§ 702j. — Projects relating to tributary streams; report to Congress; appropriation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC702j]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15--FLOOD CONTROL
Sec. 702j. Projects relating to tributary streams; report to
Congress; appropriation
It is the sense of Congress that the surveys of the Mississippi
River and its tributaries, authorized pursuant to the Act of January 21,
1927 [ch. 47, 44 Stat. 1010], and House Document Numbered 308, Sixty-
ninth Congress, first session, be prosecuted as speedily as practicable,
and the Secretary of the Army, through the Corps of Engineers, United
States Army, is directed to prepare and submit to Congress at the
earliest practicable date projects for flood control on all tributary
streams of the Mississippi River system subject to destructive floods
which projects shall include: The Red River and tributaries, the Yazoo
River and tributaries, the White River and tributaries, the Saint
Francis River and tributaries, the Arkansas River and tributaries, the
Ohio River and tributaries, the Missouri River and tributaries, and the
Illinois River and tributaries; and the reports thereon, in addition to
the surveys provided by said House Document 308, Sixty-ninth Congress,
first session, shall include the effect on the subject of further flood
control of the lower Mississippi River to be attained through the
control of the flood waters in the drainage basins of the tributaries by
the establishment of a reservoir system; the benefits that will accrue
to navigation and agriculture from the prevention of erosion and siltage
entering the stream; a determination of the capacity of the soils of the
district to receive and hold waters from such reservoirs; the
prospective income from the disposal of reservoired waters; the extent
to which reservoired waters may be made available for public and private
uses; and inquiry as to the return flow of waters placed in the soils
from reservoirs, and as to their stabilizing effect on stream flow as a
means of preventing erosion, siltage, and improving navigation:
Provided, That before transmitting such reports to Congress the same
shall be presented to the Mississippi River Commission, and its
conclusions and recommendations thereon shall be transmitted to Congress
by the Secretary of the Army with his report.
The sum of $5,000,000 is authorized to be used out of the
appropriation authorized in section 702a of this title, in addition to
amounts authorized in the River and Harbor Act of January 21, 1927 [ch.
47, 44 Stat. 1010], to be expended under the direction of the Secretary
of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for the
preparation of the flood-control projects authorized to be submitted to
Congress under this section: Provided further, That the flood surveys
herein provided for shall be made simultaneously with the flood-control
work on the Mississippi River provided for in sections 702a, 702b to
702d, 702e to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 of this
title: And provided further, That the President shall proceed to
ascertain through the Secretary of Agriculture and such other agencies
as he may deem proper, the extent to and manner in which the floods in
the Mississippi Valley may be controlled by proper forestry practice.
(May 15, 1928, ch. 569, Sec. 10, 45 Stat. 538; July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
References in Text
Act of January 21, 1927 [ch. 47, 44 Stat. 1010], referred to in
text, popularly known as the River and Harbor Act of January 21, 1927,
was not classified to the Code, except for subsections (b) and (d) of
section 5 of the act, which enacted sections 569 and 584 of this title.
Herein, referred to in text, means act May 15, 1928, ch. 569, 45
Stat. 534, as amended, which enacted sections 702a, 702b to 702d, 702e
to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
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
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of Agriculture, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
Agriculture, with power to delegate, see 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 701c-1, 701e, 702a, 702a-
1\1/2\, 702a-1\3/4\, 702a-11, 702c, 702h, 702l, 702m, 702n of this
title.
