits as estimated by the
Secretary of the Army of any project or useful part thereof accrue
to lands and property outside of the State in which said project or
part thereof is located, provision (c) of this section shall not
apply thereto; nothing herein shall impair or abridge the powers
now existing in the Department of the Army with respect to
navigable streams: And provided further, That nothing herein shall
be construed to interfere with the completion of any reservoir or
flood control work authorized by the Congress and now under way.
(d) As a condition to the extending of any benefits, in
prosecuting measures for run-off and water-flow retardation and
soil erosion prevention authorized by Act of Congress pursuant to
the policy declared in section 701a of this title, to any lands not
owned or controlled by the United States or any of its agencies,
the Secretary of Agriculture may, insofar as he may deem necessary
for the purposes of such Act, require -
(1) The enactment and reasonable safeguards for the enforcement
of State and local laws imposing suitable permanent restrictions
on the use of such lands and otherwise providing for run-off and
waterflow retardation and soil-erosion prevention;
(2) Agreements or covenants as to the permanent use of such
lands; and
(3) Contributions in money, services, materials, or otherwise
to any operations conferring such benefits.
-SOURCE-
(June 22, 1936, ch. 688, Sec. 3, 49 Stat. 1571; Aug. 28, 1937, ch.
877, Sec. 4, 50 Stat. 877; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, Sec.
205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
Herein, referred to in text, means act June 22, 1936, ch. 688, 49
Stat. 1570, as amended, popularly known as the Flood Control Act of
June 22, 1936, which to the extent classified to the Code enacted
sections 701a, 701b, 701c, 701d to 701f, and 701h of this title.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Portions of section 5 of act June 22, 1936, enumerating certain
dams to be constructed, were not classified to the Code.
-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1937 - Act Aug. 28, 1937, added subsec. (d).
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-MISC2-
APPLICABILITY OF SECTION TO FLOOD CONTROL WORKS AUTHORIZED BY FLOOD
CONTROL ACTS
Pub. L. 90-483, title II, Sec. 201, Aug. 13, 1968, 82 Stat. 739,
provided that: "Section 3 of the Act approved June 22, 1936 (Public
Law Numbered 738, Seventy-fourth Congress) [this section], as
amended by section 2 of the Act approved June 28, 1938 (Public Law
Numbered 761, Seventy-fifth Congress) [section 701c-1 of this
title], shall apply to all works authorized in this title except
that for any channel improvement or channel rectification project,
provisions (a), (b), and (c) of section 3 of said Act of June 22,
1936 [this section], shall apply thereto, except as otherwise
provided by law. The authorization for any flood control project
herein authorized by this Act [Pub. L. 90-483] requiring local
cooperation shall expire five years from the date on which local
interests are notified in writing by the Secretary of the Army or
his designee of the requirements of local cooperation, unless said
interests shall within said time furnish assurances satisfactory to
the Secretary of the Army that the required cooperation will be
furnished."
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior acts:
Nov. 7, 1966, Pub. L. 89-789, title II, Sec. 201, 80 Stat. 1418.
Oct. 27, 1965, Pub. L. 89-298, title II, Sec. 202, 79 Stat. 1074.
Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1264, title II, Sec. 201, 68 Stat. 1256.
May 17, 1950, ch. 188, title II, Sec. 201, 64 Stat. 170.
June 30, 1948, ch. 771, title II, Sec. 201, 62 Stat. 1175.
July 24, 1946, ch. 596, Sec. 2, 60 Stat. 641.
Dec. 22, 1944, ch. 665, Sec. 3, 58 Stat. 889.
APPLICATION OF SECTION
Act June 28, 1938, ch. 795, Sec. 2, 52 Stat. 1215, provided that
this section, as theretofore amended and therein further modified,
should apply to all flood control projects, except as otherwise
specifically provided by law. For modification of this section by
that act, see section 701c-1 of this title.
MUSKINGUM RIVER VALLEY
Provisions of act June 28, 1938, ch. 795, Sec. 2, 52 Stat. 1215,
referred to above, were extended to the Muskingum River Valley dams
and reservoirs by section 4 of act Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 699, 53 Stat.
1414.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701b-2, 701b-7, 701b-11,
701c-1, 701e, 701s of this title.
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33 USC Sec. 701c-1 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701c-1. Acquirement of titles for certain projects and to
lands, easements, rights-of-way; reimbursement of local agencies
-STATUTE-
In case of any dam and reservoir project, or channel improvement
or channel rectification project for flood control, herein
authorized or heretofore authorized by the Act of June 22, 1936, as
amended, and sections 642a, 702a, 702a-1, 702a-2 to 702d, 702e to
702h, 702i to 702m, and 704 of this title, title to all lands,
easements, and rights-of-way for such project shall be acquired by
the United States or by States, political subdivisions thereof or
other responsible local agencies and conveyed to the United States,
and provisions of clauses (a), (b), and (c) of section 701c of this
title shall not apply thereto. Notwithstanding any restrictions,
limitations, or requirement of prior consent provided by any other
Act, the Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed to
acquire in the name of the United States title to all lands,
easements, and rights-of-way necessary for any dam and reservoir
project or channel improvement or channel rectification project for
flood control, with funds heretofore or hereafter appropriated or
made available for such projects, and States, political
subdivisions thereof, or other responsible local agencies, shall be
granted and reimbursed, from such funds, sums equivalent to actual
expenditures deemed reasonable by the Secretary of the Army and the
Chief of Engineers and made by them in acquiring lands, easements,
and rights-of-way for any dam and reservoir project, or any channel
improvement or channel rectification project for flood control
heretofore or herein authorized: Provided, That no reimbursement
shall be made for any indirect or speculative damages: Provided
further, That lands, easements, and rights-of-way shall include
lands on which dams, reservoirs, channel improvements, and channel
rectifications are located; lands or flowage rights in reservoirs
and highway, railway, and utility relocation: Provided further,
That in all cases of the acquisition hereunder by the United States
from the Los Angeles County Flood Control District or the Muskingum
Watershed Conservancy District of lands, easements, or
rights-of-way, wherein the written opinion of the Attorney General
in favor of the validity of the title to such lands, easements, or
rights-of-way is or may be required or authorized by law, the
Attorney General may, in his discretion, base such opinion upon a
certificate of title of the district from which said lands,
easements, or rights-of-way are to be acquired accompanied by an
agreement, duly executed by the district in conformity with the
constitutions and laws of the State where the district in question
is situated to indemnify the United States against all claims,
liabilities, loss, expenses, and attorneys' fees of whatsoever kind
or nature, resulting from or arising out of any defect or defects
whatsoever in the title to any such lands, easements, or
rights-of-way so conveyed to the United States, including all just
compensation, costs, and expenses which may be incurred in any
condemnation proceeding deemed necessary and instituted by the
United States in order to perfect title to any such lands,
easements, or rights-of-way.
-SOURCE-
(June 28, 1938, ch. 795, Sec. 2, 52 Stat. 1215; Aug. 11, 1939, ch.
699, Sec. 5, 53 Stat. 1415; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, Sec.
205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Herein, referred to in text, means act June 28, 1938, ch. 795, 75
Stat. 1215, as amended, popularly known as the Flood Control Act of
June 28, 1938, which to the extent classified to the Code enacted
sections 701b, 701b-1, 701b-2, 701c-1, 701f-1, 701i, 701j, 702a-1
1/2 , 702a-11, and 706 of this title. For complete classification
of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Act of June 22, 1936, referred to in text, is act June 22, 1936,
ch. 688, 49 Stat. 1570, as amended, popularly known as the Flood
Control Act of June 22, 1936, which to the extent classified to the
Code enacted sections 701a, 701b, 701c, 701d to 701f, and 701h of
this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code,
see Tables.
-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section comprises last paragraph of section 2 of act June 28,
1938. First paragraph of such section 2 is referred to in an
Application of Section note under section 701c of this title.
-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1939 - Act Aug. 11, 1939, inserted last proviso.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701b-4, 701f-1, 701j of
this title.
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33 USC Sec. 701c-2 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701c-2. Acquisition and sale of land
-STATUTE-
The provisions of sections 593 to 595 of this title relating to
river and harbor improvements are made applicable to works of flood
control heretofore or hereafter authorized.
-SOURCE-
(Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 377, Sec. 6, 55 Stat. 650; Oct. 31, 1951, ch.
654, Sec. 3(6), 65 Stat. 708.)
-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1951 - Act Oct. 31, 1951, struck out "558a and" in the reference
to other sections.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 702a-12 of this title.
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33 USC Sec. 701c-3 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701c-3. Lease receipts; payment of portion to States
-STATUTE-
75 per centum of all moneys received and deposited in the
Treasury of the United States during any fiscal year on account of
the leasing of lands acquired by the United States for flood
control, navigation, and allied purposes, including the development
of hydroelectric power, shall be paid at the end of such year by
the Secretary of the Treasury to the State in which such property
is situated, to be expended as the State legislature may prescribe
for the benefit of public schools and public roads of the county,
or counties, in which such property is situated, or for defraying
any of the expenses of county government in such county or
counties, including public obligations of levee and drainage
districts for flood control and drainage improvements: Provided,
That when such property is situated in more than one State or
county, the distributive share to each from the proceeds of such
property shall be proportional to its area therein. For the
purposes of this section, the term "money" includes, but is not
limited to, such bonuses, royalties and rentals (and any interest
or other charge paid to the United States by reason of the late
payment of any royalty, rent, bonus or other amount due to the
United States) paid to the United States from a mineral lease
issued under the authority of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired
Lands [30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.] or paid to the United States from a
mineral lease in existence at the time of the acquisition of the
land by the United States.
-SOURCE-
(Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 377, Sec. 7, 55 Stat. 650; July 24, 1946, ch.
596, Sec. 5, 60 Stat. 642; June 16, 1953, ch. 114, 67 Stat. 61;
Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1264, title II, Sec. 206, 68 Stat. 1266; Pub. L.
102-486, title XXV, Sec. 2506(c), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3107.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands, referred to in text,
is act Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 513, 61 Stat. 913, as amended, which is
classified generally to chapter 7 (Sec. 351 et seq.) of Title 30,
Mineral Lands and Mining. For complete classification of this Act
to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 351 of
Title 30 and Tables.
-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1992 - Pub. L. 102-486 inserted sentence at end defining term
"money" for purposes of this section.
1954 - Act Sept. 3, 1954, extended the 75 percent rental
provision so as also to include moneys received and deposited with
respect to the leasing of lands acquired for navigation and allied
purposes.
1953 - Act June 16, 1953, inserted "or for defraying any of the
expenses of county government in such county or counties, including
public obligations of levee and drainage districts for flood
control and drainage improvements" after "situated".
1946 - Act July 24, 1946, increased the percentage return to the
States from 25 percent to 75 percent.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 702a-12 of this title.
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Sec. 701d. Compacts between States; consent of Congress
-STATUTE-
The consent of Congress is given to any two or more States to
enter into compacts or agreements in connection with any project or
operation authorized by this Act for flood control or the
prevention of damage to life or property by reason of floods upon
any stream or streams and their tributaries which lie in two or
more such States, for the purpose of providing, in such manner and
such proportion as may be agreed upon by such States and approved
by the Secretary of the Army, funds for construction and
maintenance, for the payment of damages, and for the purchase of
rights-of-way, lands, and easements in connection with such project
or operation. No such compact or agreement shall become effective
without the further consent or ratification of Congress, except a
compact or agreement which provides that all money to be expended
pursuant thereto and all work to be performed thereunder shall be
expended and performed by the Department of the Army, with the
exception of such reasonable sums as may be reserved by the States
entering into the compact or agreement for the purpose of
collecting taxes and maintaining the necessary State organizations
for carrying out the compact or agreement.
-SOURCE-
(June 22, 1936, ch. 688, Sec. 4, 49 Stat. 1571; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This Act, referred to in text, is act June 22, 1936, ch. 688, 49
Stat. 1570, as amended, popularly known as the Flood Control Act of
June 22, 1936, which to the extent classified to the Code enacted
sections 701a, 701b, 701c, 701d to 701f, and 701h of this title.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Portions of section 5 and sections 6 and 7 of act June 22, 1936,
enumerating certain projects and operations with regard to flood
control, were not classified to the Code.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701b-2, 701b-7, 701c-1,
701e of this title.
-End-
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-HEAD-
Sec. 701e. Effect of act June 22, 1936, on provisions for
Mississippi River and other projects
-STATUTE-
Nothing in this Act shall be construed as repealing or amending
any provision of sections 702a, 702b to 702d, 702e to 702g, 702h,
702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 of this title. The authority
conferred by this Act and any funds appropriated pursuant thereto
for expenditure are supplemental to all other authority and
appropriations relating to the departments or agencies concerned,
and nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit or retard any
department or agency in carrying out similar and related activities
heretofore or hereafter authorized, or to limit the exercise of
powers conferred on any department or agency by other provisions of
law is (!1) carrying out similar and related activities.
-SOURCE-
(June 22, 1936, ch. 688, Sec. 8, 49 Stat. 1596.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This Act, referred to in text, is act June 22, 1936, ch. 688, 49
Stat. 1570, as amended, popularly known as the Flood Control Act of
June 22, 1936, which to the extent classified to the Code enacted
sections 701a, 701b, 701c, 701d to 701f, and 701h of this title.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701b-2, 701b-7, 701c-1 of
this title.
-FOOTNOTE-
(!1) So in original. Probably should be "in".
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-HEAD-
Sec. 701f. Authorization of appropriations
-STATUTE-
The sum of $310,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for
carrying out the improvements herein and the sum of $10,000,000 is
authorized to be appropriated and expended in equal amounts by the
Departments of the Army and Agriculture for carrying out any
examinations and surveys provided for in this Act and other Acts of
Congress.
-SOURCE-
(June 22, 1936, ch. 688, Sec. 9, 49 Stat. 1596; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
"Herein", and "this Act", referred to in text, means act June 22,
1936, ch. 688, 49 Stat. 1570, as amended, popularly known as the
Flood Control Act of June 22, 1936, which to the extent classified
to the Code enacted sections 701a, 701b, 701c, 701d to 701f, and
701h of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Tables. Portions of section 5 of act June 22, 1936,
enumerating certain improvements with regard to flood control, and
sections 6 and 7 of that act, relating to examinations and surveys,
were not classified to the Code.
-COD-
CODIFICATION
The first proviso, relating to a limitation upon the amount of
expenditure during the fiscal year 1937, was deleted as executed
and obsolete. The second proviso, relating to payment from funds
available to the Works Progress Administration, was also omitted as
executed and obsolete. The Works Progress Administration was
renamed the Work Projects Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of
1939, Sec. 306, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2727, 53 Stat. 1423, set
out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees. Liquidation was ordered by President's letter of
December 4, 1942, and appropriations for it authorized by act July
12, 1943, ch. 229, title I, 57 Stat. 540.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-MISC1-
ADOPTION OF IMPROVEMENTS
Works of improvement adopted and authorized to be prosecuted are
listed in section 5 of act June 22, 1936, ch. 688, 49 Stat. 1596,
referred to in this section, as amended or supplemented by acts
Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 877, Sec. 1, 50 Stat. 876; June 28, 1938, ch.
795, Sec. 4, 52 Stat. 1216; Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 699, Sec. 4, 53
Stat. 1414; Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 377, Sec. 3, 55 Stat. 639; Dec. 22,
1944, ch. 665, Sec. 10, 58 Stat. 891; July 24, 1946, ch. 596, Sec.
10, 60 Stat. 643.
AUTHORIZATION OF EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS
Localities at which preliminary examinations and surveys are
authorized to be made are listed in acts June 22, 1936, ch. 688,
Sec. 6, 49 Stat. 1592; Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 877, Sec. 5, 50 Stat.
877; and June 28, 1938, ch. 795, Sec. 6, 52 Stat. 1223; Aug. 11,
1939, ch. 699, Sec. 6, 53 Stat. 1415; Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 377, Sec.
4, 55 Stat. 648; Dec. 22, 1944, ch. 665, Sec. 11, 58 Stat. 903;
July 24, 1946, ch. 596, Sec. 11, 60 Stat. 651.
CONTINUANCE OF EXAMINATIONS AND SURVEYS
Localities at which the continuance of examinations and surveys
already undertaken is authorized are listed in act June 22, 1936,
ch. 688, Sec. 7, 49 Stat. 1596.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701b-2, 701b-7, 701c,
701c-1, 701e of this title.
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-HEAD-
Sec. 701f-1. Additional authorization
-STATUTE-
The sum of $375,000,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated
for carrying out the improvements herein over the five-year period
ending June 30, 1944, and the sum of $10,000,000 additional is
authorized to be appropriated and expended in equal amounts by the
Departments of the Army and Agriculture for carrying out any
examinations and surveys provided for in this Act and any other
Acts of Congress, to be prosecuted by said Departments. The sum of
$1,500,000 additional is authorized to be appropriated and expended
by the Secretary of Energy for carrying out any examinations and
surveys provided for in this Act or any other Acts of Congress, to
be prosecuted by the said Secretary of Energy.
