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42 U.S.C. § 1962–2 — Congressional statement of objectives

submitted 56 years ago by Pub. L. 91-611 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 89 words · no verdicts yet

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Congress intends federally financed water-resource projects to pursue regional economic development, environmental quality and protection, the well-being of people in the United States, and national economic development. Projects and their benefits and costs must give due consideration to the most feasible ways to achieve those objectives.

Congress intends federally financed water-resource projects, including shore-protection and beach-nourishment projects and replacement of sand, to include the objectives of improving regional economic development, the quality and protection of the whole environment, the well-being of people in the United States, and national economic development. Benefits and costs attributable to the projects must be evaluated with due consideration to the most feasible alternative ways to achieve those objectives.
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It is the intent of Congress that the objectives of enhancing regional economic development, the quality of the total environment, including its protection and improvement, the well-being of the people of the United States, and the national economic development are the objectives to be included in federally financed water resource projects (including shore protection projects such as projects for beach nourishment, including the replacement of sand), and in the evaluation of benefits and cost attributable thereto, giving due consideration to the most feasible alternative means of accomplishing these objectives.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 91–611, title II, § 209, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1829; Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 227(f), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3703.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1970Enacted · Pub. L. 91-611 · 84 Stat. 1829
  • 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-303 · 110 Stat. 3703

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 91-611 on 1970-12-31.

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