[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR203.12]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
 CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                 DEFENSE
 
PART 203_EMERGENCY EMPLOYMENT OF ARMY AND OTHER RESOURCES, NATURAL DISASTER 
 
                         Subpart A_Introduction
 
Sec.  203.12  Authority.

    Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1941, as amended, (33 U.S.C. 
701n) (69 Stat. 186), commonly and hereinafter referred to as Public Law 
84-99, authorizes an emergency fund to be expended at the discretion of 
the Chief of Engineers for: preparation for natural disasters; flood 
fighting and rescue operations; repair or restoration of flood control 
works threatened, damaged, or destroyed by flood, or nonstructural 
alternatives thereto; emergency protection of federally authorized 
hurricane or shore protection projects which are threatened, when such 
protection is warranted to protect against imminent and substantial loss 
to life and property; and repair and restoration of federally authorized 
hurricane or shore protection projects damaged or destroyed by wind, 
wave, or water of other than ordinary nature. The law includes provision 
of emergency supplies of clean water when a contaminated source 
threatens the public health and welfare of a locality, and activities 
necessary to protect life and improved property from a threat resulting 
from a major flood or coastal storm. This law authorizes the Secretary 
of the Army (Secretary) to construct wells and to transport water

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within areas determined by the Secretary to be drought-distressed. The 
Secretary of the Army has delegated the authority vested in the 
Secretary under Public Law 84-99 through the Assistant Secretary of the 
Army (Civil Works) to the Chief of Engineers, subject to such further 
direction as the Secretary may provide.