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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Chapter 9 — Protection of Navigable Waters and of Harbor and River Improvements Generally

§ 467e. Interagency Committee on Dam Safety

Statutory text

(a)

Establishment

There is established an Interagency Committee on Dam Safety—

(1)

comprised of a representative of each of the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Labor, FEMA, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the United States Section of the International Boundary Commission; and

(2)

chaired by the Administrator.

(b)

Duties

ICODS shall encourage the establishment and maintenance of effective Federal programs, policies, and guidelines intended to enhance dam safety for the protection of human life and property through coordination and information exchange among Federal agencies concerning implementation of the Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety.

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. Pub. L. 92–367 § 7 · 86 Stat. 506

    Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 467e

    Pub. L. 92–367, § 7, as added Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 215(c)(8), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3687

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 92–367, § 7, as added Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 215(c)(8), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3687

  2. Pub. L. 107–310 § 2 · 116 Stat. 2450

    Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 467e(b)

    Pub. L. 107–310 substituted “Federal programs” for “Federal and State programs” and “through coordination and information exchange among Federal agencies concerning implementation of the Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety.” for “through—

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–310 substituted “Federal programs” for “Federal and State programs” and “through coordination and information exchange among Federal agencies concerning implementation of the Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety.” for “through—

    “(1) coordination and information exchange among Federal agencies and State dam safety agencies; and “(2) coordination and information exchange among Federal agencies concerning implementation of the Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON DAM SAFETY. Section 7(b) (33 U.S.C. 467e(b)) is amended— (1) by striking “Federal and State programs” and inserting “Federal programs”; and (2) by striking “through—” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting “through coordination and information exchange among Federal agencies concerning implementation of the Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety. ”.

  3. Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014

    Pub. L. 113–121 title III § 3001(a)(1) · 128 Stat. 1193

    Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 467e(a)(2)

    Pub. L. 113–121 substituted “Administrator” for “Director”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 113–121 substituted “Administrator” for “Director”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) In general.— The National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.) is amended by striking “Director” each place it appears and inserting “Administrator”.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 467e, Pub. L. 92–367, § 6, , 86 Stat. 507, directed that existing liabilities and obligations be unaffected, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 215(c)(2), , 110 Stat. 3685.

A prior section 7 of Pub. L. 92–367 was classified to section 467f of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–303.

Amendments2002–2014 · 2 rounds

2014

Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 113–121 substituted “Administrator” for “Director”.

2002

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–310 substituted “Federal programs” for “Federal and State programs” and “through coordination and information exchange among Federal agencies concerning implementation of the Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety.” for “through—

“(1) coordination and information exchange among Federal agencies and State dam safety agencies; and

“(2) coordination and information exchange among Federal agencies concerning implementation of the Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see section 315(a)(1) of Title 6, Domestic Security.

For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see former section 313(1) and sections 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.

Credits

1996–2014 · 3 acts
  1. 1996Pub. L. 92–367, § 7, as added Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 215(c)(8), , 110 Stat. 3687
  2. 2002amended Pub. L. 107–310, § 2, , 116 Stat. 2450
  3. 2014Pub. L. 113–121, title III, § 3001(a)(1), , 128 Stat. 1282.
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(Pub. L. 92–367, § 7, as added Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 215(c)(8), , 110 Stat. 3687; amended Pub. L. 107–310, § 2, , 116 Stat. 2450; Pub. L. 113–121, title III, § 3001(a)(1), , 128 Stat. 1282.)

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