33 U.S.C. § 2331 — Use of continuing contracts for construction of certain projects
submitted 27 years ago by Pub. L. 106-53 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 114 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary may not require fully allocated funding for a water-resource project that has begun but lacks enough money for completion. The Secretary must use a continuing contract, with construction beginning when a qualifying appropriation law is enacted.
(a) Despite other law, the Secretary may not use a fully allocated funding policy for a project whose construction has begun but which lacks enough available funds to finish. (b) The Secretary must enter a continuing contract for it. (c) Construction begins, for this section, on enactment of an appropriation from (1) Construction, General; (2) Operation and Maintenance, General; or (3) Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not implement a fully allocated funding policy with respect to a water resource project if initiation of construction has occurred but sufficient funds are not available to complete the project.
The Secretary shall enter into a continuing contract for a project described in subsection (a).
For the purposes of this section, initiation of construction for a project occurs on the date of enactment of an Act that appropriates funds for the project from 1 of the following appropriation accounts:
Construction, General.
Operation and Maintenance, General.
Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 106–53, title II, § 206, Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 286.)
- 1999Enacted · Pub. L. 106-53 · 113 Stat. 286
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