33 U.S.C. § 701b–8 — Submission of report by Chief of Engineers

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Congress states that it should not authorize a flood-control or rivers-and-harbors project, or an unauthorized modification, without a prior report from the Chief of Engineers.

Congress declares that no flood-control or rivers-and-harbors project, and no modification that Congress has not authorized, should be authorized unless the Chief of Engineers has first submitted a report for it in accordance with existing law.

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It is declared to be the policy of the Congress that the following provisions shall be observed:

No project or any modification not authorized, of a project for flood control or rivers and harbors, shall be authorized by the Congress unless a report for such project or modification has been previously submitted by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, in conformity with existing law.

Source credit: (Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1264, title II, § 202, 68 Stat. 1256.)

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1954Enacted · Act of Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1264 · 68 Stat. 1256

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