§ 535c. Approval of Secretary; commencement and completion requirements; extension of time limits

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

   International Bridge Act of 1972

   Pub. L. 92–434 § 5 · 86 Stat. 731

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 535c

   Pub. L. 92–434, § 5, Sept. 26, 1972, 86 Stat. 732

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 92–434, § 5, Sept. 26, 1972, 86 Stat. 732

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. The approval of the. Secretary of Transportation, as required by the first section of the Act of March 23, 1906 (33 U.S.C. 491), shall be given only subsequent to the President’s approval, as provided for in section 4 of this Act, and shall be null and void unless the construction of the bridge is commenced within two years and completed within five years from the date of the Secretary’s approval: Provided, however, That the Secretary, for good cause shown, may extend for a reasonable time either or both of the time limits herein provided.

2. 2016

   Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015

   Pub. L. 114–120 title III § 306(b)(6)(A) · 130 Stat. 27

   Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 535c

   Pub. L. 114–120 substituted “Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating” for “Secretary of Transportation”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 114–120 substituted “Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating” for “Secretary of Transportation”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (A) in section 5 (33 U.S.C. 535c), by striking “Secretary of Transportation” and inserting “Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating”;

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision