Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 1.djvu/587

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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1985

PUBLIC LAW 99-141—NOV. 1, 1985 able until expended, for construction of the Red River Waterway, Mississippi River to Shreveport, Louisiana project, of which $5,700,000 is for construction of Lock and Dam No. 3; and in addition $18,000,000, to remain available until expended, for construction of the main dam of the Elk Creek Lake, Rogue River Basin, Oregon Project, as authorized by the River and Harbor and Flood Control Act of 1962, Public Law 87-874; and in addition, $1,880,000, to remain available until expended for construction of the Lorain small boat harbor, Lorain, Ohio, project authorized by section 107 of the Rivers and Harbor Act of 1960, as amended; and in addition, $400,000 to remain available until expended for remedial, corrective design and construction of project deficiencies in the First Ward Area Front Street Levee in Binghamton, New York. The Corps of Engineers is directed to construct recreation and management facilities at the Ouachita and Black Rivers, Arkansas and Louisiana, in the vicinity of the Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge at full Federal expense using funds heretofore provided, using the $3,500,000 provided for such purpose in this Act.

99 STAT. 565

76 Stat. 1180, n^s. 33 USC 577.

FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES

For expenses necessary for emergency flood control, hurricane, and shore protection activities, as authorized by section 5 of the Flood Control Act, approved August 18, 1941, as amended, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended. FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, ARKANSAS, ILUNOIS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, AND TENNESSEE

For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood control, and rescue work, repair, restoration, or maintenance of flood control projects threatened or destroyed by flood, as authorized by law (33 U.S.C. 702a, 702g-l), $314,760,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not less than $250,000 shall be available for bank stabilization measures as determined by the Chief of Engineers to be advisable for the control of bank erosion of streams in the Yazoo Basin, including the foothill area, and where necessary such measures shall complement similar works planned and constructed by the Soil Conservation Service and be limited to the areas of responsibility mutually agreeable to the District Engineer and the State Conservationist. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL

For expenses necessary for the preservation, operation, maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood control, and related works, including such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance of harbor channels provided by a State, municipality or other public agency, outside of harbor lines, and serving essential needs of general commerce and navigation; administration of laws pertaining to preservation of navigable waters; surveys and charting of northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and removal of obstructions to navigation, $1,319,973,000, to remain available until expended, of which $12,000,000 shall be for construction, operation, and maintenance of outdoor recreation facilities, to be derived from the special account

33 USC 70in.