-SOURCE-
(June 28, 1938, ch. 795, Sec. 9, 52 Stat. 1226; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 95-91, title III,
Sec. 301(b), Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 578.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
"Herein" and "this Act", referred to in text, mean act June 28,
1938, ch. 795, 52 Stat. 1215, as amended, popularly known as the
Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938, which to the extent classified
to the Code enacted sections 701b, 701b-1, 701b-2, 701c-1, 701f-1,
701i, 701j, 702a-1 1/2 , 702a-11, and 706 of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
"Secretary of Energy" substituted in text for "Federal Power
Commission" on authority of Pub. L. 95-91, title III, Sec. 301(b),
Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 577, which is classified to section 7151(b)
of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
For transfer of functions of Federal Power Commission, with
certain reservations, to chairman of such Commission, see Reorg.
Plan No. 9 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64
Stat. 1265, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees.
-MISC1-
ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION
Sections 15 and 17 of act July 24, 1946, ch. 596, 60 Stat. 653,
provided:
"Sec. 15. That the sum of $772,000,000 is hereby authorized to be
appropriated for carrying out improvements by the War Department
[now Department of the Army], the sum of $10,000,000 additional is
authorized to be appropriated and expended in equal amounts by the
Departments of War [now Army] and Agriculture for carrying out any
examination or survey provided for in this Act and any other Acts
of Congress to be prosecuted by said Departments.
"Sec. 17. That the $5,000,000 authorized to be appropriated in
section 10 of the Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941 [set
out as a note under this section], is reauthorized to be
appropriated, and the sum of $20,000,000 additional is authorized
to be appropriated, for expenditure by the Department of
Agriculture for the prosecution of the works of improvement
authorized to be carried out by that Department by the Flood
Control Act of December 22, 1944 [act Dec. 22, 1944, ch. 665, 58
Stat. 887]."
Act Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 377, Sec. 10, 55 Stat. 651, provided as
follows: "That the sum of $275,000,000 is hereby authorized to be
appropriated for carrying out the improvements herein, the sum of
$10,000,000 additional is authorized to be appropriated and
expended in equal amounts by the Departments of War [now Army] and
Agriculture for carrying out any examinations and surveys provided
for in this Act and any other Acts of Congress to be prosecuted by
said departments. There is also hereby authorized to be
appropriated for expenditure by the Department of Agriculture in
carrying on works of improvement of the character specified in
section 7 of the Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938 [section 701b-1
of this title], and which the Department is not otherwise
authorized to undertake, such additional sums, not to exceed
$5,000,000, as may be necessary for that purpose. All
appropriations necessary for operation and maintenance of
flood-control works authorized by law to be operated and maintained
by the United States are hereby authorized."
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701b-4, 701c-1 of this
title.
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-HEAD-
Sec. 701f-2. Funds for specific and authorized projects merged with
and accounted for under regular annual appropriation
-STATUTE-
Funds on and after May 17, 1950, appropriated for a specific and
heretofore authorized project for a river, harbor, or flood-control
works shall be merged with and be accounted for under the regular
annual appropriation title applicable to such item.
-SOURCE-
(May 17, 1950, ch. 188, title II, Sec. 207, 64 Stat. 182.)
-End-
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-HEAD-
Sec. 701f-3. Expenditure in watersheds of funds appropriated for
flood prevention purposes
-STATUTE-
On and after May 23, 1955, the funds appropriated for flood
prevention purposes may be expended in watersheds heretofore
authorized by section 13 of the Flood Control Act of December 22,
1944, as amended, for necessary measures for the prevention of
erosion, floodwater, and sediment damages, including gully control,
floodwater detention, and floodway structures, in areas other than
those over which the Department of the Army has jurisdiction and
responsibility, and where the Army does have jurisdiction and
responsibility, may enter into agreements with the Army to carry
out jointly the measures heretofore set out and in areas where the
Secretary is authorized to purchase land rights for structural
measures, the Secretary in lieu of such acquisition, may reimburse
local organizations for such proportionate share of the cost of
land rights furnished by local organizations as the Secretary deems
equitable in consideration of the national interest.
-SOURCE-
(May 23, 1955, ch. 43, title I, Sec. 101, 69 Stat. 54; Pub. L.
91-566, title I, Sec. 101, Dec. 22, 1970, 84 Stat. 1484.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 13 of the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944,
referred to in text, is section 13 of act Dec. 22, 1944, ch. 665,
58 Stat. 905, which was not classified to the Code. Such section 13
authorized the following works of improvement for run-off and
waterflow retardation, and soil erosion prevention: Los Angeles
River Basin; Santa Ynez River Watershed; Trinity River Basin
(Texas); Little Tallahatchie River Watershed; Yazoo River
Watershed; Coosa River Watershed (above Rome, Georgia); Little
Sioux River Watershed; Potomac River Watershed; Buffalo Creek
Watershed (New York); Colorado River Watershed (Texas), and Washita
River Watershed.
-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1970 - Pub. L. 91-566 empowered the Secretary, where the Army
does have jurisdiction and responsibility, to enter into agreements
with the Army to carry out jointly the measures heretofore set out
and in areas where the Secretary is authorized to purchase land
rights for structural measures, permitted the Secretary in lieu of
such acquisition, to reimburse local organizations for such
proportionate share of the cost of land rights furnished as the
Secretary deems equitable in consideration of the national
interest.
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Sec. 701g. Removal of obstructions; clearing channels
-STATUTE-
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to allot not to exceed
$7,500,000 from any appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for
any one fiscal year for flood control, for removing accumulated
snags and other debris, and clearing and straightening the channel
in navigable streams and tributaries thereof, when in the opinion
of the Chief of Engineers such work is advisable in the interest of
flood control: Provided, That not more than $500,000 shall be
expended for this purpose for any single tributary from the
appropriations for any one fiscal year.
-SOURCE-
(Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 877, Sec. 2, 50 Stat. 877; Aug. 11, 1939, ch.
699, Sec. 1, 53 Stat. 1414; Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 377, Sec. 9, 55
Stat. 650; July 24, 1946, ch. 596, Sec. 13, 60 Stat. 652; July 26,
1947, ch. 343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Sept. 3, 1954,
ch. 1264, title II, Sec. 208, 68 Stat. 1266; Pub. L. 93-251, title
I, Sec. 26, Mar. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 20; Pub. L. 99-662, title IX,
Sec. 915(b), Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4191.)
-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1986 - Pub. L. 99-662 substituted "$7,500,000" for "$5,000,000"
and "$500,000" for "$250,000".
1974 - Pub. L. 93-251 substituted "$5,000,000" for "$2,000,000"
and "$250,000" for "$100,000".
1954 - Act Sept. 3, 1954, substituted "$2,000,000" for
"$1,000,000" and "$100,000" for "$50,000".
1946 - Act July 24, 1946, substituted "$1,000,000" for "$500,000"
and "$50,000" for "$25,000".
1941 - Act Aug. 18, 1941, substituted "$500,000" for "$300,000".
1939 - Act Aug. 11, 1939, authorized Secretary to allot instead
of to approve amount for flood control and limited amount allotted
instead of expended for any single tributary.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-MISC2-
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1986 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 99-662 not applicable to any project under
contract for construction on Nov. 17, 1986, see section 915(i) of
Pub. L. 99-662, set out as a note under section 426g of this title.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701b-4, 702a-12, 2282,
2290 of this title.
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Sec. 701h. Contributions by States and political subdivisions
-STATUTE-
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to receive from States
and political subdivisions thereof, such funds as may be
contributed by them to be expended in connection with funds
appropriated by the United States for any authorized flood control
or environmental restoration work whenever such work and
expenditure may be considered by the Secretary of the Army, on
recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, as advantageous in the
public interest, and the plans for any reservoir project may, in
the discretion of the Secretary of the Army, on recommendation of
the Chief of Engineers, be modified to provide additional storage
capacity for domestic water supply or other conservation storage,
on condition that the cost of such increased storage capacity is
contributed by local agencies and that the local agencies agree to
utilize such additional storage capacity in a manner consistent
with Federal uses and purposes: Provided, That when contributions
made by States and political subdivisions thereof, are in excess of
the actual cost of the work contemplated and properly chargeable to
such contributions, such excess contributions may, with the
approval of the Secretary of the Army, be returned to the proper
representatives of the contributing interests.
-SOURCE-
(June 22, 1936, ch. 688, Sec. 5, as added July 19, 1937, ch. 511,
Sec. 1, 50 Stat. 518; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, Sec.
205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 106-53, title II, Sec. 203, Aug. 17,
1999, 113 Stat. 285.)
-COD-
CODIFICATION
Provisions of section 5 of act June 22, 1936, authorizing
enumerated works of improvement were not classified to the Code.
-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1999 - Pub. L. 106-53 inserted "or environmental restoration"
after "flood control".
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701b-2, 701b-7, 701c-1,
701e, 701h-1 of this title.
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-HEAD-
Sec. 701h-1. Contributions by States and political subdivisions for
immediate use on authorized flood-control work; repayment
-STATUTE-
Whenever any State or political subdivision thereof shall offer
to advance funds for a flood-control project duly adopted and
authorized by law the Secretary of the Army may in his discretion,
receive such funds and expend the same in the immediate prosecution
of such work. The Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed
to repay without interest, from appropriations which may be
provided by Congress for flood-control work, the moneys so
contributed and expended: Provided, however, That no repayment of
funds which may be contributed for the purpose of meeting any
conditions of local cooperation imposed by Congress, or under the
authority of section 701h of this title, shall be made.
-SOURCE-
(Oct. 15, 1940, ch. 884, 54 Stat. 1176; July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-End-
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CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701i. Elimination from protection of areas subject to
evacuation
-STATUTE-
In any case where the construction cost of levees or flood walls
included in any authorized project can be substantially reduced by
the evacuation of a portion or all of the area proposed to be
protected and by the elimination of that portion or all of the area
from the protection to be afforded by the project, the Chief of
Engineers may modify the plan of said project so as to eliminate
said portion or all of the area: Provided, That a sum not
substantially exceeding the amount thus saved in construction cost
may be expended by the Chief of Engineers, or in his discretion may
be transferred to any other appropriate Federal agency for
expenditure, toward the evacuation of the locality eliminated from
protection and the rehabilitation of the persons so evacuated: And
provided further, That the Chief of Engineers may, if he so
desires, enter into agreement with States, local agencies, or the
individuals concerned for the accomplishment by them, of such
evacuation and rehabilitation and for their reimbursement from said
sum for expenditures actually incurred by them for this purpose.
-SOURCE-
(June 28, 1938, ch. 795, Sec. 3, 52 Stat. 1216.)
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701b-4, 701c-1, 701f-1,
701j of this title.
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-HEAD-
Sec. 701j. Installation in dams of facilities for future
development of hydroelectric power
-STATUTE-
Penstocks or other similar facilities adapted to possible future
use in the development of hydroelectric power shall be installed in
any dam herein authorized when approved by the Secretary of the
Army upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers and of the
Secretary of Energy.
-SOURCE-
(June 28, 1938, ch. 795, Sec. 4, 52 Stat. 1216; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 95-91, title III,
Sec. 301(b), Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 578.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Herein, referred to in text, means act June 28, 1938, ch. 795, 52
Stat. 1215, as amended, popularly known as the Flood Control Act of
June 28, 1938, which to the extent classified to the Code enacted
sections 701b, 701b-1, 701b-2, 701c-1, 701f-1, 701i, 701j, 702a-1
1/2 , 702a-11, and 706 of this title. For complete classification
of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
"Secretary of Energy" substituted in text for "Federal Power
Commission" on authority of Pub. L. 95-91, title III, Sec. 301(b),
which is classified to section 7151(b) of Title 42, The Public
Health and Welfare.
For transfer of functions of Federal Power Commission, with
certain reservations, to chairman of such Commission, see Reorg.
Plan No. 9 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64
Stat. 1265, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees.
-MISC1-
SIMILAR PROVISIONS
Similar provisions with reference to dams authorized in such acts
were contained in acts Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 377, Sec. 3, 55 Stat.
639; Dec. 22, 1944, ch. 665, Sec. 10, 58 Stat. 891; July 24, 1946,
ch. 596, Sec. 10, 60 Stat. 643.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701b-4, 701c-1, 701f-1 of
this title.
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33 USC Sec. 701k 01/06/03
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-HEAD-
Sec. 701k. Crediting reimbursements for lost, stolen, or damaged
property
-STATUTE-
Any amounts collected from any person, persons, or corporations
as a reimbursement for lost, stolen, or damaged property, purchased
in connection with river and harbor or flood control work
prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the
supervision of the Chief of Engineers, whether collected in cash or
by deduction from amounts otherwise due such person, persons, or
corporations, on and after June 20, 1938, shall be credited in each
case to the appropriation that bore the cost of purchase, repair,
or replacement of the lost, stolen, or damaged property.
-SOURCE-
(June 20, 1938, ch. 535, Sec. 4, 52 Stat. 805; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section is also set out as section 571 of this title.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
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33 USC Secs. 701l, 701l-1 01/06/03
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-HEAD-
Secs. 701g742l, 701g742l-1. Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 8(a),
Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 650, 656
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Section 701l, act June 20, 1938, ch. 535, Sec. 5, 52 Stat. 805,
related to employment of retired civil service employees. See
section 3323 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Section 701l-1, act May 17, 1950, ch. 188, title II, Sec. 214, 64
Stat. 184, provided that section 947 of former Title 5, Executive
Departments and Government Officers and Employees, should not be
construed to prevent employment of additional personnel.
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33 USC Sec. 701m 01/06/03
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CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701m. Insufficient Congressional authorization; preparations
for and modification of project
-STATUTE-
In any case where the total authorization for a project
heretofore or hereafter authorized by Congress is not sufficient to
complete plans that may have been made the Chief of Engineers is
authorized in his discretion to plan and make expenditures on
preparations for the project, such as the purchase of lands,
easements, and rights-of-way; readjustments of roads, railroads,
and other utilities; removal of towns, cemeteries, and dwellings
from reservoir sites; and the construction of foundations. The
Chief of Engineers is also authorized in his discretion to modify
the plan for any dam or other work heretofore or hereafter
authorized so that such dam or work will be smaller than originally
planned with a view to completing a useful improvement within an
authorization: Provided, That the smaller structure shall be
located on the chosen site so that it will be feasible at some
future time to enlarge the work in order to permit the full
utilization of the site for all purposes of conservation such as
flood control, navigation, reclamation, the development of
hydroelectric power, and the abatement of pollution.
-SOURCE-
(Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 377, Sec. 2, 55 Stat. 638.)
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 702a-12 of this title.
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33 USC Sec. 701n 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701n. Emergency response to natural disasters
-STATUTE-
(a) Emergency fund
(1) There is authorized an emergency fund to be expended in
preparation for emergency response to any natural disaster, in
flood fighting and rescue operations, or in the repair or
restoration of any flood control work threatened or destroyed by
flood, including the strengthening, raising, extending, or other
modification thereof as may be necessary in the discretion of the
Chief of Engineers for the adequate functioning of the work for
flood control, or in implementation of nonstructural alternatives
to the repair or restoration of such flood control work if
requested by the non-Federal sponsor; in the emergency protection
of federally authorized hurricane or shore protection being
threatened when in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers such
protection is warranted to protect against imminent and substantial
loss to life and property; in the repair and restoration of any
federally authorized hurricane or shore protective structure
damaged or destroyed by wind, wave, or water action of other than
an ordinary nature when in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers
such repair and restoration is warranted for the adequate
functioning of the structure for hurricane or shore protection. The
emergency fund may also be expended for emergency dredging for
restoration of authorized project depths for Federal navigable
channels and waterways made necessary by flood, drought,
earthquake, or other natural disasters. In any case in which the
Chief of Engineers is otherwise performing work under this section
in an area for which the Governor of the affected State has
requested a determination that an emergency exists or a declaration
that a major disaster exists under the Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act [42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.], the Chief of
Engineers is further authorized to perform on public and private
lands and waters for a period of ten days following the Governor's
request any emergency work made necessary by such emergency or
disaster which is essential for the preservation of life and
property, including, but not limited to, channel clearance,
emergency shore protection, clearance and removal of debris and
wreckage endangering public health and safety, and temporary
restoration of essential public facilities and services. The Chief
of Engineers, in the exercise of his discretion, is further
authorized to provide emergency supplies of clean water, on such
terms as he determines to be advisable, to any locality which he
finds is confronted with a source of contaminated water causing or
likely to cause a substantial threat to the public health and
welfare of the inhabitants of the locality. The appropriation of
such moneys for the initial establishment of this fund and for its
replenishment on an annual basis, is authorized: Provided, That
pending the appropriation of sums to such emergency fund, the
Secretary of the Army may allot, from existing flood-control
appropriations, such sums as may be necessary for the immediate
prosecution of the work herein authorized, such appropriations to
be reimbursed from the appropriation herein authorized when made.
