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33 U.S.C. § 702d — Flowage rights; condemnation proceedings; benefits to property
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The United States shall provide flowage rights for additional destructive flood waters that will pass by reason of diversions from the main channel of the Mississippi River: Provided, That in all cases where the execution of the flood control plan herein adopted results in benefits to property such benefits shall be taken into consideration by way of reducing the amount of compensation to be paid.
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The United States shall provide flowage rights for additional destructive flood waters that will pass by reason of diversions from the main channel of the Mississippi River: Provided, That in all cases where the execution of the flood control plan herein adopted results in benefits to property such benefits shall be taken into consideration by way of reducing the amount of compensation to be paid.
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In order to facilitate the United States in the acquisition of flowage rights and rights-of-way for levee foundations, the Secretary of the Army is authorized to enter into agreements with the States or with local levee districts, boards, commissions, or other agencies for the acquisition and transfer to the United States of such flowage rights and levee rights-of-way, and for the reimbursement of such States or local levee districts, boards, commissions, or other agencies, for the cost thereof at prices previously agreed upon between the Secretary of the Army and the governing authority of such agencies, within the maximum limitations hereinafter prescribed: Provided, That no money appropriated under the authority of sections 702g–1 and 702k–1 of this title shall be expended upon the construction of the Eudora Floodway, the Morganza Floodway, the back protection levee extending north from the Eudora Floodway, or the levees extending from the head of the Morganza Floodway to the head of and down the east bank of the Atchafalaya River to the intersection of said Morganza Floodway until 75 per centum of the value of the flowage rights and rights-of-way for levee foundations, as estimated by the Chief of Engineers, shall have been acquired or options or assurances satisfactory to the Chief of Engineers shall have been obtained for the Eudora Floodway, the Morganza Floodway, and the area lying between said back protection levee and the present front line levees: Provided further, That easements required in said areas in connection with roads and other public utilities owned by States or political subdivisions thereof shall be provided without cost to the United States upon the condition, that the United States shall provide suitable crossings, including surfacing of like ch
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Except when authorized by the Secretary of the Army upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, no money appropriated under authority of sections 702a and 702g of this title shall be expended on the construction of any item of the project until the States or levee districts have given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that they will (a) maintain all flood-control works after their completion, except controlling and regulating spillway structures, including special relief levees; maintenance includes normally such matters as cutting grass, removal of weeds, local drainage, and minor repairs of main river levees; (b) agree to accept land turned over to them under the provisions of [section 702d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section702d&num=0&edition=prelim); (c) provide without cost to the United States, all rights-of-way for levee foundations and levees on the main stem of the Mississippi River between Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and the Head of Passes.
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The proviso in [section 702d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section702d&num=0&edition=prelim) “That any land acquired under the provisions of this section shall be turned over without cost to the ownership of States or local interests,” shall not apply to the lands heretofore acquired or that may be hereafter acquired in connection with the construction, maintenance, or operation of the Bonnet Carre Spillway and Floodway. The Secretary of the Army is authorized to grant to any citizen, association, railroad, or other corporation, State or public agency thereof, rights-of-way, easements, and permits, over, across, in, and upon said lands for railway, highway, telephone, telegraph, and pipe-line crossings, and other purposes. The grants issued in pursuance of this authority shall be under such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Army may deem advisable for the protection of the public interests, and may be perpetual or temporary in his discretion.
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 702d
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.
APPLICATION OF 1950 INCREASE IN AUTHORIZATION CON-
TAINED
IN
SUBSEC. (c) TO
OLD
AND
ATCHAFALAYA
RIVERS PROJECT
Section 203 of act Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1264, title II, 68
Stat. 1258, in addition to authorizing an amount of
$32,000,000 for control of the Old and Atchafalaya Rivers
and a lock for navigation, provided in part that the
$15,000,000 increase in authorization by act May 17, 1950
in amending subsec. (c) of this section (see 1950 Amend-
ment note above), should be applied to such project.
§ 702b. Local contribution toward cost of flood
control work
It is declared to be the sense of Congress that
the principle of local contribution toward the
cost of flood control work, which has been incor-
porated in all previous national legislation on
the subject, is sound, as recognizing the special
interest of the local population in its own pro-
tection, and as a means of preventing inordinate
requests for unjustified items of work having no
material national interest. As a full compliance
with this principle in view of the great expendi-
ture estimated at approximately $292,000,000,
prior to May 15, 1928, made by the local interests
in the alluvial valley of the Mississippi River for
protection against the floods of that river; in
view of the extent of national concern in the
control of these floods in the interests of na-
tional prosperity, the flow of interstate com-
merce, and the movement of the United States
mails; and, in view of the gigantic scale of the
project, involvi
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