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Show 147 authorization, water supply, school facilities, and railroad bridges altered at federal expense.111 In addition to author- izing particular types of work, these laws also govern the related aspects of prosecution of projects. Also applicable here are the pre-1917 laws relating to the prosecution of navigation improvements, already discussed.112 Apart from these two groups of statutes, Congress has enacted no legisla- tion specifically governing the prosecution of flood-control projects. Operation of Projects In the discussion of laws affecting the operation of naviga- tion projects, we summarized those parts of the Act of Decem- ber 22,1944, which relate to the use of dams and reservoirs for navigation, power, water supply, irrigation, and recreation.113 Similarly, reference was there made to the provisions of 1946 legislation concerning wildlife resources.11* So also as to the provisions of the Act of July 29,1946, regarding the possible use of dams as foundations for bridges.115 All of those pro- visions apply with like force to the operation of flood-control projects. Moreover, with respect to specified flood-control projects in the West, Congress in recent authorizations has ex- pressly subordinated navigation use of waters to beneficial con- sumptive use, exactly as in the case of navigation projects.118 Congress has provided that the Secretary shall prescribe reg- ulations for the use of storage allocated for flood control, just as in the case of navigation, at all reservoirs con- structed wholly or in part with federal funds.117 This law does not apply to the Tennessee Valley Authority, except that in case of danger from floods on the lower Ohio and Mississippi 111 See supra, pp. 138-140. M Act of March 1, 1917, § 3, 39 Stat. 948, 950, 33 U. S. 0. 701. See supra, pp. 107-109. *¦ 58 Stat. 887; see supra, pp. 109-110. 334 See supra, pp. 110-111. "* See supra, pp. 94-95. ** See, e. g., Act of December 22,1944, § l(b), 58 Stat. 887, 889; see supra, pp. 111-112. mAct of December 22, 1944, § 7, 58 Stat. 887, 890, 33 U. S. O. 709; see supra, p. 109. |