Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 36 — Water Resources Development
§ 2351. Durability, sustainability, and resilience
Statutory text
In carrying out the activities of the Corps of Engineers, the Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall encourage the use of durable and sustainable materials and resilient construction techniques that—
allow a water resources infrastructure project—
to resist hazards due to a major disaster; and
to continue to serve the primary function of the water resources infrastructure project following a major disaster;
reduce the magnitude or duration of a disruptive event to a water resources infrastructure project; and
have the absorptive capacity, adaptive capacity, and recoverability to withstand a potentially disruptive event.
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 Reform and Development Act of 2014
Pub. L. 113–121 title III § 3022 · 128 Stat. 1193
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 2351
(Pub. L. 113–121, title III, § 3022, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1301.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 113–121, title III, § 3022, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1301.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 3022. DURABILITY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND RESILIENCE. In carrying out the activities of the Corps of Engineers, the Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall encourage the use of durable and sustainable materials and resilient construction techniques that— (1) allow a water resources infrastructure project— (A) to resist hazards due to a major disaster; and (B) to continue to serve the primary function of the water resources infrastructure project following a major disaster; (2) reduce the magnitude or duration of a disruptive event to a water resources infrastructure project; and (3) have the absorptive capacity, adaptive capacity, and recoverability to withstand a potentially disruptive event.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, 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. 113–121, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.