The Secretary of the Army is authorized to receive from States and political subdivisions thereof, such funds as may be contributed by them for work, which includes planning and design, to be expended in connection with funds appropriated by the United States for any authorized water resources development study or project whenever such work and expenditure may be considered by the Secretary of the Army, on recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, as advantageous in the public interest, and the plans for any reservoir project may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Army, on recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, be modified to provide additional storage capacity for domestic water supply or other conservation storage, on condition that the cost of such increased storage capacity is contributed by local agencies and that the local agencies agree to utilize such additional storage capacity in a manner consistent with Federal uses and purposes: Provided, That when contributions made by States and political subdivisions thereof, are in excess of the actual cost of the work contemplated and properly chargeable to such contributions, such excess contributions may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Army, be returned to the proper representatives of the contributing interests: Provided further, That the term "States" means the several States, the District of Columbia, the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States, and Federally recognized Indian tribes.
(June 22, 1936, ch. 688, §5, as added July 19, 1937, ch. 511, §1, 50 Stat. 518; amended July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, §205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 106–53, title II, §203, Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 285; Pub. L. 112–74, div. B, title I, §111(a), Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 858.)
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