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§702a–1 Modification of project of 1927; adoption
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 15— - FLOOD CONTROL › § 702a–1
Summary
The Chief of Engineers’ Feb. 12, 1935 report (House Doc. No. 1, 74th Congress) modifies the 1927 Mississippi River flood-control project; the changes, as modified by listed sections, are adopted and must be carried out by the Secretary of the Army under the Chief of Engineers.
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Title 33, §702a–1
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The project for the control of floods of the Mississippi River and its tributaries, adopted by section 702a of this title, is modified in accordance with the recommendations of section 43 of the report submitted by the Chief of Engineers to the Chairman of the Committee on Flood Control, dated February 12, 1935, and printed in House Committee on Flood Control Document Numbered 1, Seventy-fourth Congress, first session, as, in section 642a, 702a–2 to 702a–12, 702g–1, 702j–1, 702j–2, 702k–1, and 702k–2 of this title, further modified and amended; and as so modified is adopted and authorized and directed to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 702a–1½, act June 28, 1938, ch. 795, § 4, 52 Stat. 1220, which related to further modification of 1927 project, was transferred to section 702a–1a of this title. A prior section 702a–1¾, act Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 377, § 3, 55 Stat. 642, which related to further modificiation and adoption of Lower Mississippi River flood control project, was transferred to section 702a–1b of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act
July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. section 205(a) of act
July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
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33 U.S.C. § 702a–1
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
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Apr 6, 2026
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