section 2289a(a) of this titlesection 701a of this titlesection 701c of this titleThe Secretary of the Army is authorized to allot from any appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for flood control, not to exceed $90,000,000 for any one fiscal year, for the implementation of small structural and nonstructural projects, and projects that use natural features or nature-based features (as those terms are defined in ), for flood control and related purposes not specifically authorized by Congress, which come within the provisions of , when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such work is advisable. The amount allotted for a project shall be sufficient to complete Federal participation in the project. Not more than $15,000,000 shall be allotted under this section for a project at any single locality. The provisions of local cooperation specified in shall apply. The work shall be complete in itself and not commit the United States to any additional improvement to insure its successful operation, except as may result from the normal procedure applying to projects authorized after submission of preliminary examination and survey reports.
June 30, 1948, ch. 77162 Stat. 1182May 17, 1950, ch. 18864 Stat. 183July 11, 1956, ch. 55870 Stat. 522Pub. L. 87–874, title II, § 20576 Stat. 1194Pub. L. 93–251, title I, § 6188 Stat. 29Pub. L. 94–587, § 133(b)90 Stat. 2928Pub. L. 97–140, § 2(a)95 Stat. 1717Pub. L. 99–662, title IX, § 915(a)100 Stat. 4191Pub. L. 106–53, title II, § 201113 Stat. 285Pub. L. 106–541, title II, § 218114 Stat. 2596Pub. L. 110–114, title II, § 2021121 Stat. 1078Pub. L. 113–121, title I, § 1030(e)128 Stat. 1232Pub. L. 115–270, title I, § 1157(e)132 Stat. 3794Pub. L. 116–260, div. AA, title I, § 114134 Stat. 2627Pub. L. 118–272, div. A, title I, § 1107(j)138 Stat. 3005(, title II, § 205, ; , title II, § 212, ; , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 118–2722025— substituted “$90,000,000” for “$68,750,000” and “$15,000,000” for “$10,000,000”.
Pub. L. 116–260section 2289a(a) of this title2020— inserted “, and projects that use natural features or nature-based features (as those terms are defined in ),” after “nonstructural projects”.
Pub. L. 115–2702018— substituted “$68,750,000” for “$55,000,000” in first sentence.
Pub. L. 113–1212014— substituted “$10,000,000” for “$7,000,000” in third sentence.
Pub. L. 110–1142007— substituted “$55,000,000” for “$50,000,000” in first sentence.
Pub. L. 106–5412000— substituted “$50,000,000” for “$40,000,000” in first sentence.
Pub. L. 106–531999—, in first sentence, substituted “implementation of small structural and nonstructural projects” for “construction of small projects” and, in third sentence, substituted “$7,000,000” for “$5,000,000”.
Pub. L. 99–6621986— substituted “$40,000,000” for “$30,000,000” and “$5,000,000” for “$4,000,000”.
Pub. L. 97–1401981— substituted “Not more than $4,000,000 shall be allotted under this section for a project at any single locality” for “Not more than $2,000,000 shall be allotted under this section for a project in any single locality, except that not more than $3,000,000 shall be allotted under this section for a project at a single locality if such project protects an area which has been declared to be a major disaster area pursuant to the Disaster Relief Act of 1966 or the Disaster Relief Act of 1970 in the five-year period immediately preceding the date the Chief of Engineers deems such work advisable”.
Pub. L. 94–5871976— increased limitation on allotment for a project at a single locality from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 and for such a project protecting a major disaster area from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000.
Pub. L. 93–2511974—, in revising provisions, increased fiscal year allotment to $30,000,000 from $25,000,000 and required allotment of $2,000,000 for a project at a single locality if such locality protects an area declared to be a major-disaster area pursuant to Disaster Relief Act of 1966 or Disaster Relief Act of 1970 in five-year period immediately preceding the date the Chief of Engineers deems such work advisable.
Pub. L. 87–8741962— substituted “$25,000,000” for “$10,000,000”, “projects for flood control and related purposes” for “flood control projects”, and provisions limiting the allotment for a single project to $1,000,000 and providing that such allotment shall be sufficient to complete Federal participation, for provisions limiting the allotment for any single project to $400,000 from the appropriations for any fiscal year.
section 701a of this title1956—Act , substituted “$10,000,000” for “$3,000,000”, struck out “and not within areas intended to be protected by projects so authorized” before “which come within the provisions of ”, and substituted “$400,000” for “$150,000”.
1950—Act , substituted “$3,000,000” for “$2,000,000” and “$150,000” for “$100,000”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1986 Amendment
Pub. L. 99–662section 915(i) of Pub. L. 99–662section 426g of this titleAmendment by not applicable to any project under contract for construction on , see , set out as a note under .
Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
Pub. L. 97–140, § 2(b)95 Stat. 1717
Effective Date of 1976 Amendment
Pub. L. 94–587section 133(c) of Pub. L. 94–587section 577 of this titleAmendment by not applicable to any project under contract for construction on , see , set out as a note under .
Ice Jam Prevention and Mitigation
Pub. L. 114–322, title I, § 1150130 Stat. 1661Pub. L. 115–270, title I, § 1131132 Stat. 3780