33 USC § 549a - Review of navigation, flood control, and water supply projects

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s549a"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 549a - Review of navigation, flood control, and water supply projects"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "549a"
section_name: "Review of navigation, flood control, and water supply projects"
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"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–611, title II, § 216, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1830.)"
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# 1 Review of navigation, flood control, and water supply projects

So in original. Probably should be “due to”.

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The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to review the operation of projects the construction of which has been completed and which were constructed by the Corps of Engineers in the interest of navigation, flood control, water supply, and related purposes, when found advisable due  the significantly changed physical or economic conditions, and to report thereon to Congress with recommendations on the advisability of modifying the structures or their operation, and for improving the quality of the environment in the overall public interest.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–611, title II, § 216, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1830.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is from , popularly known as the “Flood Control Act of 1970”.