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§702f Expenditures for earlier projects

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 15— - FLOOD CONTROL › § 702f

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal funds can pay for Mississippi River flood-control work that was approved before May 15, 1928 but is not in the current project. That includes levee work between Rock Island, Illinois, and Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and outlets or tributaries between Rock Island and Head of Passes when Mississippi backwaters affect them. States or levee districts must give rights-of-way for free, pay 33⅓% of the costs, and keep the works up after completion. No more than $10,000,000 of the authorized funds may be spent this way. In an emergency, the Secretary of the Army may use these funds to maintain any levee if the State or levee district cannot.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §702f

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Funds appropriated under authority of section 702a of this title may be expended for the prosecution of such works for the control of the floods of the Mississippi River as have, prior to May 15, 1928, been authorized and are not included in the present project, including levee work on the Mississippi River between Rock Island, Illinois, and Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and on the outlets and tributaries of the Mississippi River between Rock Island and Head of Passes insofar as such outlets or tributaries are affected by the backwaters of the Mississippi: Provided, That for such work on the Mississippi River between Rock Island, Illinois, and Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and on such tributaries, the States or levee districts shall provide rights-of-way without cost to the United States, contribute 33⅓ per centum of the costs of the works, and maintain them after completion: And provided further, That not more than $10,000,000 of the sums authorized in section 702a of this title, shall be expended under the provisions of this section. In an emergency, funds appropriated under authority of section 702a of this title may be expended for the maintenance of any levee when it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Army that the levee cannot be adequately maintained by the State or levee district.

Legislative History

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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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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 702f

Title 33Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73