33 USC § 467e - Interagency Committee on Dam Safety

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s467e"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 467e - Interagency Committee on Dam Safety"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "467e"
section_name: "Interagency Committee on Dam Safety"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "DAM INSPECTION PROGRAM"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 92–367, § 7, as added Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 215(c)(8), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3687; amended Pub. L. 107–310, § 2, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2450; Pub. L. 113–121, title III, § 3001(a)(1), June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1282.)"
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# § 467e. Interagency Committee on Dam Safety

**(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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 92–367, § 7, as added Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 215(c)(8), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3687; amended Pub. L. 107–310, § 2, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2450; Pub. L. 113–121, title III, § 3001(a)(1), June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1282.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 467e, , , , directed that existing liabilities and obligations be unaffected, prior to repeal by , , .

A prior  was classified to  prior to repeal by .

### Amendments

2014—Subsec. (a)(2).  substituted “Administrator” for “Director”.

2002—Subsec. (b).  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 , 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 .