Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 15 — Flood Control
§ 702o. Mississippi River and Tributaries Project
Statutory text
In general
After any flood event requiring operation or activation of any floodway or backwater feature within the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project through natural overtopping of a Federal levee or artificial crevassing of a Federal levee to relieve pressure on the levees elsewhere in the system, the Secretary shall expeditiously reset and restore the damaged floodway’s levees.
Consultation
In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide an opportunity for consultation with affected communities.
Mississippi River and Tributaries Project
The term “Mississippi River and Tributaries Project” means the Mississippi River and Tributaries project authorized by the Act of (Chap. 569; 45 Stat. 534).
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 Development Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–270 title I § 1128 · 132 Stat. 3765
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 702o
(Pub. L. 115–270, title I, § 1128, Oct. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 3780.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 115–270, title I, § 1128, Oct. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 3780.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 1128. MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES PROJECT. (a) In General.— After any flood event requiring operation or activation of any floodway or backwater feature within the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project through natural overtopping of a Federal levee or artificial crevassing of a Federal levee to relieve pressure on the levees elsewhere in the system, the Secretary shall expeditiously reset and restore the damaged floodway’s levees. (b) Consultation.— In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide an opportunity for consultation with affected communities. (c) Mississippi River and Tributaries Project.— The term “Mississippi River and Tributaries Project” means the Mississippi River and Tributaries project authorized by the Act of May 15, 1928 (Chap. 569; 45 Stat. 534).
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
The act of , referred to in subsec. (c), is act May 15, 1928, ch. 569, 45 Stat. 534, which enacted sections 702a, 702b to 702d, 702e to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
“Secretary” Defined
Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 102 of Pub. L. 115–270, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.