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Code · U.S. Code · Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · CHAPTER 15— FLOOD CONTROL · § 706

§ 706. Secretary of Commerce; current precipitation information; appropriation

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There is authorized an expenditure as required, from any appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for flood control, rivers and harbors, and related purposes by the United States, for the establishment, operation, and maintenance by the Secretary of Commerce of a network of recording and nonrecording precipitation stations, known as the Hydroclimatic Network, whenever in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of Commerce such service is advisable in connection with either preliminary examinations and surveys or works of improvement authorized by the law for flood control, rivers and harbors, and related purposes, and the Secretary of the Army upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers is authorized to allot the Secretary of Commerce funds for said expenditure.
(June 28, 1938, ch. 795, § 8, 52 Stat. 1226; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1264, title II, § 207, 68 Stat. 1266.)
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  • June 28, 1938, ch. 795, § 8
  • 52 Stat. 1226
  • July 26, 1947, ch. 343
  • 61 Stat. 501
  • Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1264
  • 68 Stat. 1266
  • act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II
  • act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
  • 70A Stat. 641
  • 79 Stat. 1318
  • 84 Stat. 2090
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§ 706
Secretary of Commerce; current precipitation information; appropriation
ActJune 28, 1938, ch. 795, § 8
Stat.52 Stat. 1226
ActJuly 26, 1947, ch. 343
Stat.61 Stat. 501
ActSept. 3, 1954, ch. 1264
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