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 70 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 1018-AUG. 7, 1956

"(6) submit a plan of repayment satisfactory to the Secretary for any loan or advancement made under the provisions of section 8." (f) Amend section 5 to read as follows: "SEC. 5. At such time as the Secretary and the interested local organization have agreed on a plan for works of improvement, and the Secretary has determined that the benefits exceed the costs, and the local organization has met the requirements for participation in carrying out the works of improvement as set forth in section 4, the local organization with such assistance as it may request from the Secretary, which assistance the Secretary is hereby authorized to give, shall secure engineering and other services, including the design, preparation of contracts and specifications, awarding of contracts, and supervision of construction, in connection with such works of improvement, and in order to properly carry out such services in such projects as to such structures therein providing for municipal or industrial water supplies, the local organization shall, and in such projects not providing for municipal or industrial water supplies, the local organization may, retain or employ a professional engineer or engineers satisfactory to the Secretary, and the Secretary shall reimburse the local organization for the cost it may incur for the services of such engineer or engineers as is properly chargeable to such works of improvement, except that if the local organization decides not to retain or employ a professional engineer or if the Secretary determines that competent engineering services are not available he may contract for a competent engineer to provide such services or arrange for employees of the Federal Government to provide such services: Provided, That at the request of the local organization which retains or employs a professional engineer or engineers as aforesaid, the Secretary may advance such amounts as may be necessary to pay for such services, but such advances with respect to any works of improvement shall not exceed 5 per centum of the estimated total cost of such works: Provided further, That, except as to the installation of works of improvement on Federal lands, the Secretary shall not construct or enter into any contract for the construction of any structure unless there is no local organization authorized by State law to undertake such construction or to enter into such contract, and in no event after July 1, 1956: Provided, That in participating in the installation of such works of improvement the Secretary, as far as practicable and consistent with his responsibilities for administering the overall national agricultural program, shall utilize the authority conferred upon him by the provisions of this Act: Provided further. That whenever the estimated Federal contribution to the construction cost of works of improvement in any watershed or sub watershed area shall exceed $250,0(K) or the works of improvement include any structure having a total capacity in excess of twenty-five hundred acre-feet, the Secretary shall transmit a copy of the plan and the justification therefor to the Congress through the President: Provided further, That any such plan involving an estimated Federal contribution to construction costs in excess of $250,000 or containing any structure having a total capacity in excess of twenty-five hundred acre-feet (a) which includes reclamation or irrigation works or which affects public or other lands or wildlife under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, or (b) which includes Federal assistance for floodwater detention structures, shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of the Army, respectively, for his views and recommendations at least thirty days prior to transmission of the plan to the Congress through the President. The views and recommendations of the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of the Army, if received by the Secretary of

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16 USC 1005. W o r k s of improvement.

T r a n s m l t t a l of plan to Congress.

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