33 U.S.C. § 701b–6 — Examinations and surveys by Secretary of Agriculture
submitted 89 years ago by ch. 877 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 105 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of Agriculture must conduct watershed examinations and surveys for runoff control and erosion prevention to supplement the Army’s flood surveys.
To further sections 701a and 701b, the Secretary of Agriculture must arrange preliminary examinations and surveys of the watersheds of waterways for slowing runoff and water flow and preventing soil erosion. Their costs come from appropriations made for those purposes.
That, in order to further the declaration of policy and principles declared in sections 701a and 701b of this title, and to supplement the preliminary examinations and surveys which the Secretary of the Army has heretofore been, or is hereafter, authorized and directed to make of waterways with a view to the control of their floods, the Secretary of Agriculture be, and he is, authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and surveys to be made for run-off and water-flow retardation and soil-erosion prevention on the watersheds of said waterways, the costs thereof to be paid from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for such purposes.
Source credit: (Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 877, § 3, 50 Stat. 877; Jan. 19, 1948, ch. 2, § 1, 62 Stat. 4; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
- 1937Enacted · Act of Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 877 · 50 Stat. 877
- 1948Amended · Act of Jan. 19, 1948, ch. 2 · 62 Stat. 4
- 1947Amended · Act of July 26, 1947, ch. 343 · 61 Stat. 501
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 877 on 1937-08-28.
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