Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§568 Limitation on Power of Committee of Congress to Consider Projects
Title 33 › CHAPTER 12 — RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 568
Summary
A congressional committee cannot take up a project for approval if five years have passed since Congress received a survey report about that project as required by law. After five years, the committee may only consider doing a new survey, not approving the project.
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Title 33, §568
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No project shall be considered by any committee of Congress with a view to its adoption, except with a view to a survey, if five years have elapsed since a report upon a survey of such project has been submitted to Congress pursuant to law.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section is from act Sept. 22, 1922, popularly known as the “Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1918”.
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33 U.S.C. § 568
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102