33 U.S.C. § 2287: Continued planning and…

Summary

After the Chief of Engineers sends his project recommendations to the Secretary for Congress, he can keep doing planning and engineering work (but not making final plans and specifications) before construction is approved. He can do this only if he finds the project is not controversial and needs more engineering, economic, or environmental study, and he must send a statement of those findings to the House Committee on Public Works and Transportation and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. For one year after construction is authorized, the Chief of Engineers can do planning, engineering, and design for the project. This permission is in addition to any other authorizations for such work and does not limit them.

Title 33, §2287

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(a)Pre-authorization planning and engineering

After the Chief of Engineers transmits his recommendations for a water resources development project to the Secretary for transmittal to the Congress, as authorized in section 701–1 of this title, and before authorization for construction of such project, the Chief of Engineers is authorized to undertake continued planning and engineering (other than preparation of plans and specifications) for such project if the Chief of Engineers finds that the project is without substantial controversy and justifies further engineering, economic, and environmental investigations and the Chief of Engineers transmits to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a statement of such findings. In the one-year period after authorization for construction of such project, the Chief of Engineers is authorized to undertake planning, engineering, and design for such project.

(b)Omitted

(c)Authorizations as additions to other authorizations

The authorization made by this section shall be in addition to any other authorizations for planning, engineering, and design of water resources development projects and shall not be construed as a limitation on any other such authorization.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Subsec. (b) of this section, which required the Secretary to prepare and transmit an annual report to certain committees of Congress on activities undertaken under this section, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, page 72 of House Document No. 103–7.

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.

§2287 Continued Planning and Investigations