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Show 145 cost, less one-half the amount by which the estimated land cost exceeds the corresponding estimated construction cost. The Secretary must determine the proportion of the estimated land cost to be contributed by each state, political subdivision, or local agency "in consideration for the benefits to be re- ceived by such agency." Moreover when not less than 75% of the estimated benefits accrue to lands outside the state in which the project is located, condition (c) above shall not apply. A 1938 amendment of the foregoing provisions requires that, in the case of "any dam and reservoir project, or channel im- provement or channel rectification project for flood control" authorized in the 1936 and 1938 Flood Control Acts, the United States shall acquire all lands, easements, and rights- of-way, and conditions (a), (b), and (c) of the 1936 Act shall not apply.102 In addition, provision was made for reimburse- ment to states and other agencies for actual land expenditures for such projects. Also, as to projects authorized since 1941, except dam and reservoir projects, conditions (a), (b), and (c) have been made applicable.103 Thus, the conditions continue to be stripped of a large measure of significance. However, exceptions to the general policy and varying requirements of local coopera- tion are prescribed by law in some cases.104 In all cases where conditions of local cooperation are made applicable, however, the project authorization expires within five years from the date of notification to the local interests of the requirements of local cooperation, unless such local 102 Act of June 28, 1938, § 2, 52 Stat. 1215. As amended in a manner not here relevant, this provision is codified in 33 U. S. C. 701c-l. XOIAct of August 18, 1941, § 2, 55 Stat. 638; Act of December 22, 1944, § 3, 58 Stat. 887, 889; Act of July 24, 1946, § 2, 60 Stat. 641; Act of June 30, 1948, § 201, 62 Stat. 1171, 1175; see 33 U. S. C. 701c note (Supp. III). See also Act of May 17,1950, § 201, 64 Stat. 163, -. 104 For example, in the case of the Bald Hill Reservoir Project on the Sheyenne River, local-contribution requirements include the furnishing of $208,000 toward the cost of the project, estimated at $810,000. See Act of December 22,1944, § 10, 58 Stat. 887, 896; Sen. Doc. No. 193, 78th Cong., 2d sess., p. 2 (1944). See also Annual Report of the Chief of Engineebs, U. S. Abmt, p. 8 (1949). |