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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 702a. Adoption of 1927 project; execution; creation of board; scope of authority; appropriation
The project for the flood control of the Mississippi River in its
alluvial valley and for its improvement from the Head of Passes to
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in accordance with the engineering plan
set forth and recommended in the report submitted by the Chief of
Engineers to the Secretary of the Army dated December 1, 1927, and
printed in House Document Numbered 90, Seventieth Congress, first
session, is adopted and authorized to be prosecuted under the
direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the
Chief of Engineers: Provided, That a board to consist of the Chief
of Engineers, the president of the Mississippi River Commission,
and a civil engineer chosen from civil life to be appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, whose
compensation shall be fixed by the President and be paid out of the
appropriations made to carry on this project, is created; and such
board is authorized and directed to consider the engineering
differences between the adopted project and the plans recommended
by the Mississippi River Commission in its special report dated
November 28, 1927, and after such study and such further surveys as
may be necessary, to recommend to the President such action as it
may deem necessary to be taken in respect to such engineering
differences and the decision of the President upon all
recommendations or questions submitted to him by such board shall
be followed in carrying out the project herein adopted. The board
shall not have any power or authority in respect to such project
except as hereinbefore provided. Such project and the changes
therein, if any, shall be executed in accordance with the
provisions of section 702h of this title. Such surveys shall be
made between Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Cape Girardeau, Missouri,
as the board may deem necessary to enable it to ascertain and
determine the best method of securing flood relief in addition to
levees, before any flood-control works other than levees and
revetments are undertaken on that portion of the river: Provided,
That all diversion works and outlets constructed under the
provisions of sections 702a, 702b to 702d, 702e to 702g, 702h,
702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m and 704 of this title shall be built
in a manner and of a character which will fully and amply protect
the adjacent lands: Provided further, That pending completion of
any floodway, spillway, or diversion channel, the areas within the
same shall be given the same degree of protection as is afforded by
levees on the west side of the river contiguous to the levee at the
head of said floodway, but nothing herein shall prevent, postpone,
delay, or in anywise interfere with the execution of that part of
the project on the east side of the river, including raising,
strengthening, and enlarging the levees on the east side of the
river. The sum of $325,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for
this purpose.
All unexpended balances of appropriations prior to May 15, 1928,
made for prosecuting work of flood control on the Mississippi River
in accordance with the provisions of section 702 of this title, are
made available for expenditure under the provisions of sections
702a, 702b to 702d, 702e to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, and
702m of this title.
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