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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73not60

§2353 Structural Health Monitoring

Title 33 › Chapter 36— WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter V— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 2353

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must create a program to monitor and improve the condition of Corps of Engineers infrastructure. The program must address response to floods and earthquakes, measures taken before disasters, ways to lengthen infrastructure life, and detecting risks from sea level rise. When making the program, the Secretary must work with university and other experts and consider models that track maintenance and repairs, build degradation models using live measurements and environmental data, and study inspection notes and observations as substitute sensors.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §2353

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(a)The Secretary shall design and develop a structural health monitoring program to assess and improve the condition of infrastructure constructed and maintained by the Corps of Engineers, including research, design, and development of systems and frameworks for—
(1)response to flood and earthquake events;
(2)predisaster mitigation measures;
(3)lengthening the useful life of the infrastructure; and
(4)identifying risks due to sea level rise.
(b)In developing the program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—
(1)consult with academic and other experts; and
(2)consider models for maintenance and repair information, the development of degradation models for real-time measurements and environmental inputs, and research on qualitative inspection data as surrogate sensors.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016, and also as part of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, also known as the WIIN Act, 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 1002 of Pub. L. 114–322, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 2353

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60