The Chief of Engineers is authorized, in the prosecution of work in
connection with rescue operations, or in conducting other flood
emergency work, to acquire on a rental basis such motor vehicles,
including passenger cars and buses, as in his discretion are deemed
necessary.
(2) In preparing a cost and benefit feasibility assessment for
any emergency project described in paragraph (1), the Chief of
Engineers shall consider the benefits to be gained by such project
for the protection of -
(A) residential establishments;
(B) commercial establishments, including the protection of
inventory; and
(C) agricultural establishments, including the protection of
crops.
(b) Emergency supplies of drinking water; drought; well
construction and water transportation
(1) The Secretary, upon a written request for assistance under
this paragraph made by any farmer, rancher, or political
subdivision within a distressed area, and after a determination by
the Secretary that (A) as a result of the drought such farmer,
rancher, or political subdivision has an inadequate supply of
water, (B) an adequate supply of water can be made available to
such farmer, rancher, or political subdivision through the
construction of a well, and (C) as a result of the drought such
well could not be constructed by a private business, the Secretary,
subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, may enter into an
agreement with such farmer, rancher, or political subdivision for
the construction of such well.
(2) The Secretary, upon a written request for assistance under
this paragraph made by any farmer, rancher, or political
subdivision within a distressed area, and after a determination by
the Secretary that as a result of the drought such farmer, rancher,
or political subdivision has an inadequate supply of water and
water cannot be obtained by such farmer, rancher, or political
subdivision, the Secretary may transport water to such farmer,
rancher, or political subdivision by methods which include, but are
not limited to, small-diameter emergency water lines and tank
trucks, until such time as the Secretary determines that an
adequate supply of water is available to such farmer, rancher, or
political subdivision.
(3)(A) Any agreement entered into by the Secretary pursuant to
paragraph (1) of this subsection shall require the farmer, rancher,
or political subdivision for whom the well is constructed to pay to
the United States the reasonable cost of such construction, with
interest, over such number of years, not to exceed thirty, as the
Secretary deems appropriate. The rate of interest shall be that
rate which the Secretary determines would apply if the amount to be
repaid was a loan made pursuant to section 636(b)(2) of title 15.
(B) The Secretary shall not construct any well pursuant to this
subsection unless the farmer, rancher, or political subdivision for
whom the well is being constructed has obtained, prior to
construction, all necessary State and local permits.
(4) The Federal share for the transportation of water pursuant to
paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be 100 per centum.
(5) For purposes of this subsection -
(A) the term "construction" includes construction,
reconstruction, or repair;
(B) the term "distressed area" means an area which the
Secretary determines due to drought conditions has an inadequate
water supply which is causing, or is likely to cause, a
substantial threat to the health and welfare of the inhabitants
of the area including threat of damage or loss of property;
(C) the term "political subdivision" means a city, town,
borough, county, parish, district, association, or other public
body created by or pursuant to State law and having jurisdiction
over the water supply of such public body;
(D) the term "reasonable cost" means the lesser of (i) the cost
to the Secretary of constructing a well pursuant to this
subsection exclusive of the cost of transporting equipment used
in the construction of wells, or (ii) the cost to a private
business of constructing such well;
(E) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Army,
acting through the Chief of Engineers; and
(F) the term "State" means a State, the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam,
American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
(c) Levee owners manual
(1) In general
Not later than 1 year after October 12, 1996, in accordance
with chapter 5 of title 5, the Secretary of the Army shall
prepare a manual describing the maintenance and upkeep
responsibilities that the Corps of Engineers requires of a
non-Federal interest in order for the non-Federal interest to
receive Federal assistance under this section. The Secretary
shall provide a copy of the manual at no cost to each non-Federal
interest that is eligible to receive Federal assistance under
this section.
(2) Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out
this subsection.
(3) Definitions
In this subsection, the following definitions apply:
(A) Maintenance and upkeep
The term "maintenance and upkeep" means all maintenance and
general upkeep of a levee performed on a regular and consistent
basis that is not repair and rehabilitation.
(B) Repair and rehabilitation
The term "repair and rehabilitation" -
(i) means the repair or rebuilding of a levee or other
flood control structure, after the structure has been damaged
by a flood, to the level of protection provided by the
structure before the flood; but
(ii) does not include -
(I) any improvement to the structure; or
(II) repair or rebuilding described in clause (i) if, in
the normal course of usage, the structure becomes
structurally unsound and is no longer fit to provide the
level of protection for which the structure was designed.
-SOURCE-
(Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 377, Sec. 5, 55 Stat. 650; July 24, 1946, ch.
596, Sec. 12, 60 Stat. 652; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, Sec.
205(a), 61 Stat. 501; June 30, 1948, ch. 771, title II, Sec. 206,
62 Stat. 1182; May 17, 1950, ch. 188, title II, Sec. 210, 64 Stat.
183; June 28, 1955, ch. 194, 69 Stat. 186; Pub. L. 87-874, title
II, Sec. 206, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1194; Pub. L. 93-251, title
I, Sec. 82, Mar. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 34; Pub. L. 95-51, Sec. 2, June
20, 1977, 91 Stat. 233; Pub. L. 99-662, title IX, Sec. 917, Nov.
17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4192; Pub. L. 100-45, Sec. 9, May 27, 1987, 101
Stat. 323; Pub. L. 100-707, title I, Sec. 109(m), Nov. 23, 1988,
102 Stat. 4709; Pub. L. 101-640, title III, Sec. 302, Nov. 28,
1990, 104 Stat. 4633; Pub. L. 104-303, title II, Sec. 202(e), (f),
Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3675.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, referred to in
subsec. (a)(1), is Pub. L. 93-288, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 143, as
amended, known as the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act, which is classified principally to
chapter 68 (Sec. 5121 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and
Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title note set out under section 5121 of Title 42 and Tables.
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AMENDMENTS
1996 - Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104-303, Sec. 202(e), in first
sentence, inserted ", or in implementation of nonstructural
alternatives to the repair or restoration of such flood control
work if requested by the non-Federal sponsor".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-303, Sec. 202(f), added subsec. (c).
1990 - Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 101-640 substituted "preparation
for emergency response to any natural disaster" for "flood
emergency preparation" and inserted provision permitting the
emergency fund to be used for emergency dredging for restoration of
authorized depths for Federal navigable channels and waterways made
necessary by flood, drought, earthquake, or other natural
disasters.
1988 - Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 100-707 substituted "and Emergency
Assistance Act" for "Act of 1974".
1987 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-45 designated existing provisions
as par. (1) and added par. (2).
1986 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-662 inserted provision relating to
authority of the Chief of Engineers, when the Governor of an
affected State requests a determination that an emergency or major
disaster exists, to perform on public and private lands and waters,
for a period of ten days following the Governor's request, any
emergency work made necessary by such emergency or disaster which
is essential for the preservation of life and property, and
substituted "clean water" for "clean drinking water" and
"contaminated water" for "contaminated drinking water".
1977 - Pub. L. 95-51 designated existing provisions as subsec.
(a) and added subsec. (b).
1974 - Pub. L. 93-251 struck out limitation of emergency fund to
$15,000,000, provided for emergency supplies of clean drinking
water to localities confronted with source of contaminated drinking
water, and substituted in proviso "of sums to such emergency fund"
for "of said sum".
1962 - Pub. L. 87-874 authorized expenditures from the emergency
fund for the protection of federally authorized hurricane or shore
protection being threatened when such is warranted to protect
against imminent and substantial loss to life and property, and for
the repair and restoration of any such federally authorized
hurricane or shore protective structure damaged or destroyed by
wind or water action of an extraordinary nature when such is
warranted for the adequate functioning of the structure for
hurricane or shore protection.
1955 - Act June 28, 1955, authorized expenditure for flood
emergency preparation and eliminated the requirement of maintenance
of flood control works threatened by flood.
1950 - Act May 17, 1950, expanded scope of work considered under
emergency repairs to flood-control structures, and substituted
"$15,000,000" for "$2,000,000".
1948 - Act June 30, 1948, inserted provisions relating to the
strengthening, extending, or modification of flood-control works.
1946 - Act July 24, 1946, substituted "$2,000,000" for
"$1,000,000".
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CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-TRANS-
TERMINATION OF TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see
note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and
Insular Possessions.
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VEGETATION MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES
Section 202(g) of Pub. L. 104-303 provided that:
"(1) Review. - The Secretary shall undertake a comprehensive
review of the current policy guidelines on vegetation management
for levees. The review shall examine current policies in view of
the varied interests in providing flood control, preserving,
protecting, and enhancing natural resources, protecting the rights
of Native Americans pursuant to treaty and statute, and such other
factors as the Secretary considers appropriate.
"(2) Cooperation and consultation. - The review under this
section [subsection] shall be undertaken in cooperation with
interested Federal agencies and in consultation with interested
representatives of State and local governments and the public.
"(3) Revision of guidelines. - Based upon the results of the
review, the Secretary shall revise, not later than 270 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 12, 1996], the policy
guidelines so as to provide a coherent and coordinated policy for
vegetation management for levees. Such revised guidelines shall
address regional variations in levee management and resource needs
and shall be incorporated in the manual proposed under section 5(c)
of such Act of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n[(c)])."
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 467n, 702a-12 of this
title.
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Sec. 701g742o. Omitted
-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section, act June 30, 1948, ch. 771, title II, Sec. 202, 62 Stat.
1175, related to conditions precedent on unauthorized projects and
modifications. Similar provisions were contained in act July 24,
1946, ch. 596, Sec. 2, 60 Stat. 641. See section 701b-8 of this
title.
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33 USC Sec. 701p 01/06/03
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CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701p. Railroad bridge alterations at Federal expense
-STATUTE-
On and after July 24, 1946, for authorized flood protection
projects which include alterations of railroad bridges the Chief of
Engineers is authorized to include at Federal expense the necessary
alterations of railroad bridges and approaches in connection
therewith.
-SOURCE-
(July 24, 1946, ch. 596, Sec. 3, 60 Stat. 642.)
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33 USC Sec. 701q 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701q. Repair and protection of highways, railroads, and
utilities damaged by operation of dams or reservoir
-STATUTE-
Whenever the Chief of Engineers shall find that any highway,
railway, or utility has been or is being damaged or destroyed by
reason of the operation of any dam or reservoir project under the
control of the Department of the Army, he may utilize any funds
available for the construction, maintenance, or operation of the
project involved for the repair, relocation, restoration, or
protection of such highway, railway, or utility: Provided, That
this section shall not apply to highways, railways, and utilities
previously provided for by the Department of the Army, unless the
Chief of Engineers determines that the actual damage has or will
exceed that for which provision had previously been made.
-SOURCE-
(July 24, 1946, ch. 596, Sec. 9, 60 Stat. 643; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
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33 USC Sec. 701r 01/06/03
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CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701r. Protection of highways, bridge approaches, public works,
and nonprofit public services
-STATUTE-
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to allot from any
appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for flood control, not
to exceed $15,000,000 per year, for the construction, repair,
restoration, and modification of emergency streambank and shoreline
protection works to prevent damage to highways, bridge approaches,
and public works, churches, hospitals, schools, and other nonprofit
public services, when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such
work is advisable: Provided, That not more than $1,000,000 shall be
allotted for this purpose at any single locality from the
appropriations for any one fiscal year.
-SOURCE-
(July 24, 1946, ch. 596, Sec. 14, 60 Stat. 653; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 93-251, title I,
Sec. 27, Mar. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 20; Pub. L. 99-662, title IX, Sec.
915(c), Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4191; Pub. L. 104-303, title II,
Sec. 219, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3696.)
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AMENDMENTS
1996 - Pub. L. 104-303 substituted "$15,000,000" for
"$12,500,000" and "$1,000,000" for "$500,000".
1986 - Pub. L. 99-662 substituted "$12,500,000" for "$10,000,000"
and "$500,000" for "$250,000".
1974 - Pub. L. 93-251 substituted "$10,000,000" for "$1,000,000",
"$250,000" for "$50,000", and "construction, repair, restoration,
and modification of emergency streambank and shoreline protection
works to prevent flood damages to highways, bridge approaches, and
public works, churches, hospitals, schools, and other nonprofit
public services," for "construction of emergency bank-protection
works to prevent flood damages to highways, bridge approaches, and
public works,".
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-MISC2-
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1986 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 99-662 not applicable to any project under
contract for construction on Nov. 17, 1986, see section 915(i) of
Pub. L. 99-662, set out as a note under section 426g of this title.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 2282, 2290 of this title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 701r-1 01/06/03
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CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
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Sec. 701r-1. Utilization of public roads
-STATUTE-
(a) Definitions
When used in this section -
(1) The term "Agency" means the Corps of Engineers, United
States Army or the Bureau of Reclamation, United States
Department of the Interior, whichever has jurisdiction over the
project concerned.
(2) The term "head of the Agency concerned" means the Chief of
Engineers or the Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, or their
respective designees.
(3) The term "water resources projects to be constructed in the
future" includes all projects not yet actually under
construction, and, to the extent of work remaining to be
completed, includes projects presently under construction where
road relocations or identifiable components thereof are not
complete as of the date of this section.
(4) The term "time of the taking" is the date of the relocation
agreement, the date of the filing of a condemnation proceeding,
or a date agreed upon between the parties as the date of taking.
(b) Improvement, reconstruction, and maintenance
Whenever, in connection with the construction of any authorized
flood control, navigation, irrigation, or multiple purpose project
for the development of water resources, the head of the Agency
concerned determines it to be in the public interest to utilize
existing public roads as a means of providing access to such
projects during construction, such Agency may improve, reconstruct,
and maintain such roads and may contract with the local authority
having jurisdiction over the roads to accomplish the necessary
work. The accomplishment of such work of improvement may be carried
out with or without obtaining any interest in the land on which the
road is located in accordance with mutual agreement between the
parties: Provided, (1) That the head of the Agency concerned
determines that such work would result in a saving in Federal cost
as opposed to the cost of providing a new access road at Federal
expense, (2) that, at the completion of construction, the head of
the Agency concerned will, if necessary, restore the road to at
least as good condition as prior to the beginning of utilization
for access during construction, and (3) that, at the completion of
construction, the responsibility of the Agency for improvement,
reconstruction, and maintenance shall cease.
(c) Replacement roads; construction to higher standards
For water resources projects to be constructed in the future,
when the taking by the Federal Government of an existing public
road necessitates replacement, the substitute provided will, as
nearly as practicable, serve in the same manner and reasonably as
well as the existing road. The head of the agency concerned is
authorized to construct such substitute roads to the design
standards which the State or owning political division would use in
constructing a new road under similar conditions of geography and
under similar traffic loads (present and projected). In any case
where a State or political subdivision thereof requests that such a
substitute road be constructed to a higher standard than that
provided for in the preceding provisions of this subsection, and
pays, prior to commencement of such construction, the additional
costs involved due to such higher standard, such agency head is
authorized to construct such road to such higher standard. Federal
costs under the provisions of this subsection shall be part of the
nonreimbursable project costs.
-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 86-645, title II, Sec. 207, July 14, 1960, 74 Stat. 500;
Pub. L. 87-874, title II, Sec. 208, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1196;
Pub. L. 93-251, title I, Sec. 13, Mar. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 17.)
-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1974 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93-251 lower cased "agency" in two
places, and substituted "to the design standards which the State or
owning political division would use in constructing a new road
under similar conditions of geography and under similar traffic
loads (present and projected)." for "to design standards comparable
to those of the State, or, where applicable State standards do not
exist, those of the owning political division in which the road is
located, for roads of the same classification as the road being
replaced. The traffic existing at the time of the taking shall be
used in the determination of the classification."
1962 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87-874 added subsec. (a). Former
subsec. (a) redesignated (b).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87-874 redesignated former subsec. (a) as
(b), and among other changes, inserted "irrigation," before "or
multiple-purpose project" and substituted references to head of the
Agency concerned, for references to Chief of Engineers. Former
subsec. (b) redesignated (c).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 87-874 redesignated former subsec. (b) as
(c), substituted construction authority to head of the agency
concerned for authority to Chief of Engineers, provided that where
State standards do not exist, those of the owning political
division in which the road is located shall be used, that where a
State or political subdivision requests a substitute road to be
constructed to a higher standard than provided in this subsection,
and pays the additional costs, the Agency head is authorized to so
construct the road, and that the Federal costs under this
subsection shall be part of the nonreimbursable costs.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 701s 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701s. Small flood control projects; appropriations; amount
limitation for single locality; conditions
-STATUTE-
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to allot from any
appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for flood control, not
to exceed $50,000,000 for any one fiscal year, for the
implementation of small structural and nonstructural projects for
flood control and related purposes not specifically authorized by
Congress, which come within the provisions of section 701a of this
title, when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such work is
advisable. The amount allotted for a project shall be sufficient to
complete Federal participation in the project. Not more than
$7,000,000 shall be allotted under this section for a project at
any single locality. The provisions of local cooperation specified
in section 701c of this title shall apply. The work shall be
complete in itself and not commit the United States to any
additional improvement to insure its successful operation, except
as may result from the normal procedure applying to projects
authorized after submission of preliminary examination and survey
reports.
