16 USC § 1009 - Joint investigations and surveys by Secretary of the Army and Secretary of Agriculture; reports to Congress

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title: "16 USC § 1009 - Joint investigations and surveys by Secretary of the Army and Secretary of Agriculture; reports to Congress"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "1009"
section_name: "Joint investigations and surveys by Secretary of the Army and Secretary of Agriculture; reports to Congress"
chapter_number: 18
chapter_name: "WATERSHED PROTECTION AND FLOOD PREVENTION"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 87–639, § 1, Sept. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 438; Pub. L. 103–437, § 6(w), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4587.)"
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# § 1009. Joint investigations and surveys by Secretary of the Army and Secretary of Agriculture; reports to Congress

*Provided*16 U.S.C. 1001

The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Agriculture, when authorized to do so by resolutions adopted by the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate or the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives, are authorized and directed to make joint investigations and surveys in accordance with their existing authorities of watershed areas in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, and to prepare joint reports on such investigations and surveys setting forth their recommendations for the installation of the works of improvement needed for flood prevention or the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water, and for flood control and allied purposes. Such joint reports shall be submitted to the Congress through the President for adoption and authorization by the Congress of the recommended works of improvement: , That the project authorization procedure established by Public Law 566, Eighty-third Congress, as amended [ et seq.], shall not be affected.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–639, § 1, Sept. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 438; Pub. L. 103–437, § 6(w), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4587.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Public Law 566, referred to in text, is , , known as the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act which comprises this chapter.

### Amendments

1994— substituted “Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate or the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House” for “Committee on Public Works of the Senate or the Committee on Public Works of the House”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Committee on Public Works and Transportation of House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of House of Representatives by , set out as a note preceding , The Congress.

### Authorization of Appropriations

> “There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act [this section], such sums to remain available until expended.”

, , , provided that: