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648 Additional appro- priation authorized. 52 Stat. 1222. Pudding River, Oreg. Touchet River, Dayton, Wash. Walla Walla River. Milton and Free- water, Oreg. Walla Walla, Wash. 52 Stat. 1222 . Cowlitz River, Castle Rock, Wash. Pilot Rock, Oreg. Preliminary flood- control examinations, etc. In addition to previous authorizations, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $11,000,000 for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan approved in the Act of June 28, 1938, for the Willamette River Basin in Oregon. The project for improvement of the Pudding River in Oregon for flood control is hereby authorized to be constructed substantially in accordance with the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 185, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, at an estimated cost of $62,000. COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN The project for local flood protection on the Touchet River at Dayton, Washington, is hereby authorized to be constructed sub- stantially in accordance with the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 662, Seventy-sixth Con- gress, third session, at an estimated cost of $146,000. The project for levees, channel enlargement, and channel rectifi- cation on Walla Walla River in the vicinity of Milton and Freewater, Oregon, is hereby authorized to be constructed substantially in accord- ance with the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 719, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, and the project for the protection of the city of Walla Walla, Wash- ington, authorized by the Act approved June 28, 1938, is hereby modified in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in House Document Numbered 719, Seventy-sixth Con- gress, third session, at an estimated cost of $754,000. The project for levees on the Cowlitz River, Washington, for local flood protection at Castle Rock, Washington, is hereby author- ized to be constructed substantially in accordance with the recom- mendation of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 721, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, at an estimated cost of $31,000. The project for local flood protection on Birch Creek in the vicinity of Pilot Rock, Oregon, is hereby authorized to be con- structed substantially in accordance with the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document Numbered 89, Seventy- seventh Congress, first session, at an estimated cost of $34,000. SEC. 4. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and surveys for flood control, to be made under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, in drain- age areas of the United States and its territorial possessions, which include the following-named localities, and the Secretary of Agri- culture is authorized and directed to cause preliminary examina- PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 377-AUG. 18 , 1941 [55 STAT. UJMPQUA RIVER BASIN The project for improvement of the Umpqua River in Oregon for flood control is hereby authorized to be constructed substantially in accordance with the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 684, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, at an estimated cost of $176,000. YAQUINA RIVER BASIN The project for local flood protection on the Yaquina River in the Mill Four District, Oregon, is hereby authorized to be constructed substantially in accordance with the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 304, Seventy-seventh Con- gress, first session, at an estimated cost of $72,000. WILLAMETTI RIVER BASIN