Pub. L. 91-611, tit. II, sec. 208

Sec. 208. Subsection (b) of the first section of the Act entitled “An Act authorizing Federal participation in the cost of protecting the shores of publicly owned property,”, approved August 13, 1946 (33 U.S.C, 426e(b)), is amended by inserting “(1)” after “except that”, by striking out “and, further, that” and inserting “ (2)” in lieu thereof, and by inserting before the period at the end thereof a comma and the following: “and (3) Federal participation in the cost of a project providing hurricane protection may be, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, not more than 70 per centum of the total cost exclusive of land costs.”