61 STAT.]
80TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 411-JULY 31, 1947
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: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 of the amount
herein appropriated shall be available for the support and mainte-
nance 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 Con-
gresses and of the Commission.
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, to remain available until
expended.
FLOOD CONTROL
Flood control, general: For the construction and maintenance of
certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for
other purposes, in accordance with the provisions of the Flood Control
Act, approved June 22, 1936, as amended and supplemented, including
printing and binding, and office supplies and equipment required
in the Office of the Chief of Engineers to carry out the purposes of
this appropriation, and for preliminary examinations, surveys, and
contingencies in connection with the flood control, $246,072,825, of
which $200,000 shall be made available for the preparation of detailed
plans for the Dyberry and Prompton Reservoirs in the Lackawaxen
River Basin, Pennsylvania, recommended for construction in the
report of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, in House
Document Numbered 113, of the Eightieth Congress and the prep-
aration of such plans is hereby authorized: Provided, That funds
appropriated herein may be used for flood-control work on the
Salmon River, Alaska, as authorized by law: Provided furlthr,
That funds appropriated herein, not to exceed $5)00,000, mlly be used for
necessary bank protection on the Missouri River in thle vicilaitv
of Aten, Nebraska: Provided further, That funds appropriated
herein may be used to execute detailed surveys, and prepare plans
and specifications, necessary for the construction of flood-control
projects heretofore or hereafter authorized or for flood-control
projects considered for selection in accordance with the provisions
of section 4 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, and
section 3 of the Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941 (55
Stat. 638): Provided further, That the expenditure of funds for
completing the necessary surveys shall not be construed as a com-
mitment of the Government to the construction of any project: Pro-
vided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available
or used to maintain or operate the Garrison (North Dakota) Reservoir
at a higher maximum normal pool elevation than one thousand eight
hundred and thirty feet, or for constructing dikes or levees which
would be required by a higher maximum normal pool elevation than
one thousand eight hundred and thirty feet for operating such dam:
Provided further, That in the construction of the Fort Gibson flood-
control project in Oklahoma, the Chief of Engineers is authorized
and directed to cooperate with the officials of the city of Muskogee
in protecting the domestic water supply of such city.
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Permanent Interna-
tional Commission of
the Congresses of
Navigation.
Alteration of
bridges.
54 Stat. 497.
33 U. S. C. §§511-
523.
Construction and
maintenance.
49 Stat. 1570.
33 U. S. C. §§701a-
701f, 701h.
Dyberry and
Prompton Reservoirs.
Salmon River,
Alaska.
Inllk protection,
AInli, Nebr.
Surveys, plans, etc.
52 Stat. 1216.
33 U. S. C.C 7011,
702a-l%, 702a-12 .
Garrison Reservoir,
N. Dak.
Fort Gibson project,
Okla.
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