-SOURCE-
(June 30, 1948, ch. 771, title II, Sec. 205, 62 Stat. 1182; May 17,
1950, ch. 188, title II, Sec. 212, 64 Stat. 183; July 11, 1956, ch.
558, 70 Stat. 522; Pub. L. 87-874, title II, Sec. 205, Oct. 23,
1962, 76 Stat. 1194; Pub. L. 93-251, title I, Sec. 61, Mar. 7,
1974, 88 Stat. 29; Pub. L. 94-587, Sec. 133(b), Oct. 22, 1976, 90
Stat. 2928; Pub. L. 97-140, Sec. 2(a), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat.
1717; Pub. L. 99-662, title IX, Sec. 915(a), Nov. 17, 1986, 100
Stat. 4191; Pub. L. 106-53, title II, Sec. 201, Aug. 17, 1999, 113
Stat. 285; Pub. L. 106-541, title II, Sec. 218, Dec. 11, 2000, 114
Stat. 2596.)
-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
2000 - Pub. L. 106-541 substituted "$50,000,000" for
"$40,000,000" in first sentence.
1999 - Pub. L. 106-53, in first sentence, substituted
"implementation of small structural and nonstructural projects" for
"construction of small projects" and, in third sentence,
substituted "$7,000,000" for "$5,000,000".
1986 - Pub. L. 99-662 substituted "$40,000,000" for "$30,000,000"
and "$5,000,000" for "$4,000,000".
1981 - Pub. L. 97-140 substituted "Not more than $4,000,000 shall
be allotted under this section for a project at any single
locality" for "Not more than $2,000,000 shall be allotted under
this section for a project in any single locality, except that not
more than $3,000,000 shall be allotted under this section for a
project at a single locality if such project protects an area which
has been declared to be a major disaster area pursuant to the
Disaster Relief Act of 1966 or the Disaster Relief Act of 1970 in
the five-year period immediately preceding the date the Chief of
Engineers deems such work advisable".
1976 - Pub. L. 94-587 increased limitation on allotment for a
project at a single locality from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 and for
such a project protecting a major disaster area from $2,000,000 to
$3,000,000.
1974 - Pub. L. 93-251, in revising provisions, increased fiscal
year allotment to $30,000,000 from $25,000,000 and required
allotment of $2,000,000 for a project at a single locality if such
locality protects an area declared to be a major-disaster area
pursuant to Disaster Relief Act of 1966 or Disaster Relief Act of
1970 in five-year period immediately preceding the date the Chief
of Engineers deems such work advisable.
1962 - Pub. L. 87-874 substituted "$25,000,000" for
"$10,000,000", "projects for flood control and related purposes"
for "flood control projects", and provisions limiting the allotment
for a single project to $1,000,000 and providing that such
allotment shall be sufficient to complete Federal participation,
for provisions limiting the allotment for any single project to
$400,000 from the appropriations for any fiscal year.
1956 - Act July 11, 1956, substituted "$10,000,000" for
"$3,000,000", struck out "and not within areas intended to be
protected by projects so authorized" before "which come within the
provisions of section 701a of this title", and substituted
"$400,000" for "$150,000".
1950 - Act May 17, 1950, substituted "$3,000,000" for
"$2,000,000" and "$150,000" for "$100,000".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1986 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 99-662 not applicable to any project under
contract for construction on Nov. 17, 1986, see section 915(i) of
Pub. L. 99-662, set out as a note under section 426g of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1981 AMENDMENT
Section 2(b) of Pub. L. 97-140 provided that: "The amendment made
by this section [amending this section] shall not apply to any
project under contract for construction on the date of enactment of
this Act [Dec. 29, 1981]."
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1976 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 94-587 not applicable to any project under
contract for construction on Oct. 22, 1976, see section 133(c) of
Pub. L. 94-587, set out as a note under section 577 of this title.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 2282, 2290 of this title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 701t 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701t. Emergency fund for flood damage; amount; commitments to
be fulfilled by local interests
-STATUTE-
The sum of $25,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated as an
emergency fund to be expended under the direction of the Secretary
of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for the
repair, restoration, and strengthening of levees and other flood
control works which have been threatened or destroyed by recent
floods, or which may be threatened or destroyed by later floods,
including the raising, extending, or other modification of such
works as may be necessary in the discretion of the Chief of
Engineers for the adequate functioning of the works for flood
control: Provided, That local interests shall provide without cost
to the United States all lands, easements, and rights of way
necessary for the work and shall maintain and operate all the works
after completion in a manner satisfactory to the Chief of
Engineers: Provided further, That pending the appropriation of said
sum, the Secretary of the Army may allot from existing
flood-control appropriations such sums as may be necessary for the
immediate prosecution of the work authorized by this section, such
appropriations to be reimbursed from said emergency fund when
appropriated: And provided further, That funds allotted under this
authority shall not be diverted from the unobligated funds from the
appropriation "Flood control, general", made available in War
Department Civil Functions Appropriation Acts for specific
purposes.
-SOURCE-
(June 30, 1948, ch. 771, title II, Sec. 208, 62 Stat. 1182.)
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 701u 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 701u. International engineering or scientific conferences;
attendance
-STATUTE-
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to allot from any
appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for flood control or
rivers and harbors, funds for payment of expenses of
representatives of the Corps of Engineers engaged on flood control
and river and harbor work to international engineering or
scientific conferences to be held outside the United States:
Provided, That not more than ten representatives of the Corps of
Engineers shall attend any one conference.
-SOURCE-
(May 17, 1950, ch. 188, title II, Sec. 211, 64 Stat. 183; Pub. L.
104-303, title II, Sec. 222, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3697.)
-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1996 - Pub. L. 104-303 substituted "outside the United States"
for "outside the continental limits of the United States" and
struck out before period at end ": And provided further, That not
more than $25,000 shall be allotted during any one fiscal year for
this purpose".
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702. Mississippi River
-STATUTE-
Authorization of flood-control work - For controlling the floods
of the Mississippi River and continuing its improvement from the
Head of the Passes to the mouth of the Ohio River the Secretary of
the Army is empowered, authorized, and directed to carry on
continuously, by hired labor or otherwise, the plans of the
Mississippi River Commission, prior to March 3, 1923, or thereafter
adopted, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be
made by law.
Allotments for improvement of watercourses connected with
Mississippi River - The watercourses connected with the Mississippi
River to such extent as may be necessary to exclude the flood
waters from the upper limits of any delta basin, together with the
Ohio River from its mouth to the mouth of the Cache River, may, in
the discretion of said commission, receive allotments for
improvements under way March 1, 1917, or thereafter to be
undertaken.
Maintenance of levees constructed for flood control - Upon the
completion of any levee constructed for flood control under
authority of this section, said levee shall be turned over to the
levee district protected thereby for maintenance thereafter; but
for all other purposes the United States shall retain such control
over the same as it may have the right to exercise upon such
completion.
-SOURCE-
(Mar. 1, 1917, ch. 144, Sec. 1, 39 Stat. 948; Mar. 4, 1923, ch.
277, 42 Stat. 1505; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, Sec. 205(a),
61 Stat. 501.)
-COD-
CODIFICATION
Last clause of first paragraph was originally limited to
appropriations made for a period of six years beginning July 1,
1924.
The portion of the first paragraph providing "and a sum not to
exceed $10,000,000 annually is hereby authorized to be appropriated
for that purpose, for a period of six years beginning July 1, 1924"
together with the fourth paragraph, relating to expenditures for
improvements between Head of Passes and Rock Island, were from act
Mar. 4, 1923, which superseded provisions on the same subjects
contained in act Mar. 1, 1917, from which the rest of the section
was derived, and were omitted as executed.
Sections 2 and 3 of act Mar. 1, 1917, are classified to sections
703 and 701, respectively, of this title, and section 4 of act Mar.
1, 1917, amended section 643 of this title.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702a 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702a. Adoption of 1927 project; execution; creation of board;
scope of authority; appropriation
-STATUTE-
The project for the flood control of the Mississippi River in its
alluvial valley and for its improvement from the Head of Passes to
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in accordance with the engineering plan
set forth and recommended in the report submitted by the Chief of
Engineers to the Secretary of the Army dated December 1, 1927, and
printed in House Document Numbered 90, Seventieth Congress, first
session, is adopted and authorized to be prosecuted under the
direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the
Chief of Engineers: Provided, That a board to consist of the Chief
of Engineers, the president of the Mississippi River Commission,
and a civil engineer chosen from civil life to be appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, whose
compensation shall be fixed by the President and be paid out of the
appropriations made to carry on this project, is created; and such
board is authorized and directed to consider the engineering
differences between the adopted project and the plans recommended
by the Mississippi River Commission in its special report dated
November 28, 1927, and after such study and such further surveys as
may be necessary, to recommend to the President such action as it
may deem necessary to be taken in respect to such engineering
differences and the decision of the President upon all
recommendations or questions submitted to him by such board shall
be followed in carrying out the project herein adopted. The board
shall not have any power or authority in respect to such project
except as hereinbefore provided. Such project and the changes
therein, if any, shall be executed in accordance with the
provisions of section 702h of this title. Such surveys shall be
made between Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Cape Girardeau, Missouri,
as the board may deem necessary to enable it to ascertain and
determine the best method of securing flood relief in addition to
levees, before any flood-control works other than levees and
revetments are undertaken on that portion of the river: Provided,
That all diversion works and outlets constructed under the
provisions of sections 702a, 702b to 702d, 702e to 702g, 702h,
702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m and 704 of this title shall be built
in a manner and of a character which will fully and amply protect
the adjacent lands: Provided further, That pending completion of
any floodway, spillway, or diversion channel, the areas within the
same shall be given the same degree of protection as is afforded by
levees on the west side of the river contiguous to the levee at the
head of said floodway, but nothing herein shall prevent, postpone,
delay, or in anywise interfere with the execution of that part of
the project on the east side of the river, including raising,
strengthening, and enlarging the levees on the east side of the
river. The sum of $325,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for
this purpose.
All unexpended balances of appropriations prior to May 15, 1928,
made for prosecuting work of flood control on the Mississippi River
in accordance with the provisions of section 702 of this title, are
made available for expenditure under the provisions of sections
702a, 702b to 702d, 702e to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, and
702m of this title.
-SOURCE-
(May 15, 1928, ch. 569, Sec. 1, 45 Stat. 534; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Herein, referred to in text, means act May 15, 1928, ch. 569, 45
Stat. 534, as amended, which enacted sections 702a, 702b to 702d,
702e to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Tables.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-MISC1-
ABANDONMENT AND REPEAL OF PROJECTS
For abandonment of Boeuf Floodway and Eudora Floodway as well as
Northward Extension and back protection levee extending from head
of Eudora Floodway north to Arkansas River and repeal of provisions
relating to prosecution of work, see section 702a-12 of this title.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 701e, 702a-1,
702a-1 1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-2, 702a-11, 702a-12, 702c, 702e,
702f, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, 702n of this title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702a-1 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702a-1. Modification of project of 1927; adoption
-STATUTE-
The project for the control of floods of the Mississippi River
and its tributaries, adopted by section 702a of this title, is
modified in accordance with the recommendations of section 43 of
the report submitted by the Chief of Engineers to the Chairman of
the Committee on Flood Control, dated February 12, 1935, and
printed in House Committee on Flood Control Document Numbered 1,
Seventy-fourth Congress, first session, as, in sections 642a,
702a-2 to 702a-12, 702g-1, 702j-1, 702j-2, 702k-1, and 702k-2 of
this title, further modified and amended; and as so modified is
adopted and authorized and directed to be prosecuted under the
direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the
Chief of Engineers.
-SOURCE-
(June 15, 1936, ch. 548, Sec. 1, 49 Stat. 1508; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 702a-1 1/2 ,
702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702a-12, 702j-1, 702k-1, 702k-2 of this
title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702a-1\1/2\ 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702a-1 1/2 . Further modification of 1927 project; adoption;
appropriation
-STATUTE-
In accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers,
as set forth in his report of April 6, 1937, and published as Flood
Control Committee Document Numbered 1, Seventy-fifth Congress,
first session, paragraph 38(b), except subparagraph (1), the
project for flood control of the Lower Mississippi River adopted by
sections 642a, 702a, 702a-1, 702a-2 to 702d, 702e to 702h, 702i to
702m, and 704 of this title, is modified and, as modified, is
adopted, and there is authorized to be appropriated in addition to
the sums previously authorized $40,000,000 to be applied for the
purposes set forth in said document covering the said
recommendations, with the exceptions mentioned, subject to the
provisions made in section 702a-11 of this title.
-SOURCE-
(June 28, 1938, ch. 795, Sec. 4, 52 Stat. 1220.)
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701b-4, 701c-1, 701f-1,
701j, 702a-1 3/4 of this title.
-End-
-CITE-
33 USC Sec. 702a-1\3/4\ 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702a-1 3/4 . Further modification; adoption
-STATUTE-
The project for flood control of the Lower Mississippi River
adopted by sections 642a, 702a to 702a-1 1/2 , 702a-2 to 702d, and
702e to 702h, 702i to 702m, and 704 of this title is modified and,
as modified, is authorized and adopted.
-SOURCE-
(Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 377, Sec. 3, 55 Stat. 642.)
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702a-2 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702a-2. Abandonment of Boeuf Floodway
-STATUTE-
The Boeuf Floodway, authorized by the provisions adopted in
section 702a of this title, shall be abandoned as soon as the
Eudora Floodway, provided for in Flood Control Committee Document
Numbered 1, Seventy-fourth Congress, first session, is in operative
condition and the back protection levee recommended in said
document, extending north from the head of the Eudora Floodway,
shall have been constructed.
-SOURCE-
(June 15, 1936, ch. 548, Sec. 2, 49 Stat. 1509.)
-MISC1-
ABANDONMENT AND REPEAL OF PROJECTS
For abandonment of Boeuf Floodway and Eudora Floodway as well as
Northward Extension and back protection levee extending from head
of Eudora Floodway north to Arkansas River and repeal of provisions
relating to prosecution of work, see section 702a-12 of this title.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 702a-1, 702a-1
1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702j-1, 702k-1, 702k-2 of this title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702a-3 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702a-3. Levees; raising and enlarging
-STATUTE-
The levees along the Mississippi River from the head of the
Morganza Floodway to the head of the Atchafalaya River and down the
east bank of the Atchafalaya River to intersection with the west
protection levee of said Morganza Floodway shall be raised and
enlarged to 1928 grade and section.
-SOURCE-
(June 15, 1936, ch. 548, Sec. 3, 49 Stat. 1509.)
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 702a-1, 702a-1
1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-4, 702a-11, 702j-1, 702k-1, 702k-2 of this
title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702a-4 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702a-4. Fuse-plug levees
-STATUTE-
After the Eudora Floodway shall have been constructed and is
ready for operation, the fuse-plug levees now at the head of the
Boeuf and Tensas Basins shall be constructed to the 1914 grade and
the 1928 section. The fuse-plug levees at the head of the
Atchafalaya Basin on the west side shall be constructed to the 1914
grade and the 1928 section. The fuse-plug levees at the head of the
Atchafalaya Basin on the east side of the Atchafalaya River shall
be constructed to the 1914 grade and 1928 section, and, after the
Morganza Floodway has been completed, shall be raised to the 1928
grade as provided in section 702a-3 of this title. Thereafter those
stretches of said levees which are left as fuse-plug levees shall
be reconstructed and maintained as herein provided, subject to the
provisions of section 702a-3 of this title. Any funds appropriated
under authority of sections 702g-1 and 702k-1 of this title may be
expended for this purpose.
