33 USC § 549b - Inclusion of project or facility in Corps of Engineers workplan

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title: "33 USC § 549b - Inclusion of project or facility in Corps of Engineers workplan"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "549b"
section_name: "Inclusion of project or facility in Corps of Engineers workplan"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 115–270, title I, § 1117, Oct. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 3776.)"
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# § 549b. Inclusion of project or facility in Corps of Engineers workplan

**(a)** **In general** The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, include in the future workplan of the Corps any authorized project or facility of the Corps of Engineers—

**(1)** that the Secretary has studied for disposition under an existing authority, including by carrying out a disposition study under section 549a of this title; and

**(2)** for which a final report by the Director of Civil Works has been completed.

**(b)** **Notification to committees** Upon completion of a final report referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary shall transmit a copy of the report to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 115–270, title I, § 1117, Oct. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 3776.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### “Secretary” Defined

Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see , set out as a note under .