§ 702g. — Appropriation for emergency fund.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC702g]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15--FLOOD CONTROL
Sec. 702g. Appropriation for emergency fund
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.
(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.)
Amendments
1930--Act June 19, 1930, inserted provisos.
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act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.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, 702e, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702l, 702m,
702n of this title.
