Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73not60
§2238a Estimate of Harbor Maintenance Needs
Title 33 › Chapter 36— WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter II— HARBOR DEVELOPMENT › § 2238a
Summary
Starting fiscal year 2014, the President’s budget must include two estimates: the nationwide percent of authorized depth and width of navigation channels using the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, and annual Trust Fund amount needed to raise that to 95% in three years.
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Title 33, §2238a
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
For fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter, the President’s budget request submitted pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall include—
(1)an estimate of the nationwide average availability, expressed as a percentage, of the authorized depth and authorized width of all navigation channels authorized to be maintained using appropriations from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund that would result from harbor maintenance activities to be funded by the budget request; and
(2)an estimate of the average annual amount of appropriations from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund that would be required to increase that average availability to 95 percent over a 3-year period.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, also known as the MAP–21, and not as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 2012, see section 3(a) of Pub. L. 112–141, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 2012 Amendment note under section 101 of Title 23, Highways.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 2238a
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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