Rivers and Harbors and Flood Control

Rivers and Harbors and Flood Control The following appropriations shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary or the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and related purposes: general investigations For expenses necessary for the collection and study of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, and related projects, and when authorized by law, preliminary examinations, surveys and studies (including cooperative beach erosion studies as authorized in Public Law Numbered 520, Seventy-first Congress, approved July 3, 1930, as amended and supplemented), of projects prior to authorization for construction, to remain available until expended, $10,779,600. 71 Stat. 417 construction, general For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, and related projects authorized by law; detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of projects (including those for development with participation or under consideration for participation by States, local governments, or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection by law (but such studies shall not constitute a commitment of the Government to construction); and not to exceed $1,600,000 for transfer to the Secretary of the Interior for conservation of fish and wildlife as authorized by law; to remain available until expended, $449,398,500: Provided, That funds appropriated herein may at the discretion and under the direction of the Chief of Engineers be used in payment to the accounts of the Confederated Tribes of the Yakima Reservation; the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation; the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation; or other recognized Indian tribes, and those individual Indians not enrolled in any recognized tribe, but who through domicile at or in the immediate vicinity of the reservoir and through custom and usage are found to have an equitable interest in the fishery, all of whose fishing rights and interests will be impaired by the Government incident to the construction, operation, or maintenance of The Dalles Darn, Columbia River, Washington and Oregon, and must be subordinated thereto by agreement or litigation: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for projects which are authorized by a law limiting the amount to be appropriated therefor, except as may be within the limits of the amount now or hereafter authorized to be appropriated: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,500,000 of the funds herein or hereafter provided for the Plaquemine-Morgan City alternate route, shall be available for the construction of a four-lane, high level, fixed bridge on Louisiana State Highway Numbered 1 (formerly route 168) over the extension of the Plaquemine-Morgan City route of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army shall advance to the North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission out of funds herein or hereafter appropriated for the Garrison project, North Dakota, 50 per centum of the cost, but not to exceed $40,000, for the construction of works to improve the productivity and fertility of Government-owned lands within the Garrison Reservoir, North Dakota, formerly part of the Lewis and Clark Irrigation District, subject, however, to a mutual agreement hieing reached by the Chief of Engineers, the North Dakota State Water Conservation Commission, and the lessees using the land for the full repayment of the funds advanced by the Federal Government within a period of ten years: Provided further, That the contribution by local interests toward construction of the Ferrell’s Bridge Reservoir, Texas, as required by Public Law 160, Eighty-fourth Congress, may be made in two equal installments of 50 per centum each, payable on January 1, 1958, and September 1, 1958, and that title to the proportionate share of the water supply storage authorized in said reservoir shall pass to such local interests upon completion of each of the separate payments: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated for “Construction, General”, in this Act shall be used on the project “Missouri River, Kansas City to mouth”, for any purpose other than bank stabilization work: Provided further, That not to 71 Stat. 418 exceed $4,000,000 of the funds provided herein shall be available for the construction of small authorized projects selected by the Secretary of the Army the cost of which is not in excess of $400,000 and any such project shall be completed within the funds herein appropriated. operation and maintenance, general For expenses necessary for the preservation, operation, maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood control, and related works, including such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance of harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or other public agency, outside of harbor lines, and serving essential needs of general commerce and navigation; financing the United States share of the cost of operation and maintenance of remedial works in the Niagara River; surveys and charting of northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing and straightening channels; removal of obstructions to navigation; rescue work, and repair, restoration, or maintenance of flood control projects threatened or destroyed by flood; and not to exceed $1,315,000 for transfer to the Secretary of the Interior for conservation of fish and wildlife as authorized by law; to remain available until expended, $103,850,000. general expenses For expenses necessary for general administration and related functions in the Office of the Chief of Engineers and offices of the Division Engineers; activities of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, the Beach Erosion Board, and the California Debris Commission; administration of laws pertaining to preservation of navigable waters; commercial statistics; and miscellaneous investigations; $11,350,000. flood control, mississippi river and tributaries For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood control, and rescue work, repair, restoration, or maintenance of flood control projects threatened or destroyed by flood, as authorized by law (33 U. S . C. 702a, 702g–1), to remain available until expended, $60,715,000. united states section, saint lawrence river joint board of engineers For necessary expenses of the United States section of the Saint Lawrence River Joint Board of Engineers, established by Executive Order 10500, dated November 4, 1953, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $100 per day for individuals: $125,000: Provided, That no part of these funds shall be obligated until agreement has been entered into, by the United States Government and the United States entity authorized to construct the power works in the International Rapids section of the Saint Lawrence River, providing for the reimbursement of the expenditures of the United States section of this Board by the construction entity. administrative provisions Appropriations in this title shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the work for which the appropriation is made, for uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U. S. C. 2131), and for printing, either during a recess or session of Congress, 71 Stat. 419 of survey reports authorized by law, and such survey reports as may be printed during a recess of Congress shall be printed, with illustrations, as documents of the next succeeding session of Congress; and during the current fiscal year the revolving fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase (not to exceed one hundred and fifty for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles.