Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§2300 Study of Corps capabilities
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 36— - WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 2300
Summary
The Secretary must study what is needed so the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can plan and build water projects faster while still following the law. The study must look at using more private companies, and the Secretary must make changes like hiring more staff, shortening planning and construction steps, and speeding up coordination with Federal, State, and local agencies.
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Title 33, §2300
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The Secretary shall study and evaluate the measures necessary to increase the capabilities of the United States Army Corps of Engineers to undertake the planning and construction of water resources projects on an expedited basis and to adequately comply with all requirements of law applicable to the water resources program of the Corps of Engineers. As part of such study the Secretary shall consider appropriate measures to increase reliance on the private sector in the conduct of the water resources program of the Corps of Engineers. The Secretary shall implement such measures as may be necessary to improve the capabilities referred to in the first sentence of this section, including the establishment of increased levels of personnel, changes in project planning and construction procedures designed to lessen the time required for such planning and construction, and procedures for expediting the coordination of water resources projects with Federal, State, and local agencies.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
GAO Review of Civil Works Program Pub. L. 100–676, § 44, Nov. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 4041, provided that the Comptroller General was to conduct a review of the Civil Works Program of the United States Army Corps of Engineers and to transmit the review to Congress with any recommendations the Comptroller General may make.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 2300
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73