33 USC § 702o - Mississippi River and Tributaries Project

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s702o"
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title: "33 USC § 702o - Mississippi River and Tributaries Project"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "702o"
section_name: "Mississippi River and Tributaries Project"
chapter_number: 15
chapter_name: "FLOOD CONTROL"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 115–270, title I, § 1128, Oct. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 3780.)"
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# § 702o. Mississippi River and Tributaries Project

**(a)** **In general** After any flood event requiring operation or activation of any floodway or backwater feature within the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project through natural overtopping of a Federal levee or artificial crevassing of a Federal levee to relieve pressure on the levees elsewhere in the system, the Secretary shall expeditiously reset and restore the damaged floodway’s levees.

**(b)** **Consultation** In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide an opportunity for consultation with affected communities.

**(c)** **Mississippi River and Tributaries Project** May 15, 192845 Stat. 534

The term “Mississippi River and Tributaries Project” means the Mississippi River and Tributaries project authorized by the Act of  (Chap. 569; ).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 115–270, title I, § 1128, Oct. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 3780.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The act of , referred to in subsec. (c), is , , which enacted sections 702a, 702b to 702d, 702e to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702, 702m, and 704 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### “Secretary” Defined

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