PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 348-JUNE 11, 1938 tives, either during a recess or session of Congress, of surveys author- ized by law, and such surveys as may be printed during a recess of Congress shall be printed, with illustrations, as documents of the next vehiclest succeeding session of Congress, and for the purchase (not to exceed $173,340) of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and motor- Proisls. boats, for official use: Provided,That no part of this appropriation Unauthorized sur- veys, etc., forbiddn shall be expended for any preliminary examination, survey, project, Extending channel or estimate not authorized by law, nor for any work upon or incident of Mississippi River above Saint Anthony to the project to extend the channel of the Mississippi River above Falls. Saint Anthony Falls, $70,020,000, and, in augmentation of the fore- going appropriation of $70,020,000, $18,000,000 of the amount named for public projects in the second limitation under (d) in subsection 1 Post, p.8 . of section 1, Title I, of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1938, shall be available exclusively for the objects embraced by this Operationofcertain paragraph: Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed as types of projects. Post, p. 811 . amending or modifying the provisions of section 3 of Title I of such Allocation provi- Act: Provided further, That the requirement in section 5 of Title I sions waived. Post, p. 811. of such Act that no Federal construction project, with certain excep- tions, shall be undertaken unless and until there have been allocated and irrevocably set aside sufficient funds for its completion is hereby Further augmenta- waived as to this appropriation; and further in augmentation of the tion. foregoing appropriation of $70,020,000, there is hereby reappropriated for the objects embraced by this paragraph $24,000,000, or such lesser sum as may remain unobligated on April 21, 1938, or which subse- quently may be ascertained to have been unobligated on such date of the appropriations "Emergency Relief, War, Corps of Engineers, 50 Stat. 517, 518. Flood Control, General (Act July 19, 1937), 1938", and "Emergency Relief, War, Corps of Engineers, Flood Control, Mississippi River and Reduction in gen- Tributaries (Act July 19, 1937), 1938": Providedfurther, That to the eral flood control ap- propriation; transfer extent that the foregoing sum of $24,000,000 may be reduced by obliga- of amounts. tions for flood control made prior to April 21, 1938, the appropriation for general flood control contained in the next succeeding paragraph shall be reduced by a like amount and such amount shall then be trans- ferred from the appropriation for general flood control to the appro- Maintenaneceofhar- priation made in this paragraph: Provided further, That from this appropriation the Secretary of War may, in his discretion and on the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers based on the recommenda- tion 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 Conditions im- needs of general commerce and navigation, such work to be subject to the conditions recommended by the Chief of Engineers in his report rPowsr-riventbts, or reports thereon: Provided further, That no appropriation under the Corps of Engineers for the fiscal year 1939 shall be available for any expenses incident to operating any power-driven boat or vessel Permanent Interna- on other than Government business: Provided further, That not to tional Commission of the Congresses of exceed $3,000 of the amount herein appropriated shall be available for Navigation. the support and maintenance of the Permanent International Com- mission of the Congresses of Navigation and for the payment of the actual expenses of the properly accredited delegates of the United States to the meeting of the congresses and of the commission. Flood control. FLOOD CONTROL Public works on Flood control: For the construction of certain public works on vers and harbors, rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes, in accord- 49 stat. 1570; 60 ance with the provisions of the Flood Control Act, approved June 33U.7's c. Supp. 22, 1936, as amended (49 Stat. 1570-1595; 50 Stat. 517-518, 876-881), u and bind- and the Act of August 25, 1937 (50 Stat. 806), including printing ing. and binding, and office supplies and equipment required in the Office 670 [52 STAT.
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