Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§2298 Impact of proposed projects on existing recreation facilities
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 36— - WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 2298
Summary
Reports to those congressional committees after November 17, 1986, from the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture under the Watershed Protection and Flood Protection Act must describe nearby similar public recreation facilities and the project's expected impact on their use.
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Title 33, §2298
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Any report describing a project having recreation benefits that is submitted after November 17, 1986, to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate or the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives by the Secretary, or by the Secretary of Agriculture under authority of the Watershed Protection and Flood Protection Act (68 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), shall describe the usage of other, similar public recreational facilities within the general area of the project, and the anticipated impact of the proposed project on the usage of such existing recreational facilities.
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References in Text
The Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 4, 1954, ch. 656, 68 Stat. 666, which is classified principally to chapter 18 (§ 1001 et seq.) of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 1001 of Title 16 and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Committee on Public Works and Transportation of House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
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33 U.S.C. § 2298
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73