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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 771-JUNE 30, 1948 Grande Valley lies, relating to the control, appropriation, or distribu- tion of water used in irrigation or for municipal or other uses, or any vested right therein. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to abrogate or impair existing obligations of U.S. obligations of the United States or any agency thereof, including obligations to furnish water for irrigation and obligations to any Indian or tribe or band of Indians whether based on treaty, agreement, or Act of Congress. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $3,500,000 thAprPiation au- to be expended by the Department of the Army for the partial accomplishment of the comprehensive plan for the Rio Grande Basin. SEC. 204. The Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized and Preliminary eam- directed to cause preliminary examinations and surveys for flood con- natio and urveys. trol and allied purposes, including channel and major drainage im- provements, and floods aggravated by or due to wind or tidal effects to be made under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, in drainage areas of the United States and its Territorial possessions, which include the following-named localities, and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and sur- veys for run-off and water-flow retardation and soil-erosion prevention on such drainage areas, the cost thereof to be paid from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for such purposes: Provided, That after Supplemental re- the regular or formal reports made on any examination, survey, proj- ect, or work under way or proposed are submitted to Congress, no sup- plemental or additional report or estimate shall be made unless author- ized by law except that the Secretary of the Army may cause a review of any examination or survey to be made and a report thereon sub- mitted to the Congress if such review is required by the national defense or by changed physical or economic conditions: And provided further,That the Government shall not be deemed to have entered upon ,Adption of project any project for the improvement of any waterway or harbor mentioned in this title until the project for the proposed work shall have been adopted by law; Rahway River and its tributaries, New Jersey Chowan River and its tributaries, Virginia and North Carolina; Pantego Creek and Cucklers Creek, North Carolina; Rice Creek, a tributary of Saint Johns River, Florida, Streams flowing through the Brazoria-Galveston Soil Conservation Ters. District, the Trinity Bay Soil Conservation District, the Coastal Plains Soil Conservation District, and the Matagorda County Soil Conservation District, Texas, with a view to improvement in the interest of navigation, flood control, and related purposes, including channel and major drainage improvements; Area at and in the vicinity of Texas City, Texas, with a view to Texas City, Tex. providing for its protection against storms and erosions, including the protection of the instrumentalities and aids to commerce located there; Au Gres River and tributaries, Michigan; Area at and in the vicinity of Bellevue, Ohio, and the surrounding Benevue, Ohio. area of Seneca, Erie, Huron, and Sandusky Counties, with a view to the control of floods caused by excess underground and surface waters: Harbors and rivers in Alaska, with a view to determining the advisa- Aask. bility of improvements in the interest of navigation, flood control, hydroelectric power, and related water uses; Two Mile Creek, Oregon; Aroostook River and tributaries, Maine; Beaver Creek, Lincoln County, Oregon; Skinner Creek, at and in the vicinity of Mannesville, New York; Steinhatchee and Fenholloway Rivers, Florida; River Rouge and tributaries, Michigan. 1181

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