§ 701t. — Emergency fund for flood damage; amount; commitments to be fulfilled by local interests.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC701t]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15--FLOOD CONTROL
Sec. 701t. Emergency fund for flood damage; amount; commitments
to be fulfilled by local interests
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.
(June 30, 1948, ch. 771, title II, Sec. 208, 62 Stat. 1182.)
