33 U.S.C. § 1289 — Basin planning
submitted 78 years ago by Pub. L. 92-500 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 154 words · no verdicts yet
This section requires Level B water-resource plans for United States basins and annual reports to Congress. It authorizes up to $200 million for the work.
(a) The President, through the Water Resources Council, must prepare as soon as practicable a Level B plan under the Water Resources Planning Act for every United States basin. All plans must be complete by January 1, 1980, giving priority to basins or parts of basins in areas designated under section 1288(a)(2)-(4). (b) The President must report to Congress each year on progress. The first report was due by January 31, 1973. (c) Up to $200,000,000 may be appropriated.
The President, acting through the Water Resources Council, shall, as soon as practicable, prepare a Level B plan under the Water Resources Planning Act [42 U.S.C. 1962 et seq.] for all basins in the United States. All such plans shall be completed not later than January 1, 1980, except that priority in the preparation of such plans shall be given to those basins and portions thereof which are within those areas designated under paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a) of section 1288 of this title.
The President, acting through the Water Resources Council, shall report annually to Congress on progress being made in carrying out this section. The first such report shall be submitted not later than January 31, 1973.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section not to exceed $200,000,000.
Source credit: (June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title II, § 209, as added Pub. L. 92–500, § 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 843.)
- 1948Enacted · Pub. L. 92-500 · 86 Stat. 843
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