33 U.S.C. § 2342 — Access to water resource data
submitted 19 years ago by Pub. L. 110-114 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 165 words · no verdicts yet
This section requires the Secretary to make Corps of Engineers water-resources data publicly available as quickly as practicable. It protects specified confidential, privileged, security-sensitive, personal, and legally protected information and permits partnerships.
(a) In general Using available funds, the Secretary must make publicly available, including on the Internet, all data in the custody of the Corps of Engineers on— (1) the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of water resources development projects; and (2) water quality and water management of projects owned, operated, or managed by the Corps of Engineers. (b) Limitation Nothing in this section may be read to compel or authorize the disclosure of data or other information determined by the Secretary to be confidential information, privileged information, law enforcement information, national security information, infrastructure security information, personal information, or information the disclosure of which is otherwise prohibited by law. (c) Timing The Secretary must ensure that data is made publicly available under subsection (a) as quickly as practicable after the data is generated by the Corps of Engineers. (d) Partnerships In carrying out this section, the Secretary may develop partnerships, including through cooperative agreements, with State, tribal, and local governments and other Federal agencies.
Using available funds, the Secretary shall make publicly available, including on the Internet, all data in the custody of the Corps of Engineers on—
the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of water resources development projects; and
water quality and water management of projects owned, operated, or managed by the Corps of Engineers.
Nothing in this section may be construed to compel or authorize the disclosure of data or other information determined by the Secretary to be confidential information, privileged information, law enforcement information, national security information, infrastructure security information, personal information, or information the disclosure of which is otherwise prohibited by law.
The Secretary shall ensure that data is made publicly available under subsection (a) as quickly as practicable after the data is generated by the Corps of Engineers.
In carrying out this section, the Secretary may develop partnerships, including through cooperative agreements, with State, tribal, and local governments and other Federal agencies.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 110–114, title II, § 2017, Nov. 8, 2007, 121 Stat. 1077; Pub. L. 114–322, title I, § 1135, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1656.)
- 2007Enacted · Pub. L. 110-114 · 121 Stat. 1077
- 2016Amended · Pub. L. 114-322 · 130 Stat. 1656
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 110-114 on 2007-11-08.
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