§ 701b-2. — Cooperation by Secretaries of the Army and Agriculture; expenditures.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC701b-2]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15--FLOOD CONTROL
Sec. 701b-2. Cooperation by Secretaries of the Army and
Agriculture; expenditures
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.
(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.)
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.
Amendments
1941--Act Aug. 18, 1941, changed the reference near the beginning of
section and inserted sentence at end.
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act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.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.
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.
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.
