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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Chapter 36 — Water Resources Development

§ 2284b. Scenic and aesthetic considerations

Statutory text

In conducting studies of potential water resources projects, the Secretary shall consider measures to preserve and enhance scenic and aesthetic qualities in the vicinity of such projects.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Water Resources Development Act of 1996

    Pub. L. 104–303 title II § 232 · 110 Stat. 3658

    Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 2284b

    (Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 232, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3704.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 232, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3704.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 232. SCENIC AND AESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS. In conducting studies of potential water resources projects, the Secretary shall consider measures to preserve and enhance scenic and aesthetic qualities in the vicinity of such projects.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, 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 2 of Pub. L. 104–303, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 232, , 110 Stat. 3704.)

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