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513 project, or work under way or proposed are submitted no supplemental or additional report or estimate shall be made unless authorized by law." 105 The 1941 and subsequent Flood Control Acts have provided that "the Secretary of War may cause a review of any examination or survey to be made and a report thereon submitted to the Congress if required by the national defense or by changed physical or economic conditions."106 But the difference between procedures for Army and Recla- mation projects is somewhat narrowed by the authorization for supplementing the "308 Reports," covering virtually all the major streams, by such additional study or investigation as the Chief of Engineers "finds necessary to take into account im- portant changes in economic factors as they occur, and addi- tional stream-flow records, or other factual data."107 Authorization under Flood Control Acts for surveys and in- vestigations of watersheds by the Department of Agriculture follows much the same pattern as that for flood-control examinations and surveys of the waterways by the Army Engineers.108 Other water-resource agencies are granted authority to con- duct certain investigations, examinations, and surveys without individualized legislative approval. Such is the authority to conduct investigations and surveys granted by the 1935 soil- conservation legislation.109 So also as to investigations and sur- veys under the Federal Power Act.110 (Area)-An agency's program function may also be limited to certain areas. Examinations and surveys for irrigation projects under Reclamation Law are authorized as to the 17 Western States.111 Similarly, investigations for projects under the Water Conservation and Utilization Act may be made in 105 Act of September 22, 1922, § 12, 42 Stat. 1038, 1043; Act of August 11, 1939, § 6, 53 Stat. 1414,1415, 33 U. S. C. 701b-4. 108 See, e. g., Act of August 18,1941, § 4, 55 Stat. 638, 648. 10T Act of August 30,1935, § 6, 49 Stat. 1028,1048. See also supra, pp. 92-93. 108 See supra, pp. 374-376. 109 Act of April 27,1935, § 1, 49 Stat. 163,16 U. S. C. 590a. 110 Act of June 10, 1920, § 4(a), 41 Stat. 1063,1065, as amended, 16 U. S. O. 797(a). 111 Act of June 17,1902, § 2, 32 Stat. 388, as amended, 43 U. S. C. 411.

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