Pub. L. 83-780, tit. II, sec. 204

Sec. 204. The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and surveys for flood control and allied purposes, including channel and major drainage improvements, and floods aggravated by or due to wind or tidal effects, to be made under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, in drainage areas of the United States and its Territorial possessions, which include the following-named localities: Provided, That after the regular or formal reports made on any examination, survey, project, or work underway or proposed are submitted to Congress, no supplemental or additional report or estimate shall be made unless authorized by law except that the Secretary of the Army may cause a review of any examination or survey to be made and a report thereon submitted to Congress if such review is required by the national defense or by changed physical or economic conditions: Provided further, That the Government shall not be deemed to have entered upon any project for the improvement of any waterway or stream mentioned in this section until the project for the proposed work shall have been adopted by law: Ipswich River, Massachusetts. Neponset River, Massachusetts. Ash and Pine Creeks, Fairfield and vicinity, Connecticut. Juniata River at Lewistown and other points in Pennsylvania in the interest of flood control. Streams in the vicinity of Alice, Texas. Devils River and tributaries, Texas. Rio Hondo and tributaries, New Mexico. Redwood Creek, Humboldt County, California. Coos Bay. Oregon.