§ 988a. Waiver of collection of charges or tolls

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. 1954

   Pub. L. 99–662 title XIV § 805(a)(4) · 100 Stat. 4082

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 988a

   May 13, 1954, ch. 201, § 13, as added Pub. L. 99–662, title XIV, § 805(a)(4), Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4272

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   May 13, 1954, ch. 201, § 13, as added Pub. L. 99–662, title XIV, § 805(a)(4), Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4272

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 805. LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN, LOUISIANA. Subject to section 903(b) of this Act, the hurricane-flood protection Flood control. project for Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, authorized by section 204 of the Flood Control Act of 1965 (Public Law 89–298) is modified to 79 Stat. 1074. provide that the Secretary is authorized to construct features, such as a flood wall with sluice gates or other means, at a total cost of $3,500,000, with an estimated first Federal cost of $2,275,000 and an estimated first non-Federal cost of $1,225,000, to ensure that, by the most economical means, the level of protection within Jefferson Parish provided by the hurricane-flood protection project will be unimpaired as the result of any pumping station constructed by local interests. Requirements for non-Federal cooperation for the additional work authorized by this section shall be on the same basis as levee improvements for hurricane-flood protection on this project.

2. 1994

   Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995

   Pub. L. 103–331 title III § 339 · 108 Stat. 2471

   1. Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 988a

      Pub. L. 103–331 substituted “Waiver of collection” for “Rebate of” in section catchline

   2. Amended · 33 U.S.C. § 988a

      Pub. L. 103–331 amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–331 substituted “Waiver of collection” for “Rebate of” in section catchline and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:

   “(a) The Corporation shall transfer to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, at such times and under such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, all revenues derived from the collection of charges or tolls established under section 988 of this title. “(b)(1) The Corporation shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury, in such form and at such times as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe— “(A) the identity of any person who pays a charge or toll to the Corporation pursuant to section 988 of this title with respect to a commercial vessel (as defined in section 4462(a)(4) of title 26), “(B) the amount of the toll or charge paid by such person with respect to such vessel. “(2) Within 30 days of the receipt of a certification described in paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Treasury shall rebate, out of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, to the person described in paragraph (1) the amount of the charge or toll paid pursuant to section 988 of this title.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 339. (a) Saint Lawrence Seaway Toll Collection.— Section 13 of the Act of May 13, 1954, ch. 201 (33 U.S.C. 988a), added by section 805(a)(4) of title XIV of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, Public Law 99–662 (100 Stat. 4272), is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 13. WAIVER OFCOLLECTION OF CHARGES ORTOLLS. “(a) Notwithstanding section 12 of this Act or any other provision of law, the Corporation shall not collect any charge or toll established pursuant to section 12 of this Act with respect to a commercial vessel (as defined in section 4462(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986). “(b) Records. The Corporation will maintain a record of the annual amount of each charge or toll that would have been collected with respect to each such commercial vessel if it were not for paragraph (a) of this section.”. (b) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 19 of title 33 is amended by striking: “Sec. 988a Rebate of charges and tolls. “(a) “(b) and adding in lieu thereof: “Sec. 988a Waiver of Collection of Charges or Tolls. “(a) “(b)

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