Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73

§2311 Report to Congress covering proposals for water impoundment facilities

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 36— - WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 2311

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Reports to those Congressional committees by the Secretary, or the Agriculture Secretary under Public Law 83–566 (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), proposing a water impoundment facility must describe what would happen if it failed and any geologic or design risks that could cause failure.

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Title 33, §2311

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Any report that is submitted 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 the Secretary of Agriculture acting under Public Law 83–566, as amended [16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.], which proposes construction of a water impoundment facility, shall include information on the consequences of failure and geologic or design factors which could contribute to the possible failure of such facility.

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References in Text

Public Law 83–566, as amended, referred to in text, is act Aug. 4, 1954, ch. 656, 68 Stat. 666, known as the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, 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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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 2311

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73