Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73not60
§547 Reports as to Local Benefits of Improvement and Recommendations as to Local Cooperation
Title 33 › Chapter 12— RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › Subchapter I— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 547
Summary
When a law requires a survey report to Congress, the report must say what local areas will gain, what national benefits there are, and what help local governments should give, if any.
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Title 33, §547
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Every report submitted to Congress in pursuance of any provision of law for a survey, in addition to other information which the Congress has directed shall be given, shall contain a statement of special or local benefit which will accrue to localities affected by such improvement and a statement of general or national benefits, with recommendations as to what local cooperation should be required, if any, on account of such special or local benefit.
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Codification Section is from act June 5, 1920, popularly known as the “Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1921”.
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33 U.S.C. § 547
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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