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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 702g-1. Additional appropriation for emergency fund
The sum of $15,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated as an
emergency fund to be allocated by the Secretary of the Army on the
recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in rescue work or in the
repair or maintenance of any flood-control work on any tributary of
the Mississippi River threatened or destroyed by flood heretofore
or hereafter occurring: Provided, That the unexpended and
unallotted balance of said sum, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, may be allotted by the Secretary of the Army, on the
recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, in the reimbursement of
levee districts or others for expenditures incurred or made prior
to June 15, 1936 for the construction, repair, or maintenance of
any flood-control work on any tributaries or outlets of the
Mississippi River that may be threatened, impaired, or destroyed by
the flood of 1927 or subsequent flood; and also in the
construction, repair, or maintenance, and in the reimbursement of
levee districts or others for the construction, repair, or
maintenance of any flood-control work on any of the tributaries or
outlets of the Mississippi River that may have been impaired,
damaged, or destroyed by caving banks or that may be threatened or
impaired by caving banks, of such tributaries, whether or not such
caving has taken place during a flood stage: Provided further, That
if the Chief of Engineers finds that it has been or will be
necessary or advisable to change the location of any such
flood-control work in order to provide the protection contemplated
by this section, such change may be approved and authorized.
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