Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 36 — Water Resources Development
§ 2317a. Cooperative agreements
Statutory text
In general
For the purpose of expediting the cost-effective design and construction of wetlands restoration that is part of an authorized water resources project, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements under section 6305 of title 31 with nonprofit organizations with expertise in wetlands restoration to carry out such design and construction on behalf of the Secretary.
Limitations
Per project limit
A cooperative agreement under this section may not obligate the Secretary to pay the nonprofit organization more than $1,000,000 for any single wetlands restoration project.
Annual limit
The total value of work carried out under cooperative agreements under this section may not exceed $5,000,000 in any fiscal year.
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.
Water Resources Development Act of 2007
Pub. L. 110–114 title II § 2015 · 121 Stat. 1041
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 2317a
(Pub. L. 110–114, title II, § 2015, Nov. 8, 2007, 121 Stat. 1076.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 110–114, title II, § 2015, Nov. 8, 2007, 121 Stat. 1076.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 2015. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. (a) In General.— For the purpose of expediting the cost-effective design and construction of wetlands restoration that is part of an authorized water resources project, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements under section 6305 of title 31, United States Code, with nonprofit organizations with expertise in wetlands restoration to carry out such design and construction on behalf of the Secretary. (b) Limitations.— (1) Per project limit.— A cooperative agreement under this section may not obligate the Secretary to pay the nonprofit organization more than $1,000,000 for any single wetlands restoration project. (2) Annual limit.— The total value of work carried out under cooperative agreements under this section may not exceed $5,000,000 in any fiscal year.
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Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, 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. 110–114, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.