The project for flood protection along the American River is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in the report entitled “American River Watershed, California” dated June 27, 1996, and as adopted and authorized by Congress on October 12, 1996, in Section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-303), at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated by the Legislature for state participation, upon the recommendation and advice of the department or the

Reclamation Board.