Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§2351 Durability, sustainability, and resilience
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 36— - WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 2351
Summary
When doing work for the Corps of Engineers, the Secretary must, as much as possible, encourage using durable, sustainable materials and resilient building methods that help projects resist major disasters and keep working afterward, reduce how big or how long disruptions are, and absorb impacts, adapt, and recover.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §2351
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In carrying out the activities of the Corps of Engineers, the Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall encourage the use of durable and sustainable materials and resilient construction techniques that—
(1)allow a water resources infrastructure project—
(A)to resist hazards due to a major disaster; and
(B)to continue to serve the primary function of the water resources infrastructure project following a major disaster;
(2)reduce the magnitude or duration of a disruptive event to a water resources infrastructure project; and
(3)have the absorptive capacity, adaptive capacity, and recoverability to withstand a potentially disruptive event.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, and not as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
“Secretary” Defined Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L. 113–121, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 2351
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73