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33 U.S.C. § 701g — Removal of obstructions; clearing channels

submitted 89 years ago by ch. 877 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 101 words · no verdicts yet

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The Army Secretary may spend up to $15,000,000 per fiscal year to remove debris, address ice jams, and clear or straighten navigable channels for flood control, with a $1,000,000 limit per tributary.

The Secretary of the Army may allot up to $15,000,000 from flood-control appropriations in any fiscal year to remove snags and debris, prevent or reduce flood damage from ice jams, and clear or straighten navigable streams and their tributaries when the Chief of Engineers finds the work advisable for flood control. No more than $1,000,000 may be spent on any one tributary in one fiscal year.
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The Secretary of the Army is authorized to allot not to exceed $15,000,000 from any appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for any one fiscal year for flood control, for removing accumulated snags and other debris, for preventing and mitigating flood damages associated with ice jams, and clearing and straightening the channel in navigable streams and tributaries thereof, when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such work is advisable in the interest of flood control: Provided, That not more than $1,000,000 shall be expended for this purpose for any single tributary from the appropriations for any one fiscal year.

Source credit: (Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 877, § 2, 50 Stat. 877; Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 699, § 1, 53 Stat. 1414; Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 377, § 9, 55 Stat. 650; July 24, 1946, ch. 596, § 13, 60 Stat. 652; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1264, title II, § 208, 68 Stat. 1266; Pub. L. 93–251, title I, § 26, Mar. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 20; Pub. L. 99–662, title IX, § 915(b), Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4191; Pub. L. 118–272, div. A, title I, § 1107(f), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 3005.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1937Enacted · Act of Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 877 · 50 Stat. 877
  • 1939Amended · Act of Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 699 · 53 Stat. 1414
  • 1941Amended · Act of Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 377 · 55 Stat. 650
  • 1946Amended · Act of July 24, 1946, ch. 596 · 60 Stat. 652
  • 1947Amended · Act of July 26, 1947, ch. 343 · 61 Stat. 501
  • 1954Amended · Act of Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1264 · 68 Stat. 1266
  • 1974Amended · Pub. L. 93-251 · 88 Stat. 20
  • 1986Amended · Pub. L. 99-662 · 100 Stat. 4191
  • 2025Amended · Pub. L. 118-272 · 138 Stat. 3005

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 877 on 1937-08-28.

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