US LAWS, STATUTES & CODES ON-LINE
US CHAPTER 15 — FLOOD CONTROL
- § 701. — Flood control generally.
- § 701-1. — Declaration of policy of 1944 act.
- § 701a. — Declaration of policy of 1936 act.
- § 701a-1. — "Flood control" defined; jurisdiction of Federal investigations.
- § 701b. — Supervision of Secretary of the Army; reclamation projects unaffected.
- § 701b-1. — Transfer of jurisdiction in certain cases to Department of Agriculture.
- § 701b-2. — Cooperation by Secretaries of the Army and Agriculture; expenditures.
- § 701b-3. — Examinations and surveys; availability of appropriations.
- § 701b-4. — Administration of surveys; number authorized; reports.
- § 701b-5. — Omitted.
- § 701b-6. — Examinations and surveys by Secretary of Agriculture.
- § 701b-7. — Supplemental reports to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and House Public Works Committee.
- § 701b-8. — Submission of report by Chief of Engineers.
- § 701b-8a. — Discontinuance of preliminary examination reports.
- § 701b-9. — Availability of appropriations for expenses incident to operation of power boats or vessels; expenses defined; certification of expenditures.
- § 701b-10. — Revolving fund; establishment; availability; reimbursement; transfer of funds; limitation.
- § 701b-11. — Flood protection projects.
- § 701b-12. — Floodplain management requirements.
- § 701b-13. — Construction of flood control projects by nonFederal interests.
- § 701c. — Rightsofway, easements, etc.; acquisition by local authorities; maintenance and operation; protection of United States from liability for damages; requisites to runoff and waterflow retardation and soil erosion prevention assistance.
- § 701c-1. — Acquirement of titles for certain projects and to lands, easements, rightsofway; reimbursement of local agencies.
- § 701c-2. — Acquisition and sale of land.
- § 701c-3. — Lease receipts; payment of portion to States.
- § 701d. — Compacts between States; consent of Congress.
- § 701e. — Effect of act June 22, 1936, on provisions for Mississippi River and other projects.
- § 701f. — Authorization of appropriations.
- § 701f-1. — Additional authorization.
- § 701f-2. — Funds for specific and authorized projects merged with and accounted for under regular annual appropriation.
- § 701f-3. — Expenditure in watersheds of funds appropriated for flood prevention purposes.
- § 701g. — Removal of obstructions; clearing channels.
- § 701h. — Contributions by States and political subdivisions.
- § 701h-1. — Contributions by States and political subdivisions for immediate use on authorized floodcontrol work; repayment.
- § 701i. — Elimination from protection of areas subject to evacuation.
- § 701j. — Installation in dams of facilities for future development of hydroelectric power.
- § 701k. — Crediting reimbursements for lost, stolen, or damaged property.
- § 701m. — Insufficient Congressional authorization; preparations for and modification of project.
- § 701n. — Emergency response to natural disasters.
- § 701o. — Omitted.
- § 701p. — Railroad bridge alterations at Federal expense.
- § 701q. — Repair and protection of highways, railroads, and utilities damaged by operation of dams or reservoir.
- § 701r. — Protection of highways, bridge approaches, public works, and nonprofit public services.
- § 701r-1. — Utilization of public roads.
- § 701s. — Small flood control projects; appropriations; amount limitation for single locality; conditions.
- § 701t. — Emergency fund for flood damage; amount; commitments to be fulfilled by local interests.
- § 701u. — International engineering or scientific conferences; attendance.
- § 702. — Mississippi River.
- § 702a. — Adoption of 1927 project; execution; creation of board; scope of authority; appropriation.
- § 702a-1. — Modification of project of 1927; adoption.
- § 702a-1. — Further modification of 1927 project; adoption; appropriation.
- § 702a-1. — Further modification; adoption.
- § 702a-2. — Abandonment of Boeuf Floodway.
- § 702a-3. — Levees; raising and enlarging.
- § 702a-4. — Fuseplug levees.
- § 702a-5. — Back levee north of Eudora Floodway.
- § 702a-6. — Drainage necessitated by floodway levees.
- § 702a-7. — Railroad and highway crossings over floodways.
- § 702a-8. — Additional roads; construction by United States.
- § 702a-9. — Lands, easements, and rightsofway; acquisition by local authorities; reimbursement; protection of United States from liability for damages.
- § 702a-10. — Flowage rights and rightsofway; reimbursement of local authorities; highway crossings; use of properties for national forests or wildlife refuges.
- § 702a-11. — Morganza Floodway; Eudora Floodway.
- § 702a-12. — Modified Lower Mississippi River project as of August 18, 1941.
- § 702b. — Local contribution toward cost of flood control work.
- § 702c. — Expenditures for construction work; conditions precedent; liability for damage from flood waters; condemnation proceedings; floodage rights.
- § 702d. — Flowage rights; condemnation proceedings; benefits to property.
- § 702d-1. — Bonnet Carre Spillway and Floodway; rightsofway, etc., over lands.
- § 702e. — Maps for project; preparation.
- § 702f. — Expenditures for earlier projects.
- § 702g. — Appropriation for emergency fund.
- § 702g-1. — Additional appropriation for emergency fund.
- § 702h. — Prosecution of project by Mississippi River Commission; president of commission; salaries.
- § 702h-1. — Transferred.
- § 702i. — Certain sections applicable to property and rights acquired or constructed.
- § 702j. — Projects relating to tributary streams; report to Congress; appropriation.
- § 702j-1. — Saint Francis and Yazoo Rivers; lands and easements; alteration of highways; cooperation of States.
- § 702j-2. — White River Levee District; rightsofway; drainage facilities; flowage rights; acquisition by local authorities; protection of United States from liability for damages.
- § 702k. — Surveys below Cape Girardeau, Missouri; resurvey of levee in Tennessee.
- § 702k-1. — Authorization of appropriation.
- § 702k-2. — Separability.
- § 702l. — Repeal of inconsistent laws.
- § 702m. — Interest of Members of Congress in contracts for acquisition of land.
- § 702n. — Levee rightsofway; payment or reimbursement for.
- § 703. — Sacramento River, California.
- § 704. — Modification of project.
- § 705. — Salmon River, Alaska; flood control work authorized.
- § 706. — Secretary of Commerce; current precipitation information; appropriation.
- § 707. — Sumner Dam and Lake Sumner; declaration of purpose; report to Congress; appropriation.
- § 708. — Sale of surplus waters for domestic and industrial uses; disposition of moneys.
- § 709. — Regulations for use of storage waters; application to Tennessee Valley Authority.
- § 709a. — Information on floods and flood damage.
- § 709b. — Flood hazard information.