PUBLIC LAW 99-662—NOV. 17, 1986
100 STAT. 4183
New Hampshire, Meissachusetts, and Connecticut, authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1572), is modified to authorize and direct the Secretary to design, construct, operate, and maintain facilities at Townshend Dam, West River, Vermont, to enable upstream migrant adult Atlantic salmon to bypass that dam and Ball Mountain Dam, Vermont, and to provide at both Townshend and Ball Mountain Dams facilities as necessary for the downstream passage of juvenile Atlantic salmon, at a total cost of $1,000,000, with a first Federal cost of $1,000,000. (b) Prior to construction of the work authorized by this section, non-Federal interests shall agree to hold and save the United States harmless for any damages incurred in the construction and operation of such fish-passage facilities, and provide all lands, easements, rights-of-way, and relocations as may be reasonably necessary for the construction and operation of the fish-passage facilities. TITLE IX—GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 901. ANNUAL OBLIGATION CEILINGS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall, from funds appropriated, obligate no sums in excess of the sums specified in this title for the combined purpose of the "Construction, General" account and the construction component of the "Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries" account: (1) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, the sum of $1,400,000,000. (2) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988, the sum of $1,500,000,000. (3) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, the sum of $1,600,000,000. (4) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1990, the sum of $1,700,000,000. (5) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991, the sum of $1,800,000,000. Nothing contained herein limits or otherwise amends authority conferred under section 10 of the River and Harbor Act of September 22, 1922 (42 Stat. 1043; 33 U.S.C. 621). Any amounts obligated against funds furnished or reimbursed during each such fiscal year by other Federal agencies or non-Federal interests shall not be counted against the limitation on obligations provided for in this Act. SEC. 902. MAXIMUM COST OF PROJECTS.
In order to insure against cost overruns, each total cost set forth in this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, for a project shall be the maximum cost of that project, except that such maximum amount— (1) may be increased by the Secretary for modifications which do not materially alter the scope or functions of the project as authorized, but not by more than 20 percent of the total cost stated for the project in this Act or in an amendment made by this Act; and (2) shall be automatically increased for— (A) changes in construction costs applied to unconstructed features (including real property acquisitions, preconstruction studies, planning, engineering, and design)
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