Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§705 Salmon River, Alaska; Flood Control Work Authorized
Title 33 › CHAPTER 15 — FLOOD CONTROL › § 705
Summary
Authorizes the Salmon River, Alaska flood-control project in House Document No. 228, 72nd Congress, and directs the Army Secretary and Chief of Engineers to carry it out following the report’s plan and conditions.
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Title 33, §705
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The project of prevention and control of floods in the Salmon River, Alaska, recommended in the report of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, in House Document Numbered 228, Seventy-second Congress, is adopted and authorized and shall be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers in accordance with the plan recommended in such report and subject to the conditions set forth therein.
Legislative History
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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July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641.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. § 705
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102