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SEC. 103. The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and surveys to be made at the following-named localities, the cost thereof to be paid from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for such purposes: Provided, That no preliminary examination, survey, project, or estimate for new works other than those designated in this title or some prior Act or joint resolution shall be made: Provided further, That after the regular or formal reports made as required by law on any examination, survey, project, or work under way or proposed are submitted, no supplemental or additional report or estimate shall be made unless authorized by law: Provided further, That the Government shall not be deemed to have entered upon any project for the improvement of any waterway or harbor mentioned in this title until the project for the proposed work shall have been adopted by law: Provided further, That reports of surveys on beach erosion and shore protection shall include an estimate of the public interests involved, and such plan of improvement as is found justified, together with the equitable distribution of costs in each case: And provided further, That this section shall not be construed to interfere with the performance of any duties vested in the Federal Power Commission under existing law:

Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, New York.

Havre de Grace, Maryland.

Back River, Maryland.
Jules Creek, Virginia.

Cubitt Creek, Virginia.

Popes Creek, Virginia.

McKanes Bay, Virginia.
Pecks Creek, Virginia.
Guilford Creek, Virginia.

Topsail Inlet, North Carolina.

Philips Inlet, Florida.

Waterway to connect Basin Bayou and Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida.

Boat basin and channel connecting Bayliss Memorial Wayside Park with the authorized channel in Pensacola Bay, Florida.

To determine the feasibility of extending the channel at Carrabelle, Florida. Channel across Santa Rosa Island, Florida.

Channel in Heron Bay, Alabama.

Extension of the New Iberia Commercial Canal, Louisiana.

Allegheny River and tributaries and Genesee River and tributaries, New York and Pennsylvania, with a view to providing a through waterway for barge navigation.

San Francisco Bay, California.

Hoonah Harbor, Alaska.

Kewalo Basin, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, including Ala Wai Yacht Basin. Harbor at Keauhou Bay, Hawaii.

SEC. 104. Section 607 of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945, as amended, shall not be construed to prevent the employment of such additional personnel under the supervision of the Chief of Engineers as may be necessary to prosecute navigation and flood-control works herein or heretofore authorized.”

SEC. 105. Title I may be cited as the "River and Harbor Act of 1949."

TITLE II-FLOOD CONTROL

SEC. 201. That section 3 of the Act approved June 22, 1936 (Public, Numbered 738, Seventy-fourth Congress), as amended by section 2 of the Act approved June 28, 1938 (Public, Numbered 761, Seventy-fifth Congress), shall apply to all works authorized in this title except that for any channel improvement or channel rectification project, provisions (a), (b), and (c) of section 3 of said Act of June 22, 1936, shall apply thereto, and except as otherwise provided by law: Provided, That the authorization for any flood-control project herein adopted requiring local cooperation shall expire five years from the date on which local interests are notified in writing by the Department of the Army of the requirements of local cooperatoin, unless said interests shall within said time furnish assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the required cooperation will be furnished.

SEC. 202. The provisions of section 1 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (Public, Numbered 534, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session), shall govern with respect to projects authorized in this title; and the procedures therein set forth with respect to plans, proposals, or reports for works of improvement for navi

gation or flood control and for irrigation and purposes incidental theerto shall apply as if herein set forth in full.

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress that the following provisions shall be observed:

No project or any modification not authorized, of a project for flood control or rivers and harbors, shall be authorized by the Congress unless a report for such project or modification has been previously submitted by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, in conformity with existing law.

SEC. 203. That section 7 of the Act approved September 22, 1922 (Public, Numbered 362, Sixty-seventh Congress), is amended to read as follows:

"That hereafter the provisions of section 7 of the Act of August 23, 1912, as amended (37 Stat. 414; 54 Stat. 175; 31 U. S. C. 679), or any other law, prohibiting the expenditure of public money for telephone services installed in private residences, shall not be construed to apply to or forbid the installation and use of such telephones as the Chief of Engineers may certify to be necessary for the prosecution of Government business and as the Secretary of the Army may authorize in connection with the construction and operation of locks and dams for navigation, flood control, and related water uses: Provided, That not more than $30,000 shall be expended for such telephone services in any one fiscal year."

