Pub. L. 89-789, tit. I, sec. 104

Sec. 104. The Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed to cause an immediate study to be made, under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, in cooperation with appropriate agencies and representatives of the State of Illinois, of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, its lands and appurtenances extending from Chicago to the Illinois River at La Salle as constructed by the State of Illinois pursuant to the provisions, as applicable, of the Acts of March 30, 1822 (3 Stat. 659), March 2, 1827 (4 Stat. 234), and March 2, 1833 (4 Stat. 662) with a view toward determining (1) those portions no longer required for navigation, (2) the feasibility and advisability of declaring such portions abandoned as a navigable waterway, and (3) procedures for releasing and quitclaiming to the State of Illinois the reversionary interests of the United States in such lands not required for navigation purposes. The Secretary shall report to the Congress the results of such study together with his recommendations thereon not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act.