§ 467b. Investigation reports to Governors

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. 1972

   Pub. L. 92–367 § 4 · 86 Stat. 506

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 467b

   Pub. L. 92–367, § 4, formerly § 3, Aug. 8, 1972, 86 Stat. 507

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 92–367, § 4, formerly § 3, Aug. 8, 1972, 86 Stat. 507

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 4. For the purpose of determining whether a dam (including the waters impounded by such dam) constitutes a danger to human life or property, the Secretary shall take into consideration the possibility that the dam might be endangered by overtopping, seepage, settlement, erosion, sediment, cracking, earth movement, earthquakes, failure of bulkheads, flashboard, gates on conduits, or other conditions which exist or which might occur in any area in the vicinity of the dam.

2. 1986

   Dam Safety Act of 1986

   Pub. L. 99–662 title XII § 1204 · 100 Stat. 4082

   Inserted · 33 U.S.C. § 467b

   Pub. L. 99–662 inserted “In any case in which any hazardous conditions are found during an inspection, upon request by the owner, the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may perform detailed engineering studies to determine the structural integrity of the dam, subject to reimbursement of such expense by the owner of such dam.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 99–662 inserted “In any case in which any hazardous conditions are found during an inspection, upon request by the owner, the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may perform detailed engineering studies to determine the structural integrity of the dam, subject to reimbursement of such expense by the owner of such dam.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 1204. Section 3 of Public Law 92–367 (33 U.S.C. 467b) is amended by adding after the first sentence thereof the following new sentence: “In any case in which any hazardous conditions are found during an inspection, upon request by the owner, the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may perform detailed engineering studies to determine the structural integrity of the dam, subject to reimbursement of such expense by the owner of such dam.”.

3. 1996

   Water Resources Development Act of 1996

   Pub. L. 104–303 title II § 215(c)(3) · 110 Stat. 3658

   Inserted · 33 U.S.C. § 467b

   Pub. L. 104–303 inserted section catchline

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 104–303 inserted section catchline.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) by redesignating sections 2, 3, and 4 as sections 3, 4, and 5, respectively;

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision