Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73not60
§2226 Water Resources Projects on Federal Land
Title 33 › Chapter 36— WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter I— COST SHARING › § 2226
Summary
The Secretary may carry out an authorized water project on federal land managed by another agency if a non‑federal partner bought the land and signed an MOU; non‑federal cost‑sharing stays the same.
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Title 33, §2226
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary may carry out an authorized water resources development project on Federal land that is under the administrative jurisdiction of another Federal agency where the cost of the acquisition of such Federal land has been paid for by the non-Federal interest for the project.
(b)The Secretary may carry out a project pursuant to subsection (a) only after the non-Federal interest has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Federal agency that includes such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines to be necessary.
(c)Nothing in this section alters any non-Federal cost-sharing requirements for the project.
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. § 2226
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60