[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR276.5]

[Page 366-367]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
         CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
 
PART 276--WATER RESOURCES POLICIES AND AUTHORITIES: APPLICATION OF SECTION 134a OF PUBLIC LAW 94-587--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 276.5  Legislative history.

    Discussion of this legislation is contained in the reports by the 
Senate

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Committee on Public Works and the House Committee on Public Works and 
Transportation which accompanied S. 3823, the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1976 (Pub. L. 94-587). These reports make clear that 
Congress intended to encourage local communities to assume 
responsibility and accelerate local cooperation in reducing urban 
flooding dangers without committing the United States to any future 
Federal expenditure. The Senate Committee report noted that some 
communities might be reluctant to undertake compatible local flood 
control measures for fear that the local work would jeopardize the 
potentially favorable cost-benefit ratio of a prospective Federal 
project. The Act authorizes establishing a procedure for certification 
of certain local improvements undertaken for the purpose of flood 
control. Cost assignable to that part of the local improvement that 
would constitute an integral part of a prospective Federal plan would be 
eligible to be recommended for credit toward required local cooperation. 
The Senate Committee report specifically stated that:

    * * * This flexibility should in no way be interpreted as a Federal 
assurance of late approval of any project. While it is in no way a 
Federal commitment, this provision assures the city that the work it 
undertakes, once certified, will not be removed from the cost-benefit 
analysis. and it assures the city that such local work will be credited 
toward the local costs of cooperation, should the project be later 
authorized. This will not, however, qualify the community for any cash 
refunds. If the local costs on such certified work exceed the local 
share, when later computed, the local government must assume that extra 
cost. * * *