# § 701g. Removal of obstructions; clearing channels
*Provided*
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to allot not to exceed $15,000,000 from any appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for any one fiscal year for flood control, for removing accumulated snags and other debris, for preventing and mitigating flood damages associated with ice jams, and clearing and straightening the channel in navigable streams and tributaries thereof, when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such work is advisable in the interest of flood control: , That not more than $1,000,000 shall be expended for this purpose for any single tributary from the appropriations for any one fiscal year.
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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 28, 1937, ch. 877, § 2, 50 Stat. 877; Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 699, § 1, 53 Stat. 1414; Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 377, § 9, 55 Stat. 650; July 24, 1946, ch. 596, § 13, 60 Stat. 652; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1264, title II, § 208, 68 Stat. 1266; Pub. L. 93–251, title I, § 26, Mar. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 20; Pub. L. 99–662, title IX, § 915(b), Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4191; Pub. L. 118–272, div. A, title I, § 1107(f), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 3005.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2025— substituted “$15,000,000” for “$7,500,000” and “$1,000,000” for “$500,000” and inserted “for preventing and mitigating flood damages associated with ice jams,” after “other debris,”.
1986— substituted “$7,500,000” for “$5,000,000” and “$500,000” for “$250,000”.
1974— substituted “$5,000,000” for “$2,000,000” and “$250,000” for “$100,000”.
1954—Act , substituted “$2,000,000” for “$1,000,000” and “$100,000” for “$50,000”.
1946—Act , substituted “$1,000,000” for “$500,000” and “$50,000” for “$25,000”.
1941—Act , substituted “$500,000” for “$300,000”.
1939—Act , authorized Secretary to allot instead of to approve amount for flood control and limited amount allotted instead of expended for any single tributary.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of , . Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of , . Section 1 of act , enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
### Effective Date of 1986 Amendment
Amendment by not applicable to any project under contract for construction on , see , set out as a note under .