-SOURCE-
(June 15, 1936, ch. 548, Sec. 10, 49 Stat. 1511.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Herein, referred to in text, means act June 15, 1936, ch. 548, 49
Stat. 1508, as amended, which enacted sections 642a, 702a-1, 702a-2
to 702a-12, 702g-1, 702j-1, 702j-2, 702k-1, and 702k-2 of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Tables.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 702a-1, 702a-1
1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702j-1, 702k-1, 702k-2 of this title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702a-5 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702a-5. Back levee north of Eudora Floodway
-STATUTE-
The back-protection levee north of the Eudora Floodway shall be
constructed to the same grade and section as the levees opposite on
the east side of the Mississippi River: Provided, That this levee
extending from the head of the Eudora Floodway north to the
Arkansas River shall be so located as to afford adequate space for
the passage of flood waters without endangering the levees opposite
on the east side of the river and shall be constructed
contemporaneously with the construction of the Eudora Floodway;
except that, until the Eudora Floodway is in operative condition,
there shall be left in this back levee north of the head of the
Eudora Floodway openings which shall be sufficient, in the
discretion of the Chief of Engineers, to permit the passage of all
flood waters to be reasonably contemplated in the event of any
break in the riverside fuse-plug levee prior to the time the Eudora
Floodway shall be in operative condition.
-SOURCE-
(June 15, 1936, ch. 548, Sec. 11, 49 Stat. 1511.)
-MISC1-
ABANDONMENT AND REPEAL OF PROJECTS
For abandonment of Boeuf Floodway and Eudora Floodway as well as
Northward Extension and back protection levee extending from head
of Eudora Floodway north to Arkansas River and repeal of provisions
relating to prosecution of work, see section 702a-12 of this title.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 702a-1, 702a-1
1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702j-1, 702k-1, 702k-2 of this title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702a-6 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702a-6. Drainage necessitated by floodway levees
-STATUTE-
The United States shall provide the drainage made necessary by
the construction of floodway levees included in the modified
project.
-SOURCE-
(June 15, 1936, ch. 548, Sec. 6, 49 Stat. 1510.)
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 702a-1, 702a-1
1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702j-1, 702k-1, 702k-2 of this title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702a-7 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702a-7. Railroad and highway crossings over floodways
-STATUTE-
The United States shall construct, at its own cost, one railroad
and one highway crossing over the Eudora Floodway and not to exceed
three railway and two highway crossings over the Morganza Floodway,
and not to exceed one railway crossing (together with suitable
physical connections therewith) and one highway crossing over the
floodway west of the Atchafalaya River provided for in the modified
project: Provided, That equitable agreements can be made with the
railroad and highway authorities concerned and that the appropriate
railroad or highway agencies agree to accept and maintain and
operate these crossings without cost to the United States: Provided
further, That the railroads crossing the Morganza and West
Atchafalaya Floodways agree in consideration for the crossings
constructed to waive all claims against the Government for any
damages that may occur by reason of overflows in the Morganza and
West Atchafalaya Floodways: And provided further, That other
railway and highway damages shall be adjusted as provided for in
section 702a-10 of this title.
-SOURCE-
(June 15, 1936, ch. 548, Sec. 7, 49 Stat. 1510.)
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 702a-1, 702a-1
1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702j-1, 702k-1, 702k-2 of this title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702a-8 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702a-8. Additional roads; construction by United States
-STATUTE-
In addition to the construction by the United States of roads in
connection with floodways as heretofore provided, the Federal
Government may, in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers, and
within the limits of available funds, construct additional roads to
afford access to those portions of the levee lines not otherwise
accessible.
-SOURCE-
(June 15, 1936, ch. 548, Sec. 8, 49 Stat. 1510.)
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 702a-1, 702a-1
1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702j-1, 702k-1, 702k-2 of this title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702a-9 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702a-9. Lands, easements, and rights-of-way; acquisition by
local authorities; reimbursement; protection of United States
from liability for damages
-STATUTE-
No money appropriated under sections 702g-1 and 702k-1 of this
title shall be expended on the construction of any reservoir
project herein authorized until States, political subdivisions
thereof, or other responsible local agencies have given assurances
satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that they will (a)
provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and
rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project, except
as otherwise provided herein; (b) hold and save the United States
free from damages due to the construction works; (c) maintain and
operate all the works after completion in accordance with
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army: And provided,
That the construction of any dam authorized herein may be
undertaken without delay when the dam site has been acquired and
the assurances prescribed herein have been furnished, without
awaiting the acquisition of the easements and rights-of-way
required for the reservoir area: And provided further, That
whenever expenditures for lands, easements, and rights-of-way by
States, political subdivisions thereof, or responsible local
agencies for any individual project or useful part thereof shall
have exceeded the present estimated construction cost therefor, the
local agency concerned may be reimbursed one-half of its excess
expenditures over said estimated construction cost: And provided
further, That when benefits of any project or useful part thereof
accrue to lands and property outside of the State in which said
project or part thereof is located, the Secretary of the Army may
acquire the necessary lands, easements, and rights-of-way for said
project or part thereof after he has received from the States,
political subdivisions thereof, or responsible local agencies
benefited the present estimated cost of said lands, easements, and
rights-of-way, less one-half the amount by which the estimated cost
of these lands, easements, and rights-of-way exceeds the estimated
construction cost corresponding thereto: And provided further, That
the Secretary of the Army shall determine the proportion of the
present estimated cost of said lands, easements, and rights-of-way
that each State, political subdivision thereof, or responsible
local agency should contribute in consideration for the benefits to
be received by such agencies: And provided further, That whenever
not less than 75 per centum of the benefits as estimated by the
Secretary of the Army of any project or useful part thereof accrue
to lands and property outside of the State in which said project or
part thereof is located, provision (c) of this section shall not
apply thereto; nothing herein shall impair or abridge the powers
now existing in the Department of the Army with respect to
navigable streams: And provided further, That nothing herein shall
be construed to interfere with the completion of any reservoir or
flood control work authorized by the Congress and under way on June
15, 1936.
-SOURCE-
(June 15, 1936, ch. 548, Sec. 8a, 49 Stat. 1510; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Herein, referred to in text, means act June 15, 1936, ch. 548, 49
Stat. 1508, as amended, which enacted sections 642a, 702a-1, 702a-2
to 702a-12, 702g-1, 702j-1, 702j-2, 702k-1, and 702k-2 of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Tables.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 702a-1, 702a-1
1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702j-1, 702k-1, 702k-2 of this title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702a-10 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702a-10. Flowage rights and rights-of-way; reimbursement of
local authorities; highway crossings; use of properties for
national forests or wildlife refuges
-STATUTE-
In order to facilitate the United States in the acquisition of
flowage rights and rights-of-way for levee foundations, the
Secretary of the Army is authorized to enter into agreements with
the States or with local levee districts, boards, commissions, or
other agencies for the acquisition and transfer to the United
States of such flowage rights and levee rights-of-way, and for the
reimbursement of such States or local levee districts, boards,
commissions, or other agencies, for the cost thereof at prices
previously agreed upon between the Secretary of the Army and the
governing authority of such agencies, within the maximum
limitations hereinafter prescribed: Provided, That no money
appropriated under the authority of sections 702g-1 and 702k-1 of
this title shall be expended upon the construction of the Eudora
Floodway, the Morganza Floodway, the back protection levee
extending north from the Eudora Floodway, or the levees extending
from the head of the Morganza Floodway to the head of and down the
east bank of the Atchafalaya River to the intersection of said
Morganza Floodway until 75 per centum of the value of the flowage
rights and rights-of-way for levee foundations, as estimated by the
Chief of Engineers, shall have been acquired or options or
assurances satisfactory to the Chief of Engineers shall have been
obtained for the Eudora Floodway, the Morganza Floodway, and the
area lying between said back protection levee and the present front
line levees: Provided further, That easements required in said
areas in connection with roads and other public utilities owned by
States or political subdivisions thereof shall be provided without
cost to the United States upon the condition, that the United
States shall provide suitable crossings, including surfacing of
like character, over floodway guide-line levees in said areas for
all improved roads now constituting a part of the State highway
system, and shall repair all damage done to said highways within
the said floodways by the actual use of such floodways for
diversion: Provided further, That when such portion of said rights
as to all of said areas shall have been acquired or obtained and
when said easements required in connection with roads and other
public utilities owned by States or political subdivisions thereof
have been provided as hereinabove set forth, construction of said
flood-control works in said areas shall be undertaken according to
the engineering recommendations of the Report of the Chief of
Engineers dated February 12, 1935 (House Committee on Flood Control
Document Numbered 1, Seventy-fourth Congress, first session), and
the Secretary of the Army shall cause proceedings to be instituted
for the condemnation of the remainder of said rights and easements,
as are needed and cannot be secured by agreement, in accordance
with section 702d of this title: Provided further, That in no event
and under no circumstances shall any of the additional money
appropriated under the authority of sections 702g-1 and 702k-1 be
expended for the acquisition of said 75 per centum of the flowage
rights and rights-of-way hereinabove contemplated in excess of
$20,000,000: Provided further, That the Chief of Engineers is
authorized, out of the funds herein authorized to be appropriated,
to purchase flowage easements over lands and properties in the
floodway west of the Atchafalaya River and lying above the
approximate latitude of Krotz Springs: Provided further, That none
of such easements in said West Atchafalaya Floodway shall be
purchased until options covering at least 75 per centum of the
total value of such easements as estimated by the Chief of
Engineers shall have been obtained at prices deemed reasonable by
the Chief of Engineers and not exceeding in the aggregate
$2,250,000 for said 75 per centum of said easements with respect to
the floodway west of the Atchafalaya River: Provided further, That
easements required in said West Atchafalaya Floodway in connection
with roads and other public utilities owned by States or other
political subdivisions shall be provided without cost to the United
States upon condition that the United States shall provide suitable
crossings, including surfacing of like character, over floodway
guide-line levees for all improved roads in said West Atchafalaya
Floodway now constituting a part of the State highway system and
shall repair all damage done to said highways within said West
Atchafalaya Floodway by the actual use of such floodway for
diversion: Provided further, That no flowage easements shall be
paid for by the United States over properties subject to frequent
overflow in the Atchafalaya Basin below the approximate latitude of
Krotz Springs: Provided further, That payment for rights-of-way,
easements, and flowage rights acquired under this section, or
reimbursement to the States or local interests furnishing them,
shall be made as soon as the Chief of Engineers is satisfied that
such rights-of-way, easements, or flowage rights have been acquired
in conformity with local custom or legal procedure in such matters;
and, thereafter, no liability of any kind shall attach to or rest
upon the United States for any further damage by reason of
diversions or flood waters: And provided further, That if the
Secretary of Agriculture shall determine to acquire any of the
properties within the floodways herein referred to, for national
forests, wildlife refuges, or other purposes of his Department, the
Secretary of the Army may, upon recommendation by the Chief of
Engineers, in lieu of acquiring flowage rights, advance to or
reimburse the said Secretary of Agriculture sums equal to those
that would otherwise be used for the purchase of easements desired
by the Department of the Army and the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to use these sums for the purpose of acquiring
properties in the floodways in question.
-SOURCE-
(June 15, 1936, ch. 548, Sec. 12, 49 Stat. 1512; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Herein, referred to in text, means act June 15, 1936, ch. 548, 49
Stat. 1508, as amended, which enacted sections 642a, 702a-1, 702-2
to 702a-12, 702g-1, 702j-1, 702j-2, 702k-1, and 702k-2 of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Tables.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 702a-1, 702a-1
1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-7, 702a-11, 702j-1, 702k-1, 702k-2 of this
title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702a-11 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702a-11. Morganza Floodway; Eudora Floodway
-STATUTE-
The United States may, within the discretion of the Chief of
Engineers, irrespective of other provisions of law, proceed to
acquire all easements needed and of the character considered
advisable in the Morganza floodway and to construct said Morganza
floodway. Said Morganza floodway may, within the discretion of the
Chief of Engineers, be modified as to its design and inflow.
The said Morganza floodway may be initiated and constructed
without delay; and the United States may, within the discretion of
the Chief of Engineers, irrespective of other provisions of law,
proceed to the acquisition of flowage rights and flowage easements
in the Eudora floodway, and to its construction as authorized by
existing law: Provided, That the intakes of such Eudora floodway
shall include an automatic masonry weir with its sill at such an
elevation that it will not be overtopped by stages other than those
capable of producing a stage of fifty-one feet or over on the
Vicksburg gage: Provided further, That a fuseplug levee loop may be
constructed behind said sill to prevent flow into the floodway
until the predicted flood exceeds the safe capacity of the main
river leveed channel, with a free-board of at least three feet, but
said fuseplug levee may be artificially breached when in the
opinion of the Chief of Engineers such breaching is advisable to
insure the safety of the main river controlling levee line:
Provided further, That the authority to acquire lands, flowage
rights, and easements for floodways shall be confined to the
floodways proper and to the northward extension of Eudora: Provided
further, That within the discretion of the Chief of Engineers, the
guide line levees of the Eudora floodway may be extended south
toward Old River: Provided further, That the Chief of Engineers is
authorized to construct the said Eudora floodway at such location
as he may determine, in the vicinity of Eudora. The United States
may, within the discretion of the Chief of Engineers irrespective
of other provisions of law, proceed to acquire flowage rights and
flowage easements in the northward extension of the Eudora
floodway, as authorized by existing law, provided that pending the
completion of such northward extension all the Riverside fuseplug
levee extending south from the vicinity of Yancopin to the vicinity
of Vau Cluse, Arkansas, and so as to connect with the existing
levee of 1928 grade and section, shall be reconstructed to the 1914
grade and 1928 section: Provided further, That if the back
protection levee is constructed prior to the construction of Eudora
floodway, it shall be connected with the main Mississippi River
levee and subsequently connected with the Eudora floodway when
constructed: Provided further, That the Chief of Engineers is
authorized, in his discretion, to negotiate options, make
agreements and offers with respect to lands, flowage rights,
easements, and rights-of-way involved, as provided by law, at
prices deemed reasonable by him.
The United States, irrespective of other provisions of law, may,
within the discretion of the Chief of Engineers, acquire flowage
easements over all lands not subject to frequent overflow in the
Atchafalaya Basin below the latitude of Krotz Springs.
Said Morganza floodway shall not be operated until the Wax Lake
outlet has been put into operative condition.
The fuseplug levees at the head of the Atchafalaya Basin on the
east side of the Atchafalaya River shall be reconstructed to the
1928 grade and section.
The United States may, in the discretion of the Chief of
Engineers, acquire all flowage rights, flowage easements,
rights-of-way for levee foundations, and titles in fee simple as
herein provided, either by voluntary acquisition or in accordance
with the condemnation proceedings by the Secretary of the Army as
provided for in section 702d of this title.
In the event the United States acquires or owns title to any
lands in fee simple under the provisions of sections 702a, 702b to
702d, 702e to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 of
this title, as amended and supplemented, the United States may
retain the ownership thereof, or any part thereof instead of
turning over such lands to the ownership of States or local
interests as provided in section 702d of this title, and may lease
such lands: Provided, That 25 per centum of all moneys received and
deposited in the Treasury of the United States during any fiscal
year on account of such leases shall be paid, at the end of such
year, by the Secretary of the Treasury to the State in which such
property is situated, to be expended as the State legislature may
prescribe for the benefit of the public schools and public roads of
the county or counties in which such property is situated: Provided
further, That when such property is situated in more than one State
or county the distributive share to each from the proceeds of such
property shall be proportional to its area therein: Provided
further, That no part of the appropriations herein or heretofore
authorized for said Morganza and Eudora floodways and extension
shall be used for any other purpose.
-SOURCE-
(June 15, 1936, ch. 548 (pt.), as added June 28, 1938, ch. 795,
Sec. 4, 52 Stat. 1220; amended July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II,
Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Herein, referred to in text, means act June 15, 1936, ch. 548, 49
Stat. 1508, as amended, which enacted sections 642a, 702a-1, 702a-2
to 702a-12, 702g-1, 702j-1, 702j-2, 702k-1, and 702k-2 of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Tables.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-MISC1-
EFFECT OF AMENDMENT
Act June 28, 1938, provided that, except as amended therein, the
act of May 15, 1928, ch. 569, 45 Stat. 534, as amended by the act
of June 15, 1936, as amended, should remain in full force and
effect. Act May 15, 1928, is classified to sections 702a, 702b to
702d, 702e to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 of
this title.
ABANDONMENT AND REPEAL OF PROJECTS
For abandonment of Boeuf Floodway and Eudora Floodway as well as
Northward Extension and back protection levee extending from head
of Eudora Floodway north to Arkansas River and repeal of provisions
relating to prosecution of work, see section 702a-12 of this title.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701b-4, 701f-1, 701j,
702a-1, 702a-1 1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702j-1, 702k-1, 702k-2 of this
title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702a-12 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702a-12. Modified Lower Mississippi River project as of August
18, 1941
-STATUTE-
(a) Alluvial valley, Mississippi River; Yazoo Basin levees;
abandonment of Boeuf and Eudora Floodways and Northward Extension
The existing engineering plan for flood control in the alluvial
valley of the Mississippi River is modified so as to provide for
the construction of plan 4 as set forth in the report of the
Mississippi River Commission, dated March 7, 1941, to the Chief of
Engineers, except that the levees in the Yazoo Basin on the east
bank of the Mississippi River south of the Coahoma-Bolivar County
line in said plan shall have a three foot freeboard over the
project flood, and all levees shall be constructed with adequate
section and foundation to conform to increased levee heights. The
Boeuf Floodway in the project adopted by sections 702a, 702b to
702d, 702e to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 of
this title, and the Eudora Floodway as well as the Northward
Extension and the back protection levee extending from the head of
the said Eudora Floodway north to the Arkansas River in the project
adopted by sections 642a, 702a-1, 702a-2 to 702a-12, 702g-1,
702j-1, 702j-2, 702k-1, and 702k-2 of this title, are abandoned,
and the provisions of said sections relating to the prosecution of
work on said floodways and extension are repealed.
(b) Yazoo River project
The project for flood control of the Yazoo River shall be as
authorized by sections 642a, 702a-1, 702a-2 to 702a-12, 702g-1,
702j-1, 702j-2, 702k-1, and 702k-2 of this title, except that the
Chief of Engineers may, in his discretion, from time to time,
substitute therefor combinations of reservoirs, levees, and channel
improvements; and except that the extension of the authorized
project and improvements contemplated in plan C of the report of
March 7, 1941, of the Mississippi River Commission are authorized,
including the extension of the levee on the east bank of the
Mississippi River generally along the west bank of the Yazoo River
to a connection in the vicinity of Yazoo City with the Yazoo River
levee, authorized by the existing project for protection against
headwater floods of the Yazoo River system, and the adjustment in
the discretion of the Chief of Engineers of the grades of the
existing levees in the backwater area on the east bank of Yazoo
River below Yazoo City, all at an estimated additional cost of
$11,982,000: Provided, That the Chief of Engineers shall fix the
grade of the extension levees along the Yazoo River, with higher
levees in his discretion, so that their construction will give the
maximum practical protection without jeopardizing the safety and
integrity of the main Mississippi River levees: And provided
further, That prior to the beginning of construction local
authorities shall furnish satisfactory assurances that they will
(1) maintain the levees in accordance with the provisions of
section 702c of this title, and will (2) not raise the levees in
the backwater above the limiting elevations established therefor by
the Chief of Engineers.
(c) Tensas-Cocodrie backwater area
In the development of the authorized project, the construction of
a levee and improvements contemplated in the report of March 7,
1941, of the Mississippi River Commission from the main-line levee
on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the vicinity of Shaw,
Louisiana, westward and northward to the vicinity of Newlight,
Louisiana, for the protection of that part of the Red River
backwater known as the Tensas-Cocodrie area at an estimated cost of
$6,976,000 is authorized: Provided, That the Chief of Engineers
shall fix the grade of said levee, with a higher levee in his
discretion, so that its construction will give the maximum
practical protection without jeopardizing the safety and integrity
of the main Mississippi River levees: And provided further, That
prior to the beginning of construction local authorities shall
furnish satisfactory assurances that they will (1) maintain the
levee in accordance with the provisions of section 702c of this
title, and will (2) not raise the said levee above the limiting
elevations established therefor by the Chief of Engineers: Provided
further, That subject to the foregoing conditions of local
cooperation the Chief of Engineers may in his discretion substitute
other levees and appurtenant works for, or make such modifications
of, the levees and improvements herein authorized for the
protection of the Tensas-Cocodrie area as may be found after
further investigation to afford protection to a larger area in the
Red River Backwater at a total cost not to exceed $29,000,000 and
without jeopardizing the safety and integrity of the main
Mississippi River levees and without preventing or jeopardizing the
diversions contemplated in the adopted project through the
Atchafalaya River and Atchafalaya Basin.
(d) Reimbursement of local authorities for certain expenses
The Chief of Engineers, with approval of the Secretary of the
Army, shall reimburse local authorities for actual expenditures
found by the Chief of Engineers to be reasonable, for providing at
the request of the United States, in accordance with local legal
procedure or custom, rights-of-way and flowage easements required
for future setbacks of main-line Mississippi River levees.
(e) Saint Francis River
The existing engineering plan for flood control of the Saint
Francis River is modified so as to permit the substitution for the
suspended portions of the original project below Oak Donnick,
Arkansas, of the construction of a ditch in Cross County, Arkansas,
beginning in the vicinity of the outlet end of the existing Oak
Donnick to Saint Francis Bay floodway and terminating in Saint
Francis Bay about two miles north of Riverfront, including the
construction of a highway bridge at State Highway Numbered 42 made
necessary by the ditch construction: Provided, That local interests
give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that they
will (1) provide without cost to the United States all lands,
easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction; (2)
hold and save the United States free from damages due to the
construction works; and (3) maintain the works after completion in
accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the
Army.
(f) Bayou Rapides, Boeuf, and Cocodrie, Louisiana, improvements
In the development of the authorized project, the construction of
improvements for Bayou Rapides, Boeuf, and Cocodrie, Louisiana,
contemplated in the report dated March 24, 1941, of the Special
Board of Officers at an estimated cost of $2,600,000 is authorized.
(g) Increased authorizations for alluvial valley, Mississippi River
The total authorizations heretofore made for the flood control
project of the alluvial valley of the Mississippi River shall not
be increased by reason of any provision in this Act, except for the
additional amounts necessary for the Yazoo and Red River backwater
improvements, and any appropriations heretofore or hereafter made
or authorized for said project as herein or heretofore modified may
be expended upon any feature of the said project, notwithstanding
any restrictions, limitations, or requirements of existing law:
Provided, That funds hereafter expended for maintenance shall not
be considered as reducing present remaining balances of
authorizations.
-SOURCE-
(June 15, 1936, ch. 548 (pt.), as added Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 377,
Sec. 3, 55 Stat. 642; amended July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II,
Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; May 17, 1950, ch. 188, title II, Sec.
204(a), 64 Stat. 172.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Herein, referred to in subsecs. (c) and (g), and this Act,
referred to in subsec. (g), probably mean act June 15, 1936, ch.
548, 49 Stat. 1508, as amended, which enacted sections 642a,
702a-1, 702a-2 to 702a-12, 702g-1, 702j-1, 702j-2, 702k-1, and
702k-2 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to
the Code, see Tables.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1950 - Subsec. (c). Act May 17, 1950, substituted "$29,000,000"
for "$14,000,000".
APPLICATION OF 1950 INCREASE IN AUTHORIZATION CONTAINED IN SUBSEC.
(C) TO OLD AND ATCHAFALAYA RIVERS PROJECT
Section 203 of act Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1264, title II, 68 Stat.
1258, in addition to authorizing an amount of $32,000,000 for
control of the Old and Atchafalaya Rivers and a lock for
navigation, provided in part that the $15,000,000 increase in
authorization by act May 17, 1950 in amending subsec. (c) of this
section (see 1950 Amendment note above), should be applied to such
project.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 702a-1, 702a-1
1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702j-1, 702k-1, 702k-2 of this title.
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33 USC Sec. 702b 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702b. Local contribution toward cost of flood control work
-STATUTE-
It is declared to be the sense of Congress that the principle of
local contribution toward the cost of flood control work, which has
been incorporated in all previous national legislation on the
subject, is sound, as recognizing the special interest of the local
population in its own protection, and as a means of preventing
inordinate requests for unjustified items of work having no
material national interest. As a full compliance with this
principle in view of the great expenditure estimated at
approximately $292,000,000, prior to May 15, 1928, made by the
local interests in the alluvial valley of the Mississippi River for
protection against the floods of that river; in view of the extent
of national concern in the control of these floods in the interests
of national prosperity, the flow of interstate commerce, and the
movement of the United States mails; and, in view of the gigantic
scale of the project, involving flood waters of a volume and
flowing from a drainage area largely outside the States most
affected, and far exceeding those of any other river in the United
States, no local contribution to the project herein adopted is
required.
-SOURCE-
(May 15, 1928, ch. 569, Sec. 2, 45 Stat. 535.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Herein, referred to in text, means act May 15, 1928, ch. 569, 45
Stat. 534, as amended, which enacted sections 702a, 702b to 702d,
702e to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Tables.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 701e, 702a,
702a-1 1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702c, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702l,
702m, 702n of this title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702c 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702c. Expenditures for construction work; conditions
precedent; liability for damage from flood waters; condemnation
proceedings; floodage rights
-STATUTE-
Except when authorized by the Secretary of the Army upon the
recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, no money appropriated
under authority of sections 702a and 702g of this title shall be
expended on the construction of any item of the project until the
States or levee districts have given assurances satisfactory to the
Secretary of the Army that they will (a) maintain all flood-control
works after their completion, except controlling and regulating
spillway structures, including special relief levees; maintenance
includes normally such matters as cutting grass, removal of weeds,
local drainage, and minor repairs of main river levees; (b) agree
to accept land turned over to them under the provisions of section
702d of this title; (c) provide without cost to the United States,
all rights-of-way for levee foundations and levees on the main stem
of the Mississippi River between Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and the
Head of Passes.
No liability of any kind shall attach to or rest upon the United
States for any damage from or by floods or flood waters at any
place: Provided, however, That if in carrying out the purposes of
sections 702a, 702b to 702d, 702e to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k,
702l, 702m, and 704 of this title it shall be found that upon any
stretch of the banks of the Mississippi River it is impracticable
to construct levees, either because such construction is not
economically justified or because such construction would
unreasonably restrict the flood channel, and lands in such stretch
of the river are subjected to overflow and damage which are not now
overflowed or damaged by reason of the construction of levees on
the opposite banks of the river it shall be the duty of the
Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Engineers to institute
proceedings on behalf of the United States Government to acquire
either the absolute ownership of the lands so subjected to overflow
and damage or floodage rights over such lands.
-SOURCE-
(May 15, 1928, ch. 569, Sec. 3, 45 Stat. 535; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 701e, 702a,
702a-1 1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702l, 702m,
702n of this title; title 43 section 1600k.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702d 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702d. Flowage rights; condemnation proceedings; benefits to
property
-STATUTE-
The United States shall provide flowage rights for additional
destructive flood waters that will pass by reason of diversions
from the main channel of the Mississippi River: Provided, That in
all cases where the execution of the flood control plan herein
adopted results in benefits to property such benefits shall be
taken into consideration by way of reducing the amount of
compensation to be paid.
The Secretary of the Army may cause proceedings to be instituted
for the acquirement by condemnation of any lands, easements, or
rights of way which, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Army
and the Chief of Engineers, are needed in carrying out this
project, the said proceedings to be instituted in the United States
district court for the district in which the land, easement, or
right of way is located. In all such proceedings the practice,
pleadings, forms, and modes of proceedings shall conform as near as
may be to the practice, pleadings, forms, and proceedings existing
at the time in like causes in the courts of record of the State
within which such district court is held, any rule of the court to
the contrary notwithstanding. When the owner of any land, easement,
or right of way shall fix a price for the same which, in the
opinion of the Secretary of the Army is reasonable, he may purchase
the same at such price; and the Secretary of the Army is also
authorized to accept donations of lands, easements, and rights of
way required for this project. The provisions of sections 594 and
595 of this title are made applicable to the acquisition of lands,
easements, or rights of way needed for works of flood control:
Provided, That any land acquired under the provisions of this
section shall be turned over without cost to the ownership of
States or local interests.
-SOURCE-
(May 15, 1928, ch. 569, Sec. 4, 45 Stat. 536; Nov. 30, 1945, ch.
496, 59 Stat. 587; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, Sec. 205(a),
61 Stat. 501.)
-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1945 - Act Nov. 30, 1945, substituted second sentence of second
par. for a sentence which read "In all such proceedings the court,
for the purpose of ascertaining the value of the property and
assessing the compensation to be paid, shall appoint three
commissioners, whose award, when confirmed by the court, shall be
final."
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 701e, 702a,
702a-1 1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-10, 702a-11, 702c, 702d-1, 702h,
702i, 702j, 702l, 702m, 702n of this title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702d-1 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702d-1. Bonnet Carre Spillway and Floodway; rights-of-way,
etc., over lands
-STATUTE-
The proviso in section 702d of this title "That any land acquired
under the provisions of this section shall be turned over without
cost to the ownership of States or local interests," shall not
apply to the lands heretofore acquired or that may be hereafter
acquired in connection with the construction, maintenance, or
operation of the Bonnet Carre Spillway and Floodway. The Secretary
of the Army is authorized to grant to any citizen, association,
railroad, or other corporation, State or public agency thereof,
rights-of-way, easements, and permits, over, across, in, and upon
said lands for railway, highway, telephone, telegraph, and
pipe-line crossings, and other purposes. The grants issued in
pursuance of this authority shall be under such terms and
conditions as the Secretary of the Army may deem advisable for the
protection of the public interests, and may be perpetual or
temporary in his discretion.
-SOURCE-
(Feb. 15, 1933, ch. 76, 47 Stat. 810; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title
II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702e 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702e. Maps for project; preparation
-STATUTE-
Subject to the approval of the heads of the several executive
departments concerned, the Secretary of the Army, on the
recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, may engage the services
and assistance of the National Ocean Survey, the United States
Geological Survey, or other mapping agencies of the Government, in
the preparation of maps required in furtherance of this project,
and funds to pay for such services may be allotted from
appropriations made under authority of sections 702a and 702g of
this title.
-SOURCE-
(May 15, 1928, ch. 569, Sec. 5, 45 Stat. 536; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 102-154, title I,
Nov. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1000.)
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
"United States Geological Survey" substituted in text for
"Geological Survey" pursuant to provision of title I of Pub. L.
102-154, set out as a note under section 31 of Title 43, Public
Lands.
Coast and Geodetic Survey consolidated with National Weather
Bureau in 1965 to form Environmental Science Services
Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30
F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318. Environmental Science Services
Administration abolished in 1970, and its personnel, property,
records, etc., transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35
F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090. By order of Acting Associate
Administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
35 F.R. 19249, Dec. 19, 1970, Coast and Geodetic Survey
redesignated National Ocean Survey. See notes set out under section
311 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and
agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to
Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan
No. 3 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64
Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees. The Geological Survey, referred to in
text, is an agency of Department of the Interior.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 701e, 702a,
702a-1 1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702c, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702l,
702m, 702n of this title.
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33 USC Sec. 702f 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702f. Expenditures for earlier projects
-STATUTE-
Funds appropriated under authority of section 702a of this title
may be expended for the prosecution of such works for the control
of the floods of the Mississippi River as have, prior to May 15,
1928, been authorized and are not included in the present project,
including levee work on the Mississippi River between Rock Island,
Illinois, and Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and on the outlets and
tributaries of the Mississippi River between Rock Island and Head
of Passes insofar as such outlets or tributaries are affected by
the backwaters of the Mississippi: Provided, That for such work on
the Mississippi River between Rock Island, Illinois, and Cape
Girardeau, Missouri, and on such tributaries, the States or levee
districts shall provide rights-of-way without cost to the United
States, contribute 33 1/3 per centum of the costs of the works,
and maintain them after completion: And provided further, That not
more than $10,000,000 of the sums authorized in section 702a of
this title, shall be expended under the provisions of this section.
In an emergency, funds appropriated under authority of section 702a
of this title may be expended for the maintenance of any levee when
it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Army
that the levee cannot be adequately maintained by the State or
levee district.
-SOURCE-
(May 15, 1928, ch. 569, Sec. 6, 45 Stat. 536; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 701e, 702a,
702a-1 1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702c, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702l,
702m, 702n of this title.
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33 USC Sec. 702g 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702g. Appropriation for emergency fund
-STATUTE-
The sum of $5,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated as an
emergency fund to be allotted by the Secretary of the Army on the
recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, in rescue work or in the
repair or maintenance of any flood-control work on any tributaries
of the Mississippi River threatened or destroyed by flood including
the flood of 1927: Provided, That the unexpended and unallotted
balance of said sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be
allotted by the Secretary of the Army on the recommendation of the
Chief of Engineers in the reimbursement of levee districts or
others for expenditures heretofore incurred or made for the
construction, repair, or maintenance of any flood-control work on
any tributaries or outlets of the Mississippi River that may be
threatened, impaired, or destroyed by the flood of 1927 or
subsequent flood or that have been impaired, damaged, or destroyed
by flood; and also in the construction, repair, or maintenance, and
in the reimbursement of levee districts or others for the
construction, repair, or maintenance of any flood-control work on
any of the tributaries or outlets of the Mississippi River that
have been impaired, damaged, or destroyed by caving banks or that
may be threatened or impaired by caving banks of such tributaries,
whether or not such caving has taken place during a flood stage:
Provided further, That if the Chief of Engineers finds that it has
been or will be necessary or advisable to change the location of
any such flood-control work in order to provide the protection
contemplated by this section, such change may be approved and/or
authorized.
-SOURCE-
(May 15, 1928, ch. 569, Sec. 7, 45 Stat. 537; June 19, 1930, ch.
