Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§2300 Study of Corps Capabilities
Title 33 › CHAPTER 36 — WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT › SUBCHAPTER V — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 2300
Summary
Requires the Secretary to study how to help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan and build water projects faster while still following all legal rules. The study must look at using private companies more. The Secretary must then make needed changes, such as hiring more staff, changing planning and construction steps to save time, and speeding up coordination with federal, state, and local agencies.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §2300
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary shall study and evaluate the measures necessary to increase the capabilities of the United States Army Corps of Engineers to undertake the planning and construction of water resources projects on an expedited basis and to adequately comply with all requirements of law applicable to the water resources program of the Corps of Engineers. As part of such study the Secretary shall consider appropriate measures to increase reliance on the private sector in the conduct of the water resources program of the Corps of Engineers. The Secretary shall implement such measures as may be necessary to improve the capabilities referred to in the first sentence of this section, including the establishment of increased levels of personnel, changes in project planning and construction procedures designed to lessen the time required for such planning and construction, and procedures for expediting the coordination of water resources projects with Federal, State, and local agencies.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
GAO Review of Civil Works Program Pub. L. 100–676, § 44, Nov. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 4041, provided that the Comptroller General was to conduct a review of the Civil Works Program of the United States Army Corps of Engineers and to transmit the review to Congress with any recommendations the Comptroller General may make.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 2300
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102