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Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-110

§467e Interagency Committee on Dam Safety

Title 33 › CHAPTER 9 — PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER VII — DAM INSPECTION PROGRAM › § 467e

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a group called the Interagency Committee on Dam Safety made up of one representative from each of these: Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, Department of Labor, FEMA, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Tennessee Valley Authority, and the United States Section of the International Boundary Commission, and led by the Administrator. The committee must promote and help maintain strong federal programs, policies, and guidelines to make dams safer and protect people and property by coordinating and sharing information among the federal agencies about carrying out the Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §467e

Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Establishment
There is established an Interagency Committee on Dam Safety—
(1)comprised of a representative of each of the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Labor, FEMA, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the United States Section of the International Boundary Commission; and
(2)chaired by the Administrator.
(b)Duties
ICODS shall encourage the establishment and maintenance of effective Federal programs, policies, and guidelines intended to enhance dam safety for the protection of human life and property through coordination and information exchange among Federal agencies concerning implementation of the Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 467e, Pub. L. 92–367, § 6, Aug. 8, 1972, 86 Stat. 507, directed that existing liabilities and obligations be unaffected, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 215(c)(2), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3685. A prior section 7 of Pub. L. 92–367 was classified to section 467f of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–303.

Amendments

2014—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 113–121 substituted “Administrator” for “Director”. 2002—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–310 substituted “Federal programs” for “Federal and State programs” and “through coordination and information exchange among Federal agencies concerning implementation of the Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety.” for “through— “(1) coordination and information exchange among Federal agencies and State dam safety agencies; and “(2) coordination and information exchange among Federal agencies concerning implementation of the Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see section 315(a)(1) of Title 6, Domestic Security. For

Transfer of Functions

, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see former section 313(1) and section 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 467e

Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110