542, 46 Stat. 787; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, Sec. 205(a),
61 Stat. 501.)
-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1930 - Act June 19, 1930, inserted provisos.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 701e, 702a,
702a-1 1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702c, 702e, 702h, 702i, 702j,
702l, 702m, 702n of this title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702g-1 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702g-1. Additional appropriation for emergency fund
-STATUTE-
The sum of $15,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated as an
emergency fund to be allocated by the Secretary of the Army on the
recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in rescue work or in the
repair or maintenance of any flood-control work on any tributary of
the Mississippi River threatened or destroyed by flood heretofore
or hereafter occurring: Provided, That the unexpended and
unallotted balance of said sum, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, may be allotted by the Secretary of the Army, on the
recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, in the reimbursement of
levee districts or others for expenditures incurred or made prior
to June 15, 1936 for the construction, repair, or maintenance of
any flood-control work on any tributaries or outlets of the
Mississippi River that may be threatened, impaired, or destroyed by
the flood of 1927 or subsequent flood; and also in the
construction, repair, or maintenance, and in the reimbursement of
levee districts or others for the construction, repair, or
maintenance of any flood-control work on any of the tributaries or
outlets of the Mississippi River that may have been impaired,
damaged, or destroyed by caving banks or that may be threatened or
impaired by caving banks, of such tributaries, whether or not such
caving has taken place during a flood stage: Provided further, That
if the Chief of Engineers finds that it has been or will be
necessary or advisable to change the location of any such
flood-control work in order to provide the protection contemplated
by this section, such change may be approved and authorized.
-SOURCE-
(June 15, 1936, ch. 548, Sec. 9, 49 Stat. 1511; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 702a-1, 702a-1 1/2 ,
702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702j-1, 702k-1 of this title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702h 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702h. Prosecution of project by Mississippi River Commission;
president of commission; salaries
-STATUTE-
The project herein authorized shall be prosecuted by the
Mississippi River Commission under the direction of the Secretary
of the Army and supervision of the Chief of Engineers and subject
to the provisions of sections 702a, 702b to 702d, 702e to 702g,
702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 of this title. It shall
perform such functions and through such agencies as they shall
designate after consultation and discussion with the president of
the commission. For all other purposes the existing laws governing
the constitution and activities of the commission shall remain
unchanged. The commission shall make inspection trips of such
frequency and duration as will enable it to acquire first-hand
information as to conditions and problems germane to the matter of
flood control within the area of its jurisdiction; and on such
trips of inspection ample opportunity for hearings and suggestions
shall be afforded persons affected by or interested in such
problems. The president of the commission shall be the executive
officer thereof and shall have the qualifications prescribed by law
on May 15, 1928, for the Assistant Chief of Engineers, shall have
the title brigadier general, Corps of Engineers, and shall have the
rank, pay, and allowances of a brigadier general while actually
assigned to such duty: Provided, That the incumbent of the office
on May 15, 1928, may be appointed a brigadier general of the Army,
retired, and shall be eligible for the position of president of the
commission if recalled to active service by the President under the
provisions of existing law.
The official salary of any officer of the United States Army or
other branch of the Government appointed or employed under sections
702a, 702b to 702d, 702e to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l,
702m, and 704 of this title shall be deducted from the amount of
salary or compensation provided by, or which shall be fixed under,
the terms of such sections.
-SOURCE-
(May 15, 1928, ch. 569, Sec. 8, 45 Stat. 537; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 106-53, title V,
Sec. 558, Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 354.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Herein, referred to in text, means act May 15, 1928, ch. 569, 45
Stat. 534, as amended, which enacted sections 702a, 702b to 702d,
702e to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Tables. The "project herein authorized" was specifically authorized
by section 702a of this title.
-COD-
CODIFICATION
Provisions of the second paragraph, as amended by Pub. L. 106-53,
that read: "The salary of the president of the Mississippi River
Commission shall hereafter be $10,000 per annum, and the salary of
the other members of the commission shall hereafter be $21,500 per
annum." were omitted as obsolete and superseded by the
Classification Act of 1949, 63 Stat. 954, 972. The Classification
Act of 1949 was repealed by Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, Sec.
8(a), 80 Stat. 632, and reenacted as chapter 51 and subchapter III
of chapter 53 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Section 5102 of Title 5 contains the applicability provisions of
the 1949 Act, and section 5103 of Title 5 authorizes the Office of
Personnel Management to determine the applicability to specific
positions and employees.
-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1999 - Pub. L. 106-53 amended provisions which were omitted from
the second paragraph by substituting "$21,500" for "$7,500". See
Codification note above.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 701e, 702a,
702a-1 1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702c, 702i, 702j, 702m, 702n of
this title.
-End-
-CITE-
33 USC Sec. 702h-1 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702h-1. Transferred
-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section has been transferred to section 642a of this title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702i 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702i. Certain sections applicable to property and rights
acquired or constructed
-STATUTE-
The provisions of sections 407, 408, 411, 412, and 413 of this
title are made applicable to all lands, waters, easements, and
other property and rights acquired or constructed under the
provisions of sections 702a, 702b to 702d, 702e to 702g, 702h,
702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 of this title.
-SOURCE-
(May 15, 1928, ch. 569, Sec. 9, 45 Stat. 537.)
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 701e, 702a,
702a-1 1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702c, 702h, 702j, 702m, 702n of
this title.
-End-
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33 USC Sec. 702j 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702j. Projects relating to tributary streams; report to
Congress; appropriation
-STATUTE-
It is the sense of Congress that the surveys of the Mississippi
River and its tributaries, authorized pursuant to the Act of
January 21, 1927 [ch. 47, 44 Stat. 1010], and House Document
Numbered 308, Sixty-ninth Congress, first session, be prosecuted as
speedily as practicable, and the Secretary of the Army, through the
Corps of Engineers, United States Army, is directed to prepare and
submit to Congress at the earliest practicable date projects for
flood control on all tributary streams of the Mississippi River
system subject to destructive floods which projects shall include:
The Red River and tributaries, the Yazoo River and tributaries, the
White River and tributaries, the Saint Francis River and
tributaries, the Arkansas River and tributaries, the Ohio River and
tributaries, the Missouri River and tributaries, and the Illinois
River and tributaries; and the reports thereon, in addition to the
surveys provided by said House Document 308, Sixty-ninth Congress,
first session, shall include the effect on the subject of further
flood control of the lower Mississippi River to be attained through
the control of the flood waters in the drainage basins of the
tributaries by the establishment of a reservoir system; the
benefits that will accrue to navigation and agriculture from the
prevention of erosion and siltage entering the stream; a
determination of the capacity of the soils of the district to
receive and hold waters from such reservoirs; the prospective
income from the disposal of reservoired waters; the extent to which
reservoired waters may be made available for public and private
uses; and inquiry as to the return flow of waters placed in the
soils from reservoirs, and as to their stabilizing effect on stream
flow as a means of preventing erosion, siltage, and improving
navigation: Provided, That before transmitting such reports to
Congress the same shall be presented to the Mississippi River
Commission, and its conclusions and recommendations thereon shall
be transmitted to Congress by the Secretary of the Army with his
report.
The sum of $5,000,000 is authorized to be used out of the
appropriation authorized in section 702a of this title, in addition
to amounts authorized in the River and Harbor Act of January 21,
1927 [ch. 47, 44 Stat. 1010], to be expended under the direction of
the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of
Engineers for the preparation of the flood-control projects
authorized to be submitted to Congress under this section: Provided
further, That the flood surveys herein provided for shall be made
simultaneously with the flood-control work on the Mississippi River
provided for in sections 702a, 702b to 702d, 702e to 702g, 702h,
702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 of this title: And provided
further, That the President shall proceed to ascertain through the
Secretary of Agriculture and such other agencies as he may deem
proper, the extent to and manner in which the floods in the
Mississippi Valley may be controlled by proper forestry practice.
-SOURCE-
(May 15, 1928, ch. 569, Sec. 10, 45 Stat. 538; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Act of January 21, 1927 [ch. 47, 44 Stat. 1010], referred to in
text, popularly known as the River and Harbor Act of January 21,
1927, was not classified to the Code, except for subsections (b)
and (d) of section 5 of the act, which enacted sections 569 and 584
of this title.
Herein, referred to in text, means act May 15, 1928, ch. 569, 45
Stat. 534, as amended, which enacted sections 702a, 702b to 702d,
702e to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Tables.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and
agencies of Department of Agriculture, with certain exceptions, to
Secretary of Agriculture, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan
No. 2 of 1953, Sec. 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat.
633, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization
and Employees.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 701e, 702a,
702a-1 1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702c, 702h, 702l, 702m, 702n of
this title.
-End-
-CITE-
33 USC Sec. 702j-1 01/06/03
-EXPCITE-
TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702j-1. Saint Francis and Yazoo Rivers; lands and easements;
alteration of highways; cooperation of States
-STATUTE-
(1) Neither of the projects for the flood control of the Saint
Francis River or the Yazoo River, authorized by sections 642a,
702a-1, 702a-2 to 702a-12, 702g-1, 702j-1, 702j-2, 702k-1, and
702k-2 of this title, shall be undertaken until the States, or
other qualified agencies, shall have furnished satisfactory
assurances that they will undertake, without cost to the United
States, all alterations of highways made necessary because of the
construction of the authorized reservoirs, and meet all damages
because of such highway alterations, and have agreed also to
furnish without cost to the United States all lands and easements
necessary to the construction of levees and drainage ditches
constructed under this project: Provided, That the reservoirs for
control of headwater flow of the Yazoo River system may be located
by the Chief of Engineers, in his discretion: And provided further,
That the Chief of Engineers may, in his discretion, substitute
levees, floodways, or auxiliary channels, or any or all of them,
for any or all of the seven detention reservoirs recommended in his
report of February 12, 1935, for the control of floods of the Yazoo
River: And provided further, That the Chief of Engineers, with the
approval of the Secretary of the Army, may modify the project for
the flood control of the Saint Francis River as recommended in said
report, to include therein the construction of a detention
reservoir for the reduction of floods, and the acquisition at the
cost of the United States of all lands and flowage necessary to the
construction of said reservoir except flowage of highways: Provided
further, That the estimated cost to the United States of the
project is not increased by reason of such detention reservoir.
(2) The Chief of Engineers may, in his discretion, modify the
project for the control of floods on the Yazoo River, as authorized
by paragraph (1) of this section, to substitute therefor a combined
reservoir floodway and levee plan: Provided, That the total cost
thereof does not exceed the present authorization as estimated in
House Committee on Flood Control Document Numbered 1,
Seventy-fourth Congress, first session: Provided further, That the
modified project shall be subject to the following conditions of
local cooperation:
No work shall be undertaken until the States or other qualified
agencies have furnished satisfactory assurances that they will -
(a) undertake, without cost to the United States, all alterations
of highways made necessary because of the construction of
reservoirs and meet all damages because of such highway
alterations; and
(b) furnish, without cost to the United States, all lands and
easements necessary to the construction of levees and drainage
ditches.
-SOURCE-
(June 15, 1936, ch. 548, Sec. 4, 49 Stat. 1509; Aug. 28, 1937, ch.
877, Sec. 6, 50 Stat. 880; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, Sec.
205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-COD-
CODIFICATION
Par. (1) is comprised of act June 15, 1936, and par. (2) is from
act Aug. 28, 1937.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 702a-1, 702a-1 1/2 ,
702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702a-12, 702k-1 of this title.
-End-
-CITE-
33 USC Sec. 702j-2 01/06/03
-EXPCITE-
TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702j-2. White River Levee District; rights-of-way; drainage
facilities; flowage rights; acquisition by local authorities;
protection of United States from liability for damages
-STATUTE-
The Chief of Engineers, under the supervision of the Secretary of
the Army, shall at the expense of the United States Government
construct a system of levees substantially in accordance with
general plan shown on map designated as sheet numbered 1 entitled
"Tributary Levee Location Survey - White River Levee District -
Proposed Levee Location" accompanying report dated April 2, 1925,
and filed in office of First and Second Mississippi River
Commission Districts, Memphis, Tennessee. The Chief of Engineers
shall have the right to alter, change, or modify said plan as to
the grades and levee sections: Provided, however, That no work
shall be commenced on the above-mentioned project until the State,
levee boards, or other responsible local interests have given
assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that they will
(a) provide without cost to the United States all rights-of-way
necessary for the construction of said project; (b) provide
drainage facilities made necessary by construction of levees; (c)
acquire and provide without cost to the United States all flowage
and storage rights and easements over, upon, and across the lands
and properties within the protected area in the event it becomes
necessary in the judgment and discretion of the Secretary of the
Army or the Chief of Engineers to use said area, or any part
thereof, for an emergency reservoir; (d) hold and save the United
States free from liability for damages on account of the use of
said area for reservoir purposes during said emergency.
-SOURCE-
(June 15, 1936, ch. 548, Sec. 5, 49 Stat. 1509; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 702a-1, 702a-1 1/2 ,
702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702a-12, 702j-1, 702k-1 of this title.
-End-
-CITE-
33 USC Sec. 702k 01/06/03
-EXPCITE-
TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702k. Surveys below Cape Girardeau, Missouri; resurvey of
levee in Tennessee
-STATUTE-
The Secretary of the Army shall cause the Mississippi River
Commission to make an examination and survey of the Mississippi
River below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, (a) at places where levees
have prior to May 15, 1928, been constructed on one side of the
river and the lands on the opposite side have been thereby
subjected to greater overflow, and were, without unreasonably
restricting the flood channel, levees can be constructed to reduce
the extent of this overflow, and where the construction of such
levees is economically justified, and report thereon to the
Congress as soon as practicable with such recommendations as the
commission may deem advisable; (b) with a view to determining the
estimated effects, if any, upon lands lying between the river and
adjacent hills by reason of overflow of such lands caused by the
construction of levees at other points along the Mississippi River,
and determining the equities of the owners of such lands and the
value of the same, and the commission shall report thereon to the
Congress as soon as practicable with such recommendation as it may
deem advisable: Provided, That inasmuch as the Mississippi River
Commission made a report on the 26th day of October 1912,
recommending a levee to be built from Tiptonville, Tennessee, to
the Obion River in Tennessee, the said Mississippi River Commission
is authorized to make a resurvey of said proposed levee and a
relocation of the same if necessary, and if such levee is found
feasible, and is approved by the board created in section 702a of
this title, and by the President the same shall be built out of
appropriations made after May 15, 1928.
-SOURCE-
(May 15, 1928, ch. 569, Sec. 11, 45 Stat. 538; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 701e, 702a,
702a-1 1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702a-12, 702c, 702h, 702i, 702j,
702l, 702m, 702n of this title.
-End-
-CITE-
33 USC Sec. 702k-1 01/06/03
-EXPCITE-
TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702k-1. Authorization of appropriation
-STATUTE-
$272,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for the carrying
out of the modified adopted project, and all unexpended balances of
appropriations heretofore made for the prosecution of said
flood-control project are made available for the purposes of
sections 642a, 702a-1, 702a-2 to 702a-12, 702g-1, 702j-1, 702j-2,
702k-1, and 702k-2 of this title.
-SOURCE-
(June 15, 1936, ch. 548, Sec. 13, 49 Stat. 1513.)
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 702a-1, 702a-1 1/2 ,
702a-1 3/4 , 702a-4, 702a-9, 702a-10, 702a-11, 702a-12, 702j-1 of
this title.
-End-
-CITE-
33 USC Sec. 702k-2 01/06/03
-EXPCITE-
TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702k-2. Separability
-STATUTE-
If any provision of sections 642a, 702a-1, 702a-2 to 702a-12,
702g-1, 702j-1, 702j-2, and 702k-1 of this title, or the
application thereof, to any person or circumstances, is held
invalid, the remainder of the said sections, and the application of
such provisions to other persons or circumstances, shall not be
affected thereby.
-SOURCE-
(June 15, 1936, ch. 548, Sec. 14, 49 Stat. 1513.)
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 702a-1, 702a-1 1/2 ,
702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702a-12, 702j-1, 702k-1 of this title.
-End-
-CITE-
33 USC Sec. 702l 01/06/03
-EXPCITE-
TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702g742l. Repeal of inconsistent laws
-STATUTE-
All laws or parts of laws inconsistent with sections 702a, 702b
to 702d, 702e to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, and 702k of this title,
are repealed.
-SOURCE-
(May 15, 1928, ch. 569, Sec. 12, 45 Stat. 539.)
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 701e, 702a,
702a-1 1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702a-12, 702c, 702h, 702i, 702j
702m, 702n of this title.
-End-
-CITE-
33 USC Sec. 702m 01/06/03
-EXPCITE-
TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702m. Interest of Members of Congress in contracts for
acquisition of land
-STATUTE-
In every contract or agreement to be made or entered into for the
acquisition of land either by private sale or condemnation as in
sections 702a, 702b to 702d, 702e to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k,
702l, 702m, and 704 of this title provided the provisions contained
in section 22 of Title 41 shall be applicable.
