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Show 144 but no repayment may be made of funds contributed for the purpose of meeting conditions of local cooperation.98 Navigation and Project-Authorization Laws.-In addi- tion to the foregoing and to the fact that flood-control expendi- tures must accord with laws governing expenditures for navi- gation improvements, as already noted," Congress has enacted a number of other laws specifically governing the use of flood- control funds. They generally allow varying degrees of discretion in the use of funds to undertake specified types of work, and many of them constitute continuing project author- izations. These we have already discussed in connection with "Authorization of Projects." 10° Local Cooperation.-Another and a specially significant aspect of legislation governing use of funds is the evolution of requirements relating to local cooperation, which establish a prohibition against the use of funds in certain cases. In the 1936 Flood Control Act, Congress provided that no money appropriated under the authority of that Act shall be expended on the construction of any project until states, political sub- divisions thereof, or other responsible local agencies have given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that they will: (a) provide without cost to the United States all neces- sary lands, easements, and rights-of-way; (b) hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction work; and (c) maintain and operate all the works after com- pletion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secre- tary of the Army.101 This 1936 statute also provided that, if expenditures for lands exceed estimated construction cost, the local agency may be reimbursed one-half of such excess. Also, if benefits accrue to lands outside the state where the project is located, the Secretary, with the consent of the state where the project is located, may acquire the necessary lands after he has received from the benefited states the estimated land 98 id. 99 See supra, p. 132. 100 See supra, pp. 136-140. 101 Act of June 22,1936, § 3, 49 Stat. 1570, 1571. As amended in a manner not here relevant, this provision is codified in 33 U. S. 0. 701c. |