Pub. L. 110-161, div. C, tit. I, sec. 123

Sec. 123. The project for St. John’s Bayou and New Madrid Floodway in the State of Missouri as authorized by subsection (d) of the matter under the heading “Lower Mississippi River” under section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 1258) and section 401(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4118), and as modified by section 331 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3658) as described in the June 2002 Revised Supplemental Impact Statement, as supplemented by the March 2006 Revised Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement 2 for this project is economically justified: Provided, That the levee closure and gravity structure at the south end of the New Madrid Floodway portion of the Project are part of the Mississippi River Levee feature of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project and are not a separable element of that Project.