An Act to declare certain portion of the waterway (a section of the Acushnet River) in the city of New Bedford and the towns of Fairhaven and Acushnet, Massachusetts, a nonnavigable stream
PL 84-212 (H.R.2866), enacted 08/03/1955

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"(c) Seventy-five per centum of any amount apportioned for proj-
ects in a State pursuant to subsection (a) of this section which has not 
been obligated by grant agreement at the expiration of the two fiscal 
3'ears for which such amount was so apportioned shall be reapportioned 
among the respective States in the manner of apportionment of the 
original authorization under subsection (a) and the remaining 25 per 
centum of such amount shall be added to the discretionary fund 
established by subsection (b), and at the expiration of each succeed-
ing fiscal year any of the amount so reapportioned for a State that 
still remains unobligated shall again be reapportioned and redis-
tributed in the same manner." 
SEC. 6. Section 8 of such Act is repealed. 
SEC. 7. The first sentence of subsection (d) of section 9 of such Act 
is amended to read as follows: "All such projects shall be subject to the 
approval of the Secretary of Commerce, which approval shall be 
given only if he is satisfied that the project will contribute to the 
accomplishment of the purposes of this Act, that sufficient funds are 
available for that portion of the project costs which is not to be paid 
by the United States under this Act, that the project will be completed 
without undue delay, that the public agency or public agencies which 
submitted the project application have legal authority to engage in 
the airport development as proposed, and that all project sponsor-
ship requirements prescribed by or under the authority of this Act 
have been or will be met.". 
SEC. 8, The third sentence of section 12 of such Act is amended to 
read as follows: "Each such offer shall state a definite amount as the 
maximum obligation of the United States payable from funds author-
ized by this Act, and shall stipulate the obligations to be assumed 
by the sponsor or sponsors of the project.". 
SEC. 9. All amounts authorized by section 4 of this Act to be obli-
gated for grants under the Federal Airport Act shall be additional 
to all amounts previously appropriated or authorized to be obligated 
for such purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the balances of such previously appropriated or authorized funds 
which are unexpended and unobligated on the effective date of this 
Act shall remain available for obligation and expenditure as originally 
appropriated or authorized. 
Approved August 3, 1955. 
Reapportionment. 
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49 u s e 1108. 
Project approval. 
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CHAPTER 495 
AN ACT 
To declare a certain portion of the waterway (a section of the Acushnet River) 
in the city of New Bedford and the towns of Fairhaven and Acushnet, Massa-
chusetts, a nonnavigable stream. 
August 3, 19SS 
[H. R. 2866] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the portion of 
the waterway in the city of New Bedford and the towns of Fairhaven 
and Acushnet lying north of the Coggeshall Street Bridge (north 41 
degrees 31 minutes 00 seconds), is hereby declared to be a nonnavigable 
water of the United States within the meaning of the Constitution 
and laws of the United States. Any project heretofore authorized by 
any Act of Congress, insofar as such project relates to the above-
described portions of the Acushnet River section of New Bedford and 
Fairhaven Harbor, is hereby abandoned. The right to alter, amend, 
or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. 
Approved August 3, 1955. 
Acushnet River, 
Mass. 
N o n n a v i g able 
stream.