62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 65.5-JUNE 25, 1948 RIVERS AND HARBORS Maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works: For the preservation and maintenance of existing river and harbor works, and for the prosecution of such projects heretofore authorized as may be most desirable in the interests of commerce and navigation; for survey of northern and northwestern lakes and other boundary and connecting waters as heretofore authorized, including the prep- aration, correction, printing, and issuing of charts and bulletins, and the investigation of lake levels; for prevention of obstructive and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City; for expenses of the California Debris Commission in carrying on the work authorized by the Act approved March 1, 1893, as amended (33 U. S . C . 661, 678, and 683); for removing sunken ves- sels or craft obstructing or endangering navigation as authorized by law; for operating and maintaining, keeping in repair, and continuing in use without interruption any lock, canal (except the Panama Canal), canalized river, or other public works for the use and benefit of navigation belonging to the United States; for payment annually of tuition fees of not to exceed one hundred student officers of the Corps of Engineers at civil technical institutions under the provisions of section 127a of the National Defense Act, as amended (10 U. S . C . 535); for examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors; for the execution of detailed investigations and the prepara- tion of plans and specifications for projects heretofore or hereafter authorized; for printing and binding and office supplies and equip- ment required in the Office of the Chief of Engineers to carry out the purposes of this appropriation, including such printing, either dur- ing a recess or session of Congress, of surveys authorized by law, and such surveys as may be printed during a recess of Congress shall be printed, with illustrations, as documents of the next succeeding ses- sion of Congress: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for any preliminary examination, survey, project, or estimate not authorized by law; $166,989,100: Provided further, That from this appropriation the Secretary of the Army may, in his dis- cretion and on the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers based on the recommendation by the Board of Rivers and Harbors in the review of a report or reports authorized by law, expend 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 such work to be subject to the conditions recommended by the Chief of Engineers in his report or reports thereon: Providedfurther, That not to exceed $3,000 of the amount herein appropriated shall be avail- able for the support and maintenance of the Permanent International Commission of the Congresses of Navigation and for the payment of the expenses of the properly accredited delegates of the United States to the meeting of the Congresses and of the Commission: Provided further, That from this appropriation not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for transfer to the Secretary of the Interior for expendi- ture for the purposes of and in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 8, 1946 (60 Stat. 932), and the Act of August 14, 1946 (60 Stat. 1080). Alteration of bridges over navigable waters: For payment of the share of the United States of the cost of alteration of bridges over navigable waters in accordance with the provisions of the Act of June 21, 1940 (Public Law 647), $500,000. 1021 Maintenance, etc. California Debris Commission. 27 Stat. 507. Student officers. 41 Stat. 785. Ante, p. 477. Printing and bind. ing. I'nauthorized sur- veys, etc. harbor channels. Permanent Interna- tional Commission of the Congresses of Navigation. Post, p. 1174 . Transfer of funds. 16 U. S. c. §S756, 757, 661 -e66c. 54 Stat. 497. 33U.S.C.§511- 523.
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