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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Chapter 36 — Water Resources Development

§ 2331a. Initiating work on separable elements

Statutory text

With respect to a water resources development project that has received construction funds in the previous 6-year period, for purposes of initiating work on a separable element of the project—

(1)

no new start or new investment decision shall be required; and

(2)

the work shall be treated as ongoing work.

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 2016

    Pub. L. 114–322 title I § 1146 · 130 Stat. 1628

    Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 2331a

    (Pub. L. 114–322, title I, § 1146, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1659.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 114–322, title I, § 1146, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1659.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1146. INITIATING WORK ON SEPARABLE ELEMENTS.   With respect to a water resources development project that has received construction funds in the previous 6-year period, for purposes of initiating work on a separable element of the project— (1) no new start or new investment decision shall be required; and (2) the work shall be treated as ongoing work.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016, and also as part of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, also known as the WIIN Act, and not as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 which comprises this chapter.

Credits

(Pub. L. 114–322, title I, § 1146, , 130 Stat. 1659.)

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