Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§2297 Operation and Maintenance on Recreation Lands
Title 33 › CHAPTER 36 — WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT › SUBCHAPTER V — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 2297
Summary
Under the named water-project laws, the Secretary must not make non-federal groups run or maintain recreation facilities to get new ones built.
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Title 33, §2297
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary shall not require, under section 460d of title 16, and the Federal Water Project Recreation Act [16 U.S.C. 460l–12 et seq.], non-Federal interests to assume operation and maintenance of any recreational facility operated by the Secretary at any water resources project as a condition to the construction of new recreational facilities at such project or any other water resources project.
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References in Text
The Federal Water Project Recreation Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 89–72, July 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 213, which is classified principally to part C (§ 460l–12 et seq.) of subchapter LXIX of chapter 1 of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 460l–12 of Title 16 and Tables.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 2297
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102