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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 648. Arkansas River; levee and bank protection
The jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission is extended
so as to include that part of the Arkansas River between its mouth
and the intersection thereof with the division line between Lincoln
and Jefferson Counties, and any funds which are appropriated by
Congress for improving the Mississippi River between Head of Passes
and the mouth of the Ohio River, and which may be allotted to
levees and bank revetment, may be expended within the limits of
said extended jurisdiction under the direction of the Secretary of
the Army, in accordance with the plans, specifications, and
recommendations of the Mississippi River Commission, as approved by
the Chief of Engineers, and upon like terms and conditions for
levees and bank revetment upon any part of the Mississippi River
now under the jurisdiction of said commission, and in such manner
as will best promote and accomplish the purposes for which
commission was created, in so far as the territory hereby added to
its said jurisdiction may be involved.
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