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566 fied "emergency measures" on any watershed suddenly im- paired by fire or other natural force.389 No corresponding pro- vision is made with respect to navigation projects. However, since 1884 annual appropriations have been authorized for pre- serving and continuing without interruption the use and navi- gation of canals and other works.890 In order to insure continuous operation of irrigation or power systems operated by the Bureau of Reclamation, Congress in 1948 authorized appropriations from the Reclamation Fund of an "emergency fund" to defray expenses incurred because of unusual or emergency conditions.391 Such conditions are de- fined to mean: wa canal bank failures, generator failures, damage to trans- mission lines; or other physical failures or damage, or acts of God, or of the public enemy, fires, floods, drought, epidemics, strikes, or freight embargoes, or conditions, causing or threatening to cause interruption in water or power service. Still other statutes of more limited geographic application provide for emergency funds. For example, a continuing fund of $1,000,000 is available to the Tennessee Valley Authority "to defray emergency expenses and to insure continuous opera- tion." 393 Another continuing fund has been established in connection with the Southwestern Power Administration.394 889 Act of December 22, 1944, § 15, 58 Stat. 887, 907, as amended by Act of May 17, 1950, § 216, 64 Stat. 163, -. 890 Act of July 5, 1884, §4, 23 Stat. 133, 147, as amended, 33 U. S. O. 5. 891 Act of June 26, 1948, § 1, 62 Stat. 1052, 43 U. S. O. 502 (Supp. III). 892 § 2, 62 Stat. 1052, 43 U. S. C. 503 (Supp. III). The Act specifies no amount for this fund. Until 1950, appropriation acts contained a provision making available by transfer from the appropriation for any project included in the Act an amount "sufficient to make necessary emergency repairs" should existing works or the water supply for lands under cultivation be endangered by floods or other unusual conditions. Approval of the Secretary was necessary. See, e. g., Act of October 12,1949, 63 Stat. 765, -. 893 Act of May 18,1933, § 26, 48 Stat. 58, 71, as added by Act of August 31, 1935, § 10, 49 Stat. 1075, 1079, 16 U. S. C. 831y. 894 Act of December 23,1943, 57 Stat. 611,621, as amended by Act of October 12, 1949, 63 Stat. 765, -.

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