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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 701. Flood control generally
Laws applicable to works of improvement relating to flood control
- All the provisions of existing law relating to examinations and
surveys and to works of improvement of rivers and harbors shall
apply, so far as applicable to examinations and surveys and to
works of improvement relating to flood control. And all
expenditures of funds appropriated for works and projects relating
to flood control shall be made in accordance with and subject to
the law governing the disbursement and expenditure of funds
appropriated for the improvement of rivers and harbors.
Examinations and surveys; details from Government departments;
reports - All examinations and surveys of projects relating to
flood control shall include a comprehensive study of the watershed
or watersheds, and the report thereon in addition to any other
matter upon which a report is required shall give such data as it
may be practicable to secure in regard to (a) the extent and
character of the area to be affected by the proposed improvement;
(b) the probable effect upon any navigable water or waterway; (c)
the possible economical development and utilization of water power;
and (d) such other uses as may be properly related to or
coordinated with the project. And the heads of the several
departments of the Government may, in their discretion, and shall
upon the request of the Secretary of the Army, detail
representatives from their respective departments to assist the
Engineers of the Army in the study and examination of such
watersheds, to the end that duplication of work may be avoided and
the various services of the Government economically coordinated
therein: Provided, That all reports on preliminary examinations
hereafter authorized, together with the report of the Board of
Engineers for Rivers and Harbors thereon and the separate report of
the representative of any other department, shall be submitted to
the Secretary of the Army by the Chief of Engineers, with his
recommendations, and shall be transmitted by the Secretary of the
Army to the House of Representatives, and are ordered to be printed
when so made.
Reports by Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors - In the
consideration of all works and projects relating to flood control
which may be submitted to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and
Harbors for consideration and recommendation, said board shall, in
addition to any other matters upon which it may be required to
report, state its opinion as to (a) what Federal interest, if any,
is involved in the proposed improvement; (b) what share of the
expense, if any, should be borne by the United States; and (c) the
advisability of adopting the project.
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