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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 701t. Emergency fund for flood damage; amount; commitments to be fulfilled by local interests
The sum of $25,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated as an
emergency fund to be expended under the direction of the Secretary
of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for the
repair, restoration, and strengthening of levees and other flood
control works which have been threatened or destroyed by recent
floods, or which may be threatened or destroyed by later floods,
including the raising, extending, or other modification of such
works as may be necessary in the discretion of the Chief of
Engineers for the adequate functioning of the works for flood
control: Provided, That local interests shall provide without cost
to the United States all lands, easements, and rights of way
necessary for the work and shall maintain and operate all the works
after completion in a manner satisfactory to the Chief of
Engineers: Provided further, That pending the appropriation of said
sum, the Secretary of the Army may allot from existing
flood-control appropriations such sums as may be necessary for the
immediate prosecution of the work authorized by this section, such
appropriations to be reimbursed from said emergency fund when
appropriated: And provided further, That funds allotted under this
authority shall not be diverted from the unobligated funds from the
appropriation "Flood control, general", made available in War
Department Civil Functions Appropriation Acts for specific
purposes.
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