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Show 138 Bank Protection: Highways, Bridge Approaches, and Public Works.-For the construction of emergency bank-protection works to prevent flood damage to highways, bridge approaches, and public works, the Secretary is authorized under 1946 legis- lation to allot, from flood-control appropriations, not to exceed $1,000,000 per year but not more than $50,000 at any single locality, when the Chief of Engineers deems such work ad- visable.63 Highways, Railways, and Utilities.-A similar general au- thorization under the same 1946 legislation empowers the Chief of Engineers to use funds for the "repair, relocation, restora- tion, or protection" of a highway, railway, or utility when it has been or is being damaged or destroyed by reason of the operation of any dam or reservoir project under the Army's control.84 For this purpose, he may utilize any funds available for the construction, maintenance, or operation of the project involved.65 Removal of Obstructions and Clearing Channels.-Still an- other continuing project authorization involving discretion in the use of funds is the authority of the Secretary to allot not to exceed $1,000,000 from appropriations for any one fiscal year for flood control, for removing snags and other debris, and clearing and straightening the channels in navigable streams and their tributaries, when the Chief of Engineers deems such work advisable in the interests of flood control; not more than $50,000 may be expended for a single tributary from appro- priations for any one fiscal year.68 Evacuation of Flooded Areas.-Discretion in the use of funds and continuing authority for project modification are both in- the Secretary may allot from existing flood-control appropriations sums necessary for immediate prosecution of the emergency work thus author- ized, such appropriations to be reimbursed from the emergency fund when appropriated, and (3) that funds to be allotted shall not be diverted from unobligated funds from the appropriation "Flood Control-General." See Act of June 30, 1948, § 208, 62 Stat, 1171, 1182, 33 U. S. C. 701t (supp. III). 63 Act of July 24, 1946, § 14, 60 Stat. 641, 653, 33 U. S. C. 701r. 64 § 9, 60 Stat. 643, 33 U. S. C. 701q. 66 Id. As to exclusions from this protection, see supra, n. 160, p. 103. 66 Act of August 28,1937, § 2, 50 Stat. 876, 877, as amended, 33 U. S. O. 701g. |