33 USC § 568 - Limitation on power of committee of Congress to consider projects

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title: "33 USC § 568 - Limitation on power of committee of Congress to consider projects"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "568"
section_name: "Limitation on power of committee of Congress to consider projects"
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: "(Sept. 22, 1922, ch. 427, § 9, 42 Stat. 1043.)"
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# § 568. Limitation on power of committee of Congress to consider projects

No project shall be considered by any committee of Congress with a view to its adoption, except with a view to a survey, if five years have elapsed since a report upon a survey of such project has been submitted to Congress pursuant to law.

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**Source Credit**: (Sept. 22, 1922, ch. 427, § 9, 42 Stat. 1043.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is from act , popularly known as the “Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1918”.