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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1002. Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall mean:
The "Secretary" - the Secretary of Agriculture of the United
States.
"Works of improvement" - any undertaking for -
(1) flood prevention (including structural and land treatment
measures),
(2) the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of
water, or
(3) the conservation and proper utilization of land,
in watershed or subwatershed area not exceeding two hundred and
fifty thousand acres and not including any single structure which
provides more than twelve thousand five hundred acre-feet of
floodwater detention capacity, and more than twenty-five thousand
acre-feet of total capacity. No appropriation shall be made for any
plan involving an estimated Federal contribution to construction
costs in excess of $5,000,000, or which includes any structure
which provides more than twenty-five hundred acre-feet of total
capacity unless such plan has been approved by resolutions adopted
by the appropriate committees of the Senate and House of
Representatives: Provided, That in the case of any plan involving
no single structure providing more than 4,000 acre-feet of total
capacity the appropriate committees shall be the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the
Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and in the
case of any plan involving any single structure of more than 4,000
acre-feet of total capacity the appropriate committees shall be the
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the
Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of
Representatives, respectively. Each project must contain benefits
directly related to agriculture, including rural communities, that
account for at least 20 percent of the total benefits of the
project. A number of such subwatersheds when they are component
parts of a larger watershed may be planned together when the local
sponsoring organizations so desire.
"Local organization" - any State, political subdivision thereof,
soil or water conservation district, flood prevention or control
district, or combinations thereof, or any other agency having
authority under State law to carry out, maintain and operate the
works of improvement; or any irrigation or reservoir company, water
users' association, or similar organization having such authority
and not being operated for profit that may be approved by the
Secretary; or any Indian tribe or tribal organization, as defined
in section 450b of title 25, having authority under Federal, State,
or Indian tribal law to carry out, maintain, and operate the works
of improvement.
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