Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 15— - FLOOD CONTROL › § 702f
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.
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33 U.S.C. § 702f
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73