SEC. 204. The following works of improvement for the benefit of navigation and the control of destructive flood-waters and other purposes are hereby adopted and authorized to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers in accordance with the plans in the respective reports hereinafter designated and subject to the conditions set forth therein: Provided, That the necessary plans, specifications, and preliminary work may be prosecuted on any project authorized in this title with funds from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for flood control so as to be ready for rapid inauguration of a construction program: Provided further, That the projects authorized herein shall be initiated as expeditiously and prosecuted as vigorously as may be consistent with budgetary requirements: And provided further, That penstocks and other similar facilities adapted to possible future use in the development of hydroelectric power shall be installed in any dam authorized in this title for construction by the Department of the Army when approved by the Secretary of the Army on the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers and the Federal Power Commission:

LACKAWAXEN RIVER BASIN

In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized the completion of the plan for flood protection in the Lackawaxen River Basin, Pennsylvania, authorized by the Flood Control Act of June 30, 1948, at an estimated cost of $6,000,000.

POTOMAC RIVER BASIN

The project for flood protection, navigation, and other purposes on the Anacostia River, District of Columbia and Maryland, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 202, Eighty-first Congress, first session, at an estimated cost of $4,531,200.

SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $40,000,000 for the construction of projects in the general plan for the comprehensive development of the Savannah River Basin, approved in the Act of December 22, 1944, in addition to the authorization for project construction in the Act of December 22, 1944.

CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA

In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $10,000,000 for the prosecution of the first phase of the comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in Central and Southern Florida approved in the Act of June 30, 1948.

LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER

The project for flood control and improvement of the Lower Mississippi River, adopted by the Act of May 15, 1928, as amended, is hereby modified and expanded

to include the following items of work and the authorization for said project is increased accordingly:

(a) Paragraph (c), under the title "Lower Mississippi River" in section 3 of the Act approved August 18, 1941, is hereby amended by striking out "$14,000,000" and substituting in lieu thereof "$29,000,000".

(b) The plan for flood protection and major drainage improvement in the Saint Francis River Basin, Missouri and Arkansas, substantially in accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 132, Eightyfirst Congress, first session, and there is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $20,000,000 for partial accomplishment of that plan.

(c) Modification of the authorized project to provide that local cooperation to be hereafter furnished in connection with works authorized by subparagraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) under the subtitle "Lower Mississippi River" in section 10 of the Act approved July 24, 1946, shall consist of the requirement that responsible local interests agree to maintain works in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Act of May 15, 1928.

(d) The plan for flood protection and related purposes in the Cache River Basin, Arkansas and Missouri, Substantially in accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 88, Eighty-first Congress, first session, and there is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $10,000,000 for partial accomplishment of that plan.

The additional sum of $5,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated as an emergency fund for the purposes set forth in section 9 of Public Law Numbered 678, Seventy-fourth Congress, approved June 15, 1936.

In addition to the above items and in order to provide for the increased costs of construction of the previously authorized project for the lower Mississippi River, the authorization for flood control and improvement of the lower Mississippi River is hereby increased by an additional $200,000,000.

RED-OUACHITA RIVER BASIN

The project for flood protection at Calion, Arkansas, authorized by the Act of August 18, 1941, in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 427, Seventy-sixth Congress, first session, is hereby modified to include additional improvements at Calion, Arkansas, in accordance with plans on file in the office of the Chief of Engineers, at an estimated cost of $430,000.

GREAT LAKES BASIN

The project for flood protection along the Genesee River at Caledonia and Wellsville, New York, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 232, Eighty-first Congress, first session, at an estimated cost of $609,000.

ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $15,000,000 for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan for the Arkansas River Basin, approved in the Act of June 28, 1938, as amended and supplemented by subsequent Acts of Congress.

The project for flood control and other purposes on the Grand (Neosho) River and its tributaries, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 442, Eightieth Congress, second session, at an estimated cost of $36,220,000.

The project for Grand Prairie Region and Bayou Meto Basin, Arkansas, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 225, Eighty-first Congress, first session, and there is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $6,000,000 for partial accomplishment of the work.

WHITE RIVER BASIN

In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $35,000,000 for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan for the White River Basin, approved in the Act of June 28, 1938, as amended and supplemented by subsequent Acts of Congress.

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In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $15,000,000 for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan for the upper Mississippi River Basin, approved in the Act of June 28, 1938, as amended and supplemented by subsequent Acts of Congress.

The project for flood protection on the Mississippi River at Canton, Missouri, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 107, Eighty-first Congress, first session, at an estimated cost of $1,086,000.

The project for flood protection at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 204, Eighty-first Congress, first session, at an estimated cost of $1,756,000.

MISSOURI RIVER BASIN

In addition to previous authorizations there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $250,000,000 for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan for the Missouri River Basin to be undertaken by the Corps of Engineers, approved by the Act of June 28, 1938, as amended and supplemented by subsequent Acts of Congress.

The projects for flood control and related purposes in the Yellowstone River Basin, Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota, are hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 216, Eighty-first Congress, first session, at an estimated cost of $6,524,000.

The projects for flood control and related purposes in the South Platte River Basin in Colorado are hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 669, Eightieth Congress, second session, and there is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $26,300,000 for partial accomplishment of the work.

The projects for flood control and related purposes in the Elkhorn River Basin, Nebraska, are hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 215, Eighty-first Congress, first session, at an estimated cost of $2,428,000.

The project for flood protection at Mandan, North Dakota, on the Heart River, authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 294, Seventy-ninth Congress, first session, by the Act approved July 24, 1946, is hereby modified to provide that the United States shall construct the necessary works and alterations to provide for interior drainage at an estimated additional cost of $76,000.

OHIO RIVER BASIN

In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $75,000,000 for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan for the Ohio River Basin approved in the Act of June 28, 1938, as amended and supplemented by subsequent Acts of Congress.

The project for the protection of Orleans, Indiana, on Lost River, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 105, Eighty-first Congress, first session, at an estimated cost of $202,000.

The project for the protection of Bradford, Pennsylvania, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Ehgineers in Senate Document Numbered 20, Eighty-first Congress, first session, at an estimated cost of $6.467,000.

The plan of improvement for flood control in the Wabash River Basin, Illinois and Indiana, set forth in House Document Numbered 197, Eightieth Congress, first session, as authorized by the Act approved July 24, 1946, is hereby modified to include necessary bank stabilization measures at the New Harmony bridge, Indiana, Illinois, at an estimated cost of $500,000.

RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN

In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $4,000,000 for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Red River of the North Basin, approved in the Act of June 30, 1948.

RIO GRANDE BASIN

In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $34,000,000 to be expended by the Department of the Army for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan for the Rio Grande Basin, approved in the Act of June 30, 1948.

SANTA ANA RIVER BASIN

The plan of improvement for flood control in the Santa Ana River Basin, California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 135, Eighty-first Congress, first session, at an estimated cost of $15,092,000.

LOS ANGELES-SAN GABRIEL BASIN AND BALLONA CREEK

In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $40,000,000 for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan for the Los Angeles-San Gabriel River Basin and Ballona Creek, California, approved in the Act of August 18, 1941, as amended and supplemented by subsequent Acts of Congress, and there is hereby authorized the construction of channel improvements on the Rio Hondo to conduct flood water and other releases from Whittier Narrows Flood Control Basin to the Los Angeles River channel, in accordance with plans on file in the office of the Chief of Engineers.

WILLAMETTE RIVER BASIN

In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $40,000.000 for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan for the Willamette River Basin, approved in the Act of June 28, 1938, as amended and supplemented by subsequent Acts of Congress.

The general comprehensive plan for flood control, navigation, and other purposes in the Willamette River Basin, approved by the Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938, is hereby modified to provide for the following works, substantially in accordance with the report of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors dated February 21, 1949, and these works are hereby authorized:

(a) Flood control improvements on Johnson Creek at Portland and vicinity, Oregon, at an estimated cost of $332,000.

(b) Flood control works on both banks of the Willamette River to protect Portland, Oregon, consisting approximately of four miles of levees and five miles of floodwalls, together with any necessary appurtenant works which might be required, at an estimated cost of $14,000,000 to the United States, of which $12,600,000 is for floodwalls and $1,400,000 is for levees, subject to the condition that local interests provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way; make all necessary highway, highway bridge, and utility alterations; hold and save the United States free from all damages due to the construction works; and maintain and operate the works after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army.

COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN

The project for multiple-purposes on the Pend Oreille River, at Albeni Falls, Idaho, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 9, Eighty-first Congress, first session, at an estimated cost of $31,070,000.

The projects for flood control in the Columbia River Basin authorized by the Act of June 22, 1936, are hereby modified, extended, and supplemented substantially in accordance with the report of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors dated February 21, 1949, subject to the condition that local interests provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way: make all necessary highway, highway bridge, and utility alterations; hold and save the United States free from all damages due to the construction works; and maintain and operate the works after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army; to provide for the following works which are hereby authorized:

(a) Bank protection works along the lower Columbia River at an estimated cost of $4,900.000; and to provide further for:

(b) The following improvements to existing projects in the lower Columbia River Basin at an estimated cost of $14,722,000: Sandy drainage district, esti

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