Pub. L. 93-251, tit. I, sec. 42

Sec. 42. The project for flood control and improvement of the lower Mississippi River (adopted by the Act of May 15, 1928 (45 Stat. 534)), as amended and modified is further amended and modified so as to provide that in the case of lands which were authorized to be acquired for the purpose of mitigating losses to wildlife resulting from Federal improvements which have not been acquired and which are no longer suitable for such purpose, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may, to the extent justified, acquire substitute lands, not to exceed the acreages previously authorized for such purpose, in the same or adjacent subbasins of the project area.