97 STAT. 248 PUBLIC LAW 98-50 —JULY 14, 1983 FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES For expenses necessary for emergency flood control, hurricane, and shore protection activities, as authorized by section 5 of the 33 USC 70in. Flood Control Act, approved August 18, 1941, as amended, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. REVOLVING FUND For design and construction of a Corps of Engineers' learning facility at Huntsville, Alabama, $9,500,000, to remain available until expended. FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, ARKANSAS, IL- LINOIS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, AND TENNESSEE For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood control, and rescue work, repair, restoration, or maintenance of flood control projects threatened or destroyed by flood, as authorized by law (33 U.S.C. 702a, 702g-l), $300,480,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not less than $250,000 shall be available for bank stabilization measures as determined by the Chief of Engineers to be advisable for the control of bank erosion of streams in the Yazoo Basin, including the foothill area, and where necessary such measures shall complement similar works planned and con- structed by the Soil Conservation Service and be limited to the areas of responsibility mutually agreeable to the District Engineer and the Appropriation State Conservationist: Provided further, That the unexpended bal- transfers ances of prior appropriations provided for activities covered in this appropriation may be transferred to appropriation accounts for such activities established pursuant to this appropriation. Balances so transferred may be merged with funds in the applicable established account and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same time period as originally enacted. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL For expenses necessary for the preservation, operation, mainte- nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood control, and related works, including 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; administration of laws pertaining to preservation of navigable waters; surveys and charting of northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and removal of obstructions to naviga- tion, $1,184,492,000, to remain available until expended, of which $319,000 shall be for the Dismal Swamp Canal, Virginia and North Carolina. GENERAL EXPENSES For expenses necessary for general administration and related functions in the office of the Chief of Engineers and offices of the Division Engineers; activities of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors and the Coastal Engineering Research Center; commer-
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