§702k Surveys below Cape Girardeau, Missouri; resurvey of levee in Tennessee

Summary

The Secretary of the Army must have the Mississippi River Commission study the Mississippi River below Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The Commission must look for places where levees built before May 15, 1928, on one side of the river caused more flooding on the other side. It must find where new levees can be built without badly narrowing the flood channel and where building them makes economic sense. The Commission must report to Congress as soon as possible with its recommendations. The Commission must also study how levees elsewhere might cause flooding of lands between the river and nearby hills, decide the fairness and value for landowners, and report to Congress. Because the Commission recommended on October 26, 1912, a levee from Tiptonville, Tennessee, to the Obion River, it may resurvey and relocate that levee. If the levee is found feasible and approved by the board in section 702a and by the President, it must be built using funds appropriated after May 15, 1928.