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 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 247-MAY 2, 1946 not to exceed two hundred motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and for preliminary examinations, surveys, and contin- gencies in connection with the flood control, $144,065,000: 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, and prepare plans and specifications, necessary for the con- struction of flood-control projects heretofore or hereafter authorized 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, and section 3 of the Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941 (55 Stat. 638) : Provided further, That the expendi- ture of funds for completing the necessary surveys shall not be con- strued as a commitment of the Government to the construction of any project: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available or used to maintain or operate the Garrison (North Dakota) Reservoir at a higher maximum normal pool elevation than one thousand eight hundred and thirty feet, or for constructing dikes or levees which would be required by a higher maximum normal pool elevation than one thousand eight hundred and thirty feet for operating such dam: Provided further, That in the construction of the Fort Gibson flood-control project in Oklahoma, the Chief of Engineers is authorized and directed to cooperate with the officials of the city of Muskogee in protecting the domestic water supply of such city. Flood control, Kings River and Tulare Lake, California: For con- struction of works for flood control and other purposes on the Kings River and Tulare Lake, California, $1,000,000, as authorized in Public Law Numbered 534, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session, approved December 22, 1944: Provided, That none of the appropri- ation for the Kings River and Tulare Lake project, California, shall be used for the construction of the dam until the Secretary of War has received the reports as to the division of costs between flood control, navigation, and other water uses from the Bureau of Recla- mation and local organizations and, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior, shall have made a determination as to what the allocation shall be: Provided further, That the reports from these continuing studies shall be made not later than six months from the date of the enactment of this Act and that the agreement of concurrence shall be made not later than nine months from the date of the enactment of this Act. Flood control, Sutton Reservoir, West Virginia: For flood control works in connection with the Sutton Reservoir, West Virginia, as authorized in the 1938 Floor Control Act, $750,000. Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries: For prosecuting work of flood control in accordance with the provisions of the Flood Control Act approved May 15, 1928, as amended (33 U. S . C. 702a), including 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, and for the purchase, in the fiscal year 1947 of not to exceed one hundred and sixteen motor-propelled passenger- carrying vehicles, and four motorboats, $46,000,000. Emergency fund for flood control on tributaries of Mississippi River: For rescue work and for repair or maintenance of any flood- control work on any tributaries of the Mississippi River threatened or destroyed by flood, in accordance with section 9 of the Flood Control Act, approved June 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1508), $500,000. Flood control, Sacramento River, California: For prosecuting work of flood control, Sacramento River, California, in accordance with Salmon River, Alaska. Surveys, plans, etc. 52 Stat. 1216. 33U.S.C. §701j; Supp. V, §§ 702a-14, 702a-12. Garrison Reservoir, N. )ak. Post, p. 167. Fort Gibson project, Okla. Kings River and Tulare Lake, Calif. 58 Stat. 901. Restriction. Reports and agree- ment. Sutton Reservoir, W. Va. Mississippi River and tributaries. 45 Stat. 534 . 33U.. C.C 702g-1. Sacramento River, Calif. 60 STAT.] 163

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