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33 U.S.C. § 702h — Prosecution of project by Mississippi River Commission; president of commission; salaries

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33 U.S.C. § 702h — Prosecution of project by Mississippi River Commission; president of commission; salaries

The project herein authorized shall be prosecuted by the Mississippi River Commission under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and supervision of the Chief of Engineers and subject to the provisions of sections 702a, 702b to 702d, 702e to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 of this title. It shall perform such functions and through such agencies as they shall designate after consultation and discussion with the president of the commission. For all other purposes the existing laws governing the constitution and activities of the commission shall remain unchanged. The commission shall make inspection trips of such frequency and duration as will enable it to acquire first-hand information as to conditions and problems germane to the matter of flood control within the area of its jurisdiction; and on such trips of inspection ample opportunity for hearings and suggestions shall be afforded persons affected by or interested in such problems. The president of the commission shall be the executive officer thereof and shall have the qualifications prescribed by law on May 15, 1928, for the Assistant Chief of Engineers, shall have the title brigadier general, Corps of Engineers, and shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a brigadier general while actually assigned to such duty: Provided, That the incumbent of the office on May 15, 1928, may be appointed a brigadier general of the Army, retired, and shall be eligible for the position of president of the commission if recalled to active service by the President under the provisions of existing law.

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5 U.S.C. § 5102 — Definitions; application

**(a)** For the purpose of this chapter— (1) “agency” means— (A) an Executive agency; (B) the Library of Congress; (C) the Botanic Garden; (D) the Government Publishing Office; (E) the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and (F) the government of the District of Columbia; but does not include— (i) a Government controlled corporation; (ii) the Tennessee Valley Authority; (iii) the Virgin Islands Corporation; (iv) the Atomic Energy Commission; (v) the Central Intelligence Agency; (vi) the National Security Agency, Department of Defense; (vii) the Government Accountability Office; (viii) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; (ix) the Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense; or (x) the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense; (2) “employee” means an individual employed in or under an agency; (3) “position” means the work, consisting of the duties and responsibilities, assignable to an employee; (4) “class” or “class of positions” includes all positions which are sufficiently similar, as to— (A) kind or subject-matter of work; (B) level of difficulty and responsibility; and (C) the qualification requirements of the work; to warrant similar treatment in personnel and pay administration; and (5) “grade” includes all classes of positions which, although different with respect to kind or subject-matter of work, are sufficiently equivalent as to— (A) level of difficulty and responsibility; and (B) level of qualification requirements of the work; to warrant their inclusion within one range of rates of basic pay in the General Schedule. **(b)** Except as provided by subsections (c) and (d) of this section, this chapter applies to all civilian positions and

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33 U.S.C. § 702a — Adoption of 1927 project; execution; creation of board; scope of authority; appropriation

The project for the flood control of the Mississippi River in its alluvial valley and for its improvement from the Head of Passes to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in accordance with the engineering plan set forth and recommended in the report submitted by the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of the Army dated December 1, 1927, and printed in House Document Numbered 90, Seventieth Congress, first session, is adopted and authorized to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers: Provided, That a board to consist of the Chief of Engineers, the president of the Mississippi River Commission, and a civil engineer chosen from civil life to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, whose compensation shall be fixed by the President and be paid out of the appropriations made to carry on this project, is created; and such board is authorized and directed to consider the engineering differences between the adopted project and the plans recommended by the Mississippi River Commission in its special report dated November 28, 1927, and after such study and such further surveys as may be necessary, to recommend to the President such action as it may deem necessary to be taken in respect to such engineering differences and the decision of the President upon all recommendations or questions submitted to him by such board shall be followed in carrying out the project herein adopted. The board shall not have any power or authority in respect to such project except as hereinbefore provided. Such project and the changes therein, if any, shall be executed in accordance with the provisions of [section 702h of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-se

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5 U.S.C. § 5103 — Determination of applicability

The Office of Personnel Management shall determine finally the applicability of [section 5102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5102&num=0&edition=prelim) to specific positions and employees, except for positions and employees in the Office of the Architect of the Capitol.

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33 U.S.C. § 643 — Omitted

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section, acts June 28, 1879, ch. 43, § 2, 21 Stat. 37; June 25, 1910, ch. 382, § 1, 36 Stat. 658; Mar. 1, 1917, ch. 144, § 4, 39 Stat. 951, related to compensation of commissioners. See [section 702h of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section702h&num=0&edition=prelim).

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33 U.S.C. § 701 — Flood control generally

[Laws applicable to works of improvement relating to flood control.] All the provisions of existing law relating to examinations and surveys and to works of improvement of rivers and harbors shall apply, so far as applicable, to examinations and surveys and to works of improvement relating to flood control. And all expenditures of funds appropriated for works and projects relating to flood control shall be made in accordance with and subject to the law governing the disbursement and expenditure of funds appropriated for the improvement of rivers and harbors.

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33 U.S.C. § 702h — Prosecution of project by Mississippi

Page 222 TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS § 702h retary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, en- acted ‘‘Title 10, Armed Forces’’ which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under ad- ministrative supervision of Secretary of the Army. § 702h. Prosecution of project by Mississippi River Commission; president of commission; salaries The project herein authorized shall be pros- ecuted by the Mississippi River Commission under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and supervision of the Chief of Engineers and subject to the provisions of sections 702a, 702b to 702d, 702e to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 of this title. It shall perform such functions and through such agencies as they shall designate after consultation and dis- cussion with the president of the commission. For all other purposes the existing laws gov- erning the constitution and activities of the commission shall remain unchanged. The com- mission shall make inspection trips of such fre- quency and duration as will enable it to acquire first-hand information as to conditions and problems germane to the matter of flood control within the area of its jurisdiction; and on such trips of inspection ample opportunity for hear- ings and suggestions shall be afforded persons affected by or interested in such problems. The president of the commission shall be the execu- tive officer thereof and shall have the qualifica- tions prescribed by law on May 15, 1928, for the Assistant Chief of Engineers, shall have the title brigadier general, Corps of Enginee

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