Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§989 Special Reports
Title 33 › CHAPTER 19 — SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY › § 989
Summary
After July 17, 1957, the Corporation must send special reports to Congress when it proposes a new part, design, or stage of the seaway project that was not in earlier cost estimates, or when it proposes to abandon a part, design, or stage that was in earlier estimates, if the change involves an estimated cost over $1,000,000. Each report must also explain why the change is needed. A prior subsection (a) was repealed on December 21, 1995 (Pub. L. 104–66).
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Title 33, §989
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(a)Repealed. Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1121(j), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 724.
(b)The Corporation, after July 17, 1957, shall submit special reports to the Congress whenever there is proposed a new feature, design, or phase of the seaway project, not heretofore included in estimates, or whenever there is proposed an abandonment of any feature, design, or phase, heretofore included in estimates, involving an estimated value exceeding one million dollars, and such special reports shall include justification for the modifications.
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1995—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–66 struck out subsec. (a) which read as follows: “The Corporation shall submit to the President for transmission to the Congress at the beginning of each regular session an annual report of its operations under this chapter.” 1957—Pub. L. 85–108 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
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33 U.S.C. § 989
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
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Aug 21, 2026
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