Title 33 › CHAPTER 15 — FLOOD CONTROL › § 702g–1
Provides $15,000,000 as an emergency fund. The Secretary of the Army, if the Chief of Engineers recommends it, may use the money for rescue work or to repair and maintain flood-control projects on tributaries of the Mississippi River that are threatened or damaged by floods. Any unspent money may, on the Chief of Engineers' recommendation, be used to pay back levee districts or others for costs they paid before June 15, 1936 for building, repairing, or maintaining flood-control work on Mississippi tributaries or outlets harmed by the flood of 1927 or later floods. The fund also covers work or reimbursement for damage from caving banks, whether the caving happened during a flood or not. If the Chief of Engineers decides moving a flood-control project is needed to give protection, that change may be approved.
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33 U.S.C. § 702g–1
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102