33 USC § 547 - Reports as to local benefits of improvement and recommendations as to local cooperation

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s547"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 547 - Reports as to local benefits of improvement and recommendations as to local cooperation"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "547"
section_name: "Reports as to local benefits of improvement and recommendations as to local cooperation"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 5, 1920, ch. 252, § 2, 41 Stat. 1010.)"
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# § 547. Reports as to local benefits of improvement and recommendations as to local cooperation

Every report submitted to Congress in pursuance of any provision of law for a survey, in addition to other information which the Congress has directed shall be given, shall contain a statement of special or local benefit which will accrue to localities affected by such improvement and a statement of general or national benefits, with recommendations as to what local cooperation should be required, if any, on account of such special or local benefit.

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**Source Credit**: (June 5, 1920, ch. 252, § 2, 41 Stat. 1010.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is from act , popularly known as the “Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1921”.