PUBLIC LAW 105-18-JUNE 12, 1997 111 STAT. 177 to repair a Federal or non-Federal flood control project, facility or structure may be deferred by the Federal agency authorizing, funding or carrying out the action, if the agency determines that the repair is needed to respond to an emergency causing an imminent threat to human lives and property in 1996 or 1997. Formal consultation or conferencing shall be deferred until the imminent threat to human lives and property has been abated. For purposes of this section, the term repair shall include preventive and remedial measures to restore the project, facility or structure to remove an imminent threat to human lives and property. (b) REASONABLE AND PRUDENT MEASURES. —Any reasonable and prudent measures specified under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1536) to minimize the impact of an action taken under this section shall be related both in nature and extent to the effect of the action taken to repair the flood control project, facility or structure. CHAPTER 4 FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE SEC. 4001. The President may waive the minimum funding requirements contained in subsection (k) under the heading "Assistance for the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union" contained in the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, as included in Public Law 104-208, for activities for the government of Ukraine funded in that subsection, if he determines and so reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the government of Ukraine: (1) has not made progress toward implementation of comprehensive economic reform; (2) is not taking steps to ensure that United States businesses and individuals are able to operate according to generally accepted business principles; or (3) is not taking steps to cease the illegal dumping of steel plate. CHAPTER 5 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT CONSTRUCTION (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For an additional amount for "Construction" to repair damage caused by floods and other natural disasters, $4,796,000, to remain available until expended, of which $4,403,000 is to be derived by transfer from unobligated balances of funds under the heading, "Oregon and California Grant Lands", made available as supplemental appropriations in Public Law 104-134: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
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