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Show 142 numerous others. But it should not be assumed that this work on the lower Mississippi is an isolated and independent project, for on the contrary Congress has sought to integrate it with flood-control measures initiated elsewhere on the Mississippi and its tributaries.86 Flood Control at Reclamation Projects.-Under the 1939 Reclamation Project Act, a portion of the total estimated con- struction cost of a Reclamation project may be allocated by the Secretary of the Interior to flood control on a nonreimbursable basis.87 That Act permits automatic authorization of a Recla- mation project upon the fulfillment of prescribed conditions, including the amendment in the 1944 Flood Control Act.88 A Special Case.-An unusual example of project authoriza- tion deserves notice. Concerning the then existing Alamogordo Dam and Reservoir, Congress in 1939 authorized and declared it to be "for the purposes of controlling floods" and other specified objects, directing that the amount properly allocable to flood control be determined and transferred from the general fund of the Treasury to the Reclamation Fund, for reduction of the maximum repayment obligation of The Carlsbad Irriga- tion District.89 Restrictions on Legislative Consideration.-Apart from specifications applicable to the Army Engineers in connection with project authorizations, described above, Congress in 1946 announced a restriction upon its own actions, declaring that it would authorize no project "or any modification not author- ized" unless a report for such project or modification has been previously submitted by the Chief of Engineers in conformity with law.90 86 See, e. g., Comprehensive Flood Control Plan for Ohio and Lower Mis- sissippi Rivebs, Flood Control Com. Doc. No. 1, 75th Cong., 1st sess. (1937), as partially authorized in the Act of June 28,1938, § 4, 52 Stat. 1215,1216. 87 Act of August 4,1939, § 9(a), 53 Stat. 1187, 1193, 43 U. S. C. 485h(a). 88 Act of December 22,1944, § l(c); 58 Stat. 887, 889. 89 Act of August 11, 1939, § 7, 53 Stat. 1414, 1417, 33 U. S. C. 707. 90 See supra, n. 173, p. 105. This same pronouncement is repeated in subse- quent Flood Control Acts. |