§ 702g-1. — Additional appropriation for emergency fund.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 33USC702g-1]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15--FLOOD CONTROL
Sec. 702g-1. Additional appropriation for emergency fund
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.
(June 15, 1936, ch. 548, Sec. 9, 49 Stat. 1511; 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act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.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 702a-1, 702a-1\1/2\, 702a-
1\3/4\, 702a-11, 702j-1, 702k-1 of this title.
