Section text and notes
49 Stat. 1570 In carrying out the purposes of the Act of (), as amended and supplemented, the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Agriculture are authorized to cooperate with institutions, organizations, and individuals, and to utilize the services of Federal, State, and other public agencies, and to pay by check to the cooperating public agency, either in advance or upon the furnishing or performance of said services, all or part of the estimated or actual cost thereof; and to make expenditures for personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, for purchase of reference and law books and periodicals, for printing and binding, for the purchase, exchange, operation, and maintenance of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and motorboats for official use, and for other necessary expenses. The provisions of this section shall be applicable to any funds heretofore appropriated for the prosecution by the Secretary of Agriculture of works of improvement for measures of run-off and water-flow retardation and soil-erosion prevention upon watersheds.
June 28, 1938, ch. 795, § 5 52 Stat. 1223 Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 377, § 8 55 Stat. 650 July 26, 1947, ch. 343 61 Stat. 501 (, ; , ; , title II, § 205(a), .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
49 Stat. 1570 act June 22, 1936, ch. 688 49 Stat. 1570 Act of (), as amended and supplemented, referred to in text, is , , popularly known as the Flood Control Act of , which to the extent classified to the Code enacted sections 701a, 701b, 701c, 701d to 701f, and 701h of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Amendments
1941—Act , changed the reference near the beginning of section and inserted sentence at end.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II 61 Stat. 501 act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041 70A Stat. 641 Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of , . Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of , . Section 1 of act , enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
67 Stat. 633 Functions of all officers, agencies and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, § 1, eff. , 18 F.R. 3219, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.