33 U.S.C. § 467i — Statutory construction

submitted 30 years ago by Pub. L. 92-367 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 75 words · no verdicts yet

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This section says the dam safety law does not create new lawsuits against the federal government. It does not remove any legal duties dam owners already have. And it does not cancel out other federal or state laws.

Nothing in this subchapter, and no action or failure to act under it, shall: (1) create liability for the United States or its officers or employees to pay damages caused by that action or failure to act; (2) free a dam owner or operator from the legal duties, obligations, or liabilities that come with owning or running the dam; or (3) override (preempt) any other federal or state law.

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Nothing in this subchapter and no action or failure to act under this subchapter shall—

(1)

create any liability in the United States or its officers or employees for the recovery of damages caused by such action or failure to act;

(2)

relieve an owner or operator of a dam of the legal duties, obligations, or liabilities incident to the ownership or operation of the dam; or

(3)

preempt any other Federal or State law.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 92–367, § 13, formerly § 11, as added Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 215(c)(8), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3693; renumbered § 12, Pub. L. 107–310, § 5(1), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2453; renumbered § 13, Pub. L. 113–121, title III, § 3001(d)(1), June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1283.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1996Enacted · Pub. L. 92-367 · 110 Stat. 3693
2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-310 · 116 Stat. 2453
2014Amended · Pub. L. 113-121 · 128 Stat. 1283

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 92-367 on 1996-10-12.

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