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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

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

§ 467i. Statutory construction

Statutory text

Nothing in this subchapter and no action or failure to act under this subchapter shall—

(1)

create any liability in the United States or its officers or employees for the recovery of damages caused by such action or failure to act;

(2)

relieve an owner or operator of a dam of the legal duties, obligations, or liabilities incident to the ownership or operation of the dam; or

(3)

preempt any other Federal or State law.

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 § 13 · 86 Stat. 506

    Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 467i

    Pub. L. 92–367, § 13, formerly § 11, as added Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 215(c)(8), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3693

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 92–367, § 13, formerly § 11, as added Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 215(c)(8), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3693

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 467i, Pub. L. 92–367, § 10, as added Pub. L. 99–662, title XII, § 1201(b), , 100 Stat. 4262, related to consultation of Federal officers with State officials when dam operated or proposed by Federal agency is operated or proposed in a State, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 215(c)(2), , 110 Stat. 3685.

A prior section 13 of Pub. L. 92–367 was renumbered section 14, and is classified to section 467j of this title.

Another prior section 13 of Pub. L. 92–367 was classified to section 467l of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–303.

Credits

1996–2014 · 3 acts
  1. 1996Pub. L. 92–367, § 13, formerly § 11, as added Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 215(c)(8), , 110 Stat. 3693
  2. 2002renumbered § 12, Pub. L. 107–310, § 5(1), , 116 Stat. 2453
  3. 2014renumbered § 13, Pub. L. 113–121, title III, § 3001(d)(1), , 128 Stat. 1283.
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(Pub. L. 92–367, § 13, formerly § 11, as added Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 215(c)(8), , 110 Stat. 3693; renumbered § 12, Pub. L. 107–310, § 5(1), , 116 Stat. 2453; renumbered § 13, Pub. L. 113–121, title III, § 3001(d)(1), , 128 Stat. 1283.)

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