Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§702a–1a Further modification of 1927 project; adoption; appropriation
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 15— - FLOOD CONTROL › § 702a–1a
Summary
Changes and re-approves the flood-control plan for the Lower Mississippi River based on the Chief of Engineers’ April 6, 1937 report (Flood Control Committee Document No. 1, 75th Congress, 1st session, paragraph 38(b), except subparagraph (1)). It also authorizes an extra $40,000,000 beyond earlier amounts to carry out the report’s recommended work, with the stated exceptions and under the rules in section 702a–11.
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Title 33, §702a–1a
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In accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, as set forth in his report of April 6, 1937, and published as Flood Control Committee Document Numbered 1, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, paragraph 38(b), except subparagraph (1), the project for flood control of the Lower Mississippi River adopted by section 642a, 702a, 702a–1, 702a–2 to 702d, 702e to 702h, 702i to 702m, and 704 of this title, is modified and, as modified, is adopted, and there is authorized to be appropriated in addition to the sums previously authorized $40,000,000 to be applied for the purposes set forth in said document covering the said recommendations, with the exceptions mentioned, subject to the provisions made in section 702a–11 of this title.
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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 702a–1½ of this title.
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33 U.S.C. § 702a–1a
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73