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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 20 SESS.-CII. '246-APR. 28, 1942 maintenance of the Hennepin Canal in Illinois; for payment annually of tuition fees of not to exceed fifty student officers of the Corps of Engineers at civil technical institutions under the provisions of sec- tion 127a of the National Defense Act, as amended (10 U. S . C . a55); for examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors; for printing and binding, newspapers. lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals, and office supplies and equipment required in the Office of the Chief of Engineers to carry out the purposes of this appropriation, including such printing as may be authorized by the Committee on Printing of the House of Representatives, either during a recess or session of Congress, of surveys authorized by law, and such surveys as may be printed during a recess of Congress shall be printed, with illustrations, as documents of the next suc- ceeding session of Congress, and for the purchase of six motor- boats: Provided,That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for any preliminary examination, survey, project, or estimate not authorized by law, $66,802,500: Provided, That from this appropria- tion the Secretary of War may, in his discretion and on the recom- mendation of the Chief of Engineers based on the recommendation by the Board of Rivers and Harbors in the review of a report or reports authorized by law, expend such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance of harbor channels provided by a State, munici- pality, or other public agency, outside of harbor lines and serving essential needs of general commerce and navigation, such work to be subject to the conditions recommended by the Chief of Engineers in his report or reports thereon: Provided further, That no appropria- tion under the Corps of Engineers for the fiscal year 1943 shall be available for any expenses incident to operating any power-driven boat or vessel on other than Government business: Provided further, That not to exceed $1.000 of the amount herein appropriated shall be available for the support and maintenance of the Permanent Inter- national Commission of the Congresses of Navigation and for the payment of the actual expenses of the properly accredited delegates of the United States to the meeting of the Congresses and of the Commission. FLOOD CONTROL Flood control, general: For the construction and maintenance of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood conttrol, aind for other purposes, in accordance with the provisions of tile Flood Coll- trol Act, approved June 22, 1936, as amendedl and suppllenlmented, including printing and binding, newspapers, lawbooks, books of ref- erence, periodicals, and office supplies and equipment required in the Office of the Chief of Engineers to carry out the purposes of this appropriation, and for preliminary examinations and surveys of and contingencies in connection with flood-control projects authorized by law, $128,961,700, no part of which shall be available for construc- tion work upon the Table Rock and Bull Shoals Reservoirs projects in the White River Basin: Provided, That funds appropriated herein may be used for flood-control work on the Salmon River, Alaska. as authorized by law: Providedfurther. That funds appropriated herein may be used to execute detailed surveys, prepare plans and specifica- tions, and to procure options on land and property necessary for the construction of authorized flood-control projects or for flood-control projects considered for selection in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938: Provided further, That the expenditure of funds for completing the necessary surveys and securing options shall not be construed as a commitment of the Government to the construction of any project: Provided fur- 221 Student officers at civil technical insti- tutions. 41 Stat. 7.5. 10 U.S. C., Supp. I, §535. Printing and bind- ing. Proviso. Unauthorized sur- veys, etc. Harbor channels. Power-driven boats. Permanent Interna- tional Commission of Congresses of Naviga- tion. 'Construction and Illiiitellaniiet'. 411Stal. 1 .,7(. 3: I'. .S '.( } 701a- 701f, 7111h: Sulpp. I, § 7011) to 701f-1. Provisos. Salmon River, Alaska. Surveys, plans, etc. 52 Stat. 1216. Expenditure of funds.

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