Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§467f–1 Lock and dam security
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - DAM INSPECTION PROGRAM › § 467f–1
Summary
Secretary, with FEMA, TVA, and Coast Guard, must set lock and dam security standards and test and approve barriers that keep boats out; at an owner's request must provide help for a fee, may partner with a nonprofit alliance for testing and surveys, and $3,000,000 is authorized.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §467f–1
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)The Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Coast Guard, shall develop standards for the security of locks and dams, including the testing and certification of vessel exclusion barriers.
(b)At the request of a lock or dam owner, the Secretary shall provide technical assistance, on a reimbursable basis, to improve lock or dam security.
(c)The Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement with a nonprofit alliance of public and private organizations that has the mission of promoting safe waterways and seaports to carry out testing and certification activities, and to perform site surveys, under this section.
(d)There is authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 to carry out this section.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, and not as part of the National Dam Safety Program Act which comprises this subchapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
“Secretary” Defined Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L. 110–114, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 467f–1
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73