Common use of Project Selection Clause in Contracts

Project Selection. The Secretary shall en- sure that the projects are selected from all cold re- gions of the United States, including the Upper Mis- souri River Basin and the Northeast.’’ The sum of $25,000,000 is authorized to be ap- propriated as an emergency fund to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engi- neers for the repair, restoration, and strengthen- ing of levees and other flood control works which have been threatened or destroyed by re- cent floods, or which may be threatened or de- stroyed by later floods, including the raising, extending, or other modification of such works as may be necessary in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers for the adequate functioning of the works for flood control: Provided, That local interests shall provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights of way necessary for the work and shall maintain and operate all the works after completion in a manner satisfactory to the Chief of Engineers: Provided further, That pending the appropriation of said sum, the Secretary of the Army may allot from existing flood-control appropriations such sums as may be necessary for the imme- diate prosecution of the work authorized by this section, such appropriations to be reimbursed from said emergency fund when appropriated: And provided further, That funds allotted under this authority shall not be diverted from the un- obligated funds from the appropriation ‘‘Flood control, general’’, made available in War De- partment Civil Functions Appropriation Acts for specific purposes. (June 30, 1948, ch. 771, title II, § 208, 62 Stat. 1182.) The Secretary of the Army is authorized to allot from any appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for flood control or rivers and harbors, funds for payment of expenses of rep- resentatives of the Corps of Engineers engaged on flood control and river and harbor work to international engineering or scientific con- ferences to be held outside the United States: Provided, That not more than ten representa- tives of the Corps of Engineers shall attend any one conference. (May 17, 1950, ch. 188, title II, § 211, 64 Stat. 183; Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 222, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3697.)