§ 702f. — Expenditures for earlier projects.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 33USC702f]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15--FLOOD CONTROL
Sec. 702f. Expenditures for earlier projects
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.
(May 15, 1928, ch. 569, Sec. 6, 45 Stat. 536; July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
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act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.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.
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.
