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Public Law 75–134

To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes”, approved June 22, 1936.

Approved April 27, 1937

Statutory text

AN ACT

To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes”, approved June 22, 1936.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That section 5 of

Flood Control Act of 1936, amendment.

49 Stat. 1586.

Post, p. 880.

the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes”, approved June 22, 1936, is hereby amended by revising the first paragraph under the heading “Ohio River Basin” to read as follows:

“Reservoir system for the protection of Pittsburgh: Construction

Ohio River Basin.

Reservoir system for protection of Pittsburgh and reduction of flood heights in, authorized.

of reservoirs for the Allegheny-Monongahela Basin as in comprehensive plan for the protection of Pittsburgh and for the reduction of flood heights in the Ohio Valley generally, as set forth in House Document Numbered 306, Seventy-fourth Congress, first session, and in the report on the Allegheny-Monongahela Rivers and tributaries on record in the Office of the Chief of Engineers, with such revisions or modifications as may be found advisable by the Chief of Engineers upon further investigation; estimated construction

Estimated costs.

cost, $20,646,000; estimated cost of lands and damages, $34,569,000.”

Approved, April 27, 1937.

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