-SOURCE-
(May 15, 1928, ch. 569, Sec. 14, 45 Stat. 539.)
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 701e, 702a,
702a-1 1/2 , 702a-1 3/4 , 702a-11, 702a-12, 702c, 702h, 702i, 702j,
702n of this title.
-End-
-CITE-
33 USC Sec. 702n 01/06/03
-EXPCITE-
TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 702n. Levee rights-of-way; payment or reimbursement for
-STATUTE-
The Secretary of the Army is authorized, out of any money
available for carrying out the provisions of sections 702a, 702b to
702d, 702e to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 of
this title, to purchase from, or to reimburse States or local levee
districts for the cost of, any levee rights-of-way or easements for
the building of levees in the Mississippi Valley for which the
United States was or is under obligation to pay under the
provisions of said sections regardless of whether said States or
local levee districts have furnished such rights-of-way in the past
and regardless of the conditions under which such levee
rights-of-way were furnished, or may be furnished in the future:
Provided, That after careful investigation the prices are found to
be reasonable: And provided further, That payments or
reimbursements for levee rights-of-way or easements conveying the
privilege of building levees may be made as soon as they have been
acquired in conformity with local custom or legal procedure in such
matters and to the satisfaction of the Chief of Engineers.
-SOURCE-
(Apr. 23, 1934, ch. 159, 48 Stat. 607; July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-End-
-CITE-
33 USC Sec. 703 01/06/03
-EXPCITE-
TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 703. Sacramento River, California
-STATUTE-
Flood-control works authorized - For controlling the floods,
removing the de&233;bris, and continuing the improvement of the
Sacramento River, California, in accordance with the plans of the
California De&233;bris Commission, the Secretary of the Army is
authorized and directed to carry on continuously, by hired labor or
otherwise, the plan of said commission contained in its report
submitted August 10, 1910, and printed in House Document Numbered
81, Sixty-second Congress, first session, as modified by the report
of said commission submitted February 8, 1913, approved by the
Chief of Engineers of the United States Army and the Board of
Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, and printed in Rivers and Harbors
Committee Document Numbered 5, Sixty-third Congress, first session,
insofar as said plan provides for the rectification and enlargement
of river channels and the construction of weirs, to be paid for as
appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed
in the aggregate $5,600,000: Provided, That not more than
$1,000,000 shall be expended therefor during any one fiscal year.
Limitation on expenditure of appropriations generally - (a) All
money appropriated under authority of this section shall be
expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, in
accordance with the plans, specifications, and recommendations of
the California De&233;bris Commission, as approved by the Chief of
Engineers, for the control of floods, removal of de&233;bris, and
the general improvement of the Sacramento River: Provided, That no
money shall be expended under authority of this section until
assurances have been given satisfactory to the Secretary of the
Army (a) that the State of California will contribute annually for
such work a sum equal to such sum as may be expended annually
therefor by the United States under authority of this section; (b)
that such equal contributions by the State of California will
continue annually until the full equal share of the cost of such
work shall have been contributed by said State; and (c) that the
river levees contemplated in the report of the California
De&233;bris Commission, dated August 10, 1910, will be constructed
to such grade and section and within such time as may be required
by said commission: Provided further, That said State shall not be
required to expend for such work, for any one year, a sum larger
than that expended thereon by the United States during the same
year: And provided further, That the total contributions so
required of the State of California shall not exceed in the
aggregate $5,600,000.
Expenditure of contributions by State of California; acquisition
of sites, easements, etc. - (b) All money contributed by the State
of California, as herein provided, shall be expended under the
direction of the California De&233;bris Commission and in such
manner as it may require or approve, and no money appropriated
under authority of this section shall be expended in the purchase
of or payment for any right-of-way, easement, or land acquired for
the purposes of this improvement, but all such rights-of-way,
easements, and lands shall be provided free of cost to the United
States: Provided, That no money paid or expense incurred therefor
shall be computed as a part of the contribution of the State of
California toward the work of improvement herein provided for
within the meaning of paragraph (a) of this section.
Maintenance of works for flood control by State of California -
(c) Upon the completion of all works for flood control herein
authorized the said works shall be turned over to the State of
California for maintenance thereafter; but for all other purposes
the United States shall retain such control over the same as it may
have the right to exercise upon such completion.
-SOURCE-
(Mar. 1, 1917, ch. 144, Sec. 2, 39 Stat. 949; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-TRANS-
TERMINATION OF BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS AND
REASSIGNMENT OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
For termination of Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors 180
days after Oct. 31, 1992, and reassignment of duties and
responsibilities by Secretary of Army, see section 223 of Pub. L.
102-580, set out as a note under section 541 of this title.
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 704 of this title.
-End-
-CITE-
33 USC Sec. 704 01/06/03
-EXPCITE-
TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 704. Modification of project
-STATUTE-
The project for the control of floods in the Sacramento River,
California, adopted by section 703 of this title, is modified in
accordance with the report of the California De&233;bris Commission
submitted in Senate Document Numbered 23, Sixty-ninth Congress,
first session: Provided, That the total amounts contributed by the
Federal Government, including the amounts heretofore contributed by
it, shall in no event exceed in the aggregate $17,600,000.
-SOURCE-
(May 15, 1928, ch. 569, Sec. 13, 45 Stat. 539.)
-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701c-1, 701e, 702a,
702a-1 1/2 , 702a-11 of this title.
-End-
-CITE-
33 USC Sec. 705 01/06/03
-EXPCITE-
TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 705. Salmon River, Alaska; flood control work authorized
-STATUTE-
The project of prevention and control of floods in the Salmon
River, Alaska, recommended in the report of the Chief of Engineers,
United States Army, in House Document Numbered 228, Seventy-second
Congress, is adopted and authorized and shall be prosecuted under
the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of
the Chief of Engineers in accordance with the plan recommended in
such report and subject to the conditions set forth therein.
-SOURCE-
(June 18, 1934, ch. 581, 48 Stat. 991; July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-End-
-CITE-
33 USC Sec. 706 01/06/03
-EXPCITE-
TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 706. Secretary of Commerce; current precipitation information;
appropriation
-STATUTE-
There is authorized an expenditure as required, from any
appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for flood control,
rivers and harbors, and related purposes by the United States, for
the establishment, operation, and maintenance by the Secretary of
Commerce of a network of recording and nonrecording precipitation
stations, known as the Hydroclimatic Network, whenever in the
opinion of the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of Commerce
such service is advisable in connection with either preliminary
examinations and surveys or works of improvement authorized by the
law for flood control, rivers and harbors, and related purposes,
and the Secretary of the Army upon the recommendation of the Chief
of Engineers is authorized to allot the Secretary of Commerce funds
for said expenditure.
-SOURCE-
(June 28, 1938, ch. 795, Sec. 8, 52 Stat. 1226; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1264,
title II, Sec. 207, 68 Stat. 1266.)
-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1954 - Act Sept. 3, 1954, struck out $375,000 limitation on
transfers to Weather Bureau for providing basic hydrologic and
climatic information; inserted references to "rivers and harbors,
and related purposes" after "flood control," in two places; and
substituted "network of recording and nonrecording precipitation
stations, known as the Hydroclimatic Network" for "current
information service on precipitation, flood forecasts, and flood
warnings".
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Weather Bureau of Department of Commerce consolidated with Coast
and Geodetic Survey to form a new agency in Department of Commerce
to be known as Environmental Science Services Administration and
office of Chief of Weather Bureau abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of
1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. All
functions of Bureau and Chief of Bureau transferred to Secretary of
Commerce by Reorg. Plan. Subsequently, Environmental Science
Services Administration abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970,
eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, set out in the
Appendix to Title 5, which created National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration in Department of Commerce. By Department
Organization Order 25-5A, republished 39 F.R. 27486, Secretary of
Commerce delegated to NOAA his functions relating to Weather
Bureau. By order of Acting Associate Administrator of NOAA,
organization name of Weather Bureau changed to National Weather
Service. For further details, see Codification note set out under
section 311 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 701b-4, 701c-1, 701f-1,
701j of this title.
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33 USC Sec. 707 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 707. Sumner Dam and Lake Sumner; declaration of purpose;
report to Congress; appropriation
-STATUTE-
The Sumner Dam and Lake Sumner on the Pecos River, New Mexico, is
authorized and declared to be for the purposes of controlling
floods, regulating the flow of the Pecos River, providing for
storage and for delivery of stored waters, for the reclamation of
lands, and other beneficial uses, and said dam and reservoir shall
be used, first, for irrigation; second, for flood control and river
regulation; and third, for other purposes. The Chief of Engineers
and the Secretary of the Army are directed to report to the
Congress the amount of the total cost of said Sumner Dam and Lake
Sumner which is properly allocable to flood control. The
appropriation and transfer of such amount from the general fund of
the Treasury to the reclamation fund, for credit by reduction of
the maximum obligation of the Carlsbad Irrigation District to repay
the total cost thereof, is authorized.
-SOURCE-
(Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 699, Sec. 7, 53 Stat. 1417; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 93-447, Oct. 17,
1974, 88 Stat. 1363.)
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AMENDMENTS
1974 - Pub. L. 93-447 substituted "Sumner Dam and Lake Sumner"
for "Alamogordo Dam and Reservoir" wherever appearing.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
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ALAMOGORDO DAM AND RESERVOIR REDESIGNATED AS SUMNER DAM AND LAKE
SUMNER
Pub. L. 93-447 provided: "That the Alamogordo Dam and Reservoir,
New Mexico, referred to in the Act of August 11, 1939 (53 Stat.
1414) [which enacted this section], are redesignated as Sumner Dam
and Lake Sumner, respectively. Any law, regulation, map, document,
record, or other paper of the United States in which such dam or
reservoir is referred to shall be held to refer to such dam as
Sumner Dam or such reservoir as Lake Sumner."
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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 701b-4 of this title.
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33 USC Sec. 708 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 708. Sale of surplus waters for domestic and industrial uses;
disposition of moneys
-STATUTE-
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to make contracts with
States, municipalities, private concerns, or individuals, at such
prices and on such terms as he may deem reasonable, for domestic
and industrial uses for surplus water that may be available at any
reservoir under the control of the Department of the Army:
Provided, That no contracts for such water shall adversely affect
then existing lawful uses of such water. All moneys received from
such contracts shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United
States as miscellaneous receipts.
-SOURCE-
(Dec. 22, 1944, ch. 665, Sec. 6, 58 Stat. 890; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; May 23, 1952, ch. 328,
Sec. 1(a), 66 Stat. 93.)
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AMENDMENTS
1952 - Act May 23, 1952, revived and reenacted section.
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
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REPEALS
Act May 23, 1952, Sec. 1(b), repealed paragraph (59) of section 1
of act Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, 65 Stat. 703, which had previously
repealed this section.
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TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of certain personal property and functions relating
thereto, insofar as they pertain to Air Force, from Secretary of
the Army and Department of the Army to Secretary of the Air Force
and Department of the Air Force, see Secretary of Defense Transfer
Order No. 39, eff. May 18, 1949, and 40 [App. B (98)], July 22,
1949.
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SECTION AS UNAFFECTED BY SUBMERGED LANDS ACT
Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed
by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of Title 43, Public
Lands.
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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in title 16 section 839e.
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33 USC Sec. 709 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 709. Regulations for use of storage waters; application to
Tennessee Valley Authority
-STATUTE-
On and after December 22, 1944, it shall be the duty of the
Secretary of the Army to prescribe regulations for the use of
storage allocated for flood control or navigation at all reservoirs
constructed wholly or in part with Federal funds provided on the
basis of such purposes, and the operation of any such project shall
be in accordance with such regulations: Provided, That this section
shall not apply to the Tennessee Valley Authority, except that in
case of danger from floods on the Lower Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
the Tennessee Valley Authority is directed to regulate the release
of water from the Tennessee River into the Ohio River in accordance
with such instructions as may be issued by the Department of the
Army.
-SOURCE-
(Dec. 22, 1944, ch. 665, Sec. 7, 58 Stat. 890; July 26, 1947, ch.
343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a)
of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section
205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013
continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision
of Secretary of the Army.
-MISC1-
SECTION AS UNAFFECTED BY SUBMERGED LANDS ACT
Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed
by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of Title 43, Public
Lands.
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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in title 16 section 839e.
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33 USC Sec. 709a 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 709a. Information on floods and flood damage
-STATUTE-
(a) Compilation and dissemination
In recognition of the increasing use and development of the flood
plains of the rivers of the United States and of the need for
information on flood hazards to serve as a guide to such
development, and as a basis for avoiding future flood hazards by
regulation of use by States and political subdivisions thereof, and
to assure that Federal departments and agencies may take proper
cognizance of flood hazards, the Secretary of the Army, through the
Chief of Engineers, is hereby authorized to compile and disseminate
information on floods and flood damages, including identification
of areas subject to inundation by floods of various magnitudes and
frequencies, and general criteria for guidance of Federal and
non-Federal interests and agencies in the use of flood plain areas;
and to provide advice to other Federal agencies and local interests
for their use in planning to ameliorate the flood hazard. Surveys
and guides will be made for States and political subdivisions
thereof only upon the request of a State or a political subdivision
thereof, and upon approval by the Chief of Engineers, and such
information and advice provided them only upon such request and
approval.
(b) Flood prevention coordination
The Secretary shall coordinate with the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency and the heads of other Federal agencies
to ensure that flood control projects and plans are complementary
and integrated to the extent practicable and appropriate.
(c) Fees
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to establish and collect
fees from Federal agencies and private persons for the purpose of
recovering the cost of providing services pursuant to this section.
Funds collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into
the account of the Treasury of the United States entitled
"Contributions and Advances, Rivers and Harbor, Corps of Engineers
(8862)" and shall be available until expended to carry out this
section. No fees shall be collected from State, regional, or local
governments or other non-Federal public agencies for services
provided pursuant to this section, but the Secretary of the Army
may accept funds voluntarily contributed by such entities for the
purpose of expanding the scope of the services requested by the
entities.
(d) Fiscal year limitation on expenditures
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to expend not to exceed
$15,000,000 per fiscal year for the compilation and dissemination
of information under this section.
-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 86-645, title II, Sec. 206, July 14, 1960, 74 Stat. 500;
Pub. L. 89-298, title II, Sec. 220, Oct. 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 1089;
Pub. L. 89-789, title II, Sec. 206, Nov. 7, 1966, 80 Stat. 1422;
Pub. L. 91-611, title II, Sec. 225, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1832;
Pub. L. 93-251, title I, Sec. 64, Mar. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 30; Pub.
L. 101-640, title III, Sec. 321, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4643;
Pub. L. 106-53, title II, Secs. 202, 216, Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat.
285, 293.)
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AMENDMENTS
1999 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-53, Sec. 216, added subsec. (b).
Former subsec. (b) redesignated (c).
Pub. L. 106-53, Sec. 202, inserted before period at end of third
sentence ", but the Secretary of the Army may accept funds
voluntarily contributed by such entities for the purpose of
expanding the scope of the services requested by the entities".
Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 106-53, Sec. 216(1), redesignated
subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively.
1990 - Pub. L. 101-640 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former
subsec. (b) as (c).
1974 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-251 substituted "$15,000,000" for
"$11,000,000".
1970 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 91-611 substituted "$11,000,000" for
"$7,000,000".
1966 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89-789, in amending subsec. (a)
generally, substituted "political subdivisions thereof" for
"municipalities" and "advice" for "engineering advice", inserted
provision "to assure that Federal departments and agencies may take
proper cognizance of flood hazards", provided for guidance of
Federal and non-Federal interests and agencies and advice to other
Federal agencies, and for surveys and guides upon request of a
State or political subdivision in lieu of surveys and studies for
specific localities upon request of a State or responsible local
governmental agency.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89-789 substituted "expend not to exceed
$7,000,000 per fiscal year for the compilation and dissemination of
information under this section" for "allot, from any appropriations
hereafter made for flood control, sums not to exceed $2,500,000 in
any one fiscal year for the compilation and dissemination of such
information".
1965 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89-298 substituted "$2,500,000" for
"$1,000,000".
-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of
the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating
thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment
of related references, see sections 313(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557
of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland
Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set
out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
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33 USC Sec. 709b 01/06/03
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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
-HEAD-
Sec. 709b. Flood hazard information
-STATUTE-
The Secretary, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, and the Administrator of the Soil Conservation Service
shall take necessary actions, including the posting and
distribution of information and the preparation and distribution of
educational materials and programs, to ensure that information
relating to flood hazard areas is generally available to the
public.
-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 99-662, title IX, Sec. 944, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat.
4200.)
-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of
the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating
thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment
of related references, see sections 313(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557
of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland
Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set
out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
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"SECRETARY" DEFINED
Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2201 of
this title.
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