PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 589-DEC. 28, 1945 57 Stat. 372. 31 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 215-217 notes, 222a, 222b, 223b, 223c. Ante, p. 225 . Ante, p. 40 . Repeal. 41U. S .C. §5. 25 Stat. 423. 33 U.S. C. §§622, 623. WAR DEPARTMENT MILITARY AcTivrnIT DAMAGE CLAIMS For the payment of claims for damage to or loss or destruction of property or personal injury or death adjusted and determined by the Secretary of War under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the settlement of claims for damage to or loss or destruction of property or personal injury or death caused by mili- tary personnel or civilian employees, or otherwise incident to activi- ties, of the War Department or of the Army", approved July 3, 1943 (31 U. S . C . 223b), as fully set forth in Senate Document Numbered 107, and House Document Numbered 349, Seventy-ninth Congress, $274,127.43. CIVIL FuNcTIoNs CORPs OF ENGINEERS RIVERS AND HARBORS AND FLOOD CONTROL The proviso contained in the War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1946, under the head "Rivers and harbors and flood control", reading "Providedfurther, That any appropriation for civil functions under the Corps of Engineers for the fiscal year 1946 shall be avail- able for contracting in such manner as the Secretary of War may determine to be in the public interest without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes or section 3 of the River and Harbor Act of August 11, 1888", is hereby repealed. RIVERS AND HARBORS Ante. pp . 40,429. For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for "Rivers and har- bors", including the objects specified under this head in the War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1946, $25,516,000, to remain available until expended. FLOOD CONTROL Ante, pp. 41,236,429. Ante, p.41 Flood control, general: For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for "Flood control, general", including the objects specified under this head in the War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1946, $84,659,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be available for the actual construction of the Garrison Reservoir Dam, North Dakota, itself: Provided further, That no part of the appropriation for the Garri- son Reservoir herein contained may be expended for actual construc- tion of the dam itself until suitable land found by the Secretary of the Interior to be equal in quality and sufficient in area to compen- sate the Three Affiliated Tribes shall be offered to the said tribes in exchange for the land on the Fort Berthold Reservation which shall be inundated by the construction of the Garrison Dam. For an additional amount, fiscal year 1946, for "Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries", including the objects specified under this head in the War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1946, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended. 654 [59 STAT.
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