usc:us:33:701r

text: U.S.C. Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS 33 U.S.C. United States Code, 2024 Edition Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL Sec. 701r - Protection of highways, bridge approaches, lighthouses, public works, and nonprofit public services From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov §701r. Protection of highways, bridge approaches, lighthouses, public works, and nonprofit public services The Secretary of the Army is authorized to allot from any appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for flood control, not to exceed $50,000,000 per year, for the construction, repair, restoration, and modification of emergency streambank and shoreline protection works to prevent damage to highways, bridge approaches, lighthouses (including those lighthouses with historical value), and public works, churches, hospitals, schools, and other nonprofit public services, when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such work is advisable: Provided , That not more than $15,000,000 shall be allotted for this purpose at any single locality from the ap propriations for any one fiscal year, and if such amount is not sufficient to cover the costs included in the Federal cost share for a project, as determined by the Secretary, the non-Federal interest shall be responsible for any such costs that exceed such amount. (July 24, 1946, ch. 596, §14, 60 Stat. 653; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, §205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 93–251, title I, §27, Mar. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 20; Pub. L. 99–662, title IX, §915(c), Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4191; Pub. L. 104–303, title II, §219, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3696; Pub. L. 110–114, title II, §2023, Nov. 8, 2007, 121 Stat. 1078; Pub. L. 113–121, title I, §1030(i), June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1232; Pub. L. 115–270, title I, §§1157(h), 1167, Oct. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 3794, 3798; Pub. L. 117–263, div. H, title LXXXI, §8138, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3723; Pub. L. 118–272, div. A, title I, §1107(b), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 3004.) Editorial Notes Amendments 2025 —Pub. L. 118–272 substituted "$50,000,000" for "$25,000,000" and "$15,000,000" for "$10,000,000". 2022 —Pub. L. 117–263 inserted "lighthouses (including those lighthouses with historical value)," after "bridge approaches," and substituted "$10,000,000" for "$5,000,000". 2018 —Pub. L. 115–270 substituted "$25,000,000" for "$20,000,000" and inserted ", and if such amount is not sufficient to cover the costs included in the Federal cost share for a project, as determined by the Secretary, the non-Federal interest shall be responsible for any such costs that exceed such amount" before period at end. 2014 —Pub. L. 113–121 substituted "$20,000,000" for "$15,000,000" and "$5,000,000" for "$1,500,000". 2007 —Pub. L. 110–114 substituted "$1,500,000" for "$1,000,000". 1996 —Pub. L. 104–303 substituted "$15,000,000" for "$12,500,000" and "$1,000,000" for "$500,000". 1986 —Pub. L. 99–662 substituted "$12,500,000" for "$10,000,000" and "$500,000" for "$250,000". 1974 —Pub. L. 93–251 substituted "$10,000,000" for "$1,000,000", "$250,000" for "$50,000", and "construction, repair, restoration, and modification of emergency streambank and shoreline protection works to prevent flood damages to highways, bridge approaches, and public works, churches, hospitals, schools, and other nonprofit public services," for "construction of emergency bank-protection works to prevent flood damages to highways, bridge approaches, and public works,". Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Change of Name 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 act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted "Title 10, Armed Forces" which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army. Effective Date of 1986 Amendment Amendment by Pub. L. 99–662 not applicable to any project under contract for construction on Nov. 17, 1986, see section 915(i) of Pub. L. 99–662, set out as a note under section 426g of this title.