PUBLIC LAW 99-662—NOV. 17, 1986
100 STAT. 4229
SEC. 1105. NEW YORK STATE BARGE CANAL.
(a) The Secretary is authorized to reimburse the State of New York for 50 percent of the cost of operating, maintaining, and rehabilitating the New York State Barge Canal. Control and operation of such canal shall continue to reside with the State of New ' '^ York. The Federal contribution to the costs of rehabilitating the New York State Barge Canal shall be limited in any fiscal year to $5,000,000, or 50 percent of the expenditures in that fiscal year, whichever is the lesser. (b) For the purposes of this section, the New York State Barge Canal is defined to be— (1) the Erie Canal, which connects the Hudson River at Waterford with the Niagara River at Tonawanda; (2) the Oswego Canal, which connects the Erie Canal at Three „^., " ^ Rivers with Lake Ontario at Oswego; (3) the Champlain Canal, which connects the easterly end of the Erie Canal at Waterford with Lake Champlain at Whitehall; and (4) the Cayuga and Seneca Canals, which connect the Erie Canal at a point near Montezuma with Cajoiga and Seneca Lakes and through Cayuga Lake and Ithaca and through Seneca Lake with Montour Falls. SEC. 1106. CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION. 33 USC 661 note. (a) The California Debris Commission established by the first section of the Act of March 1, 1893 (33 U.S.C. 661) is hereby abolished. (b) All authorities, powers, functions, and duties of the California Debris Commission are hereby transferred to the Secretary. (c) The assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and the unexpended balance of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed, held, used arising from, available to, or to be made available in connection with the authorities, powers, functions, and duties transferred by this section, subject to section 202 of the Budget and Accounting Procedure Act of 1950, are hereby 31 USC 1531 transferred to the Secretary for appropriate allocation. Unexpended note, funds transferred pursuant to this subsection shall be used only for ^ the purposes for which the funds were originally authorized and appropriated. (d) All acquired lands, and other interests therein presently under the jurisdiction of the California Debris Commission are hereby authorized to be retained, and shall be administered under the direction of the Secretary, who is hereby authorized to take such ^ actions as are necessary to consolidate and perfect title; to exchange for other lands or interests therein which may be required for recreation or for existing or proposed projects of the United States; to transfer to other Federal agencies or dispose of as surplus property; and to release to the coextensive fee owners any easements no tji i. longer required by the United States, under such conditions or for such consideration as the Secretary shall determine to be fair and reasonable. Except as specifically provided herein all transactions will be in accordance with existing laws and procedures. SEC. 1107. RED RIVER CHLORIDE CONTROL. (a) The first sentence of the paragraph under the center heading "ARKANSAS AND RED RiVERs" in section 203 of the Flood Control Act
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