33 USC § 2225 - Credit or reimbursement

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title: "33 USC § 2225 - Credit or reimbursement"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "2225"
section_name: "Credit or reimbursement"
chapter_number: 36
chapter_name: "WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "COST SHARING"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 113–121, title I, § 1022, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1228; Pub. L. 114–322, title I, § 1171, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1671; Pub. L. 115–270, title I, § 1136(a), Oct. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 3783.)"
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# § 2225. Credit or reimbursement

**1** **Requests for credits** [^1]section 561 of this titleOctober 23, 2018

With respect to an authorized flood damage reduction project, or separable element thereof, that has been constructed by a non-Federal interest under section 701b–13  of this title, or an authorized coastal navigation project that has been constructed by the Corps of Engineers pursuant to  before , the Secretary may provide to the non-Federal interest, at the request of the non-Federal interest, a credit in an amount equal to the estimated Federal share of the cost of the project or separable element, in lieu of providing to the non-Federal interest a reimbursement in that amount or reimbursement of funds of an equivalent amount, subject to the availability of appropriations.

See References in Text note below.

**(b)** **Application of credits** At the request of the non-Federal interest, the Secretary may apply all or a portion of such credit to the share of the cost of the non-Federal interest of carrying out other flood damage reduction and coastal navigation projects or studies.

**(c)** **Application of reimbursement** At the request of the non-Federal interest, the Secretary may apply such funds, subject to the availability of appropriations, equal to the share of the cost of the non-Federal interest of carrying out other flood damage reduction and coastal navigation projects or studies.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–121, title I, § 1022, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1228; Pub. L. 114–322, title I, § 1171, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1671; Pub. L. 115–270, title I, § 1136(a), Oct. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 3783.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by , §1014(c)(3), , .

### Amendments

2018— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to credit in lieu of reimbursement.

2016—Subsec. (a). , substituted “for which a written agreement with the Corps of Engineers for construction was finalized on or before , under  (as it existed before the repeal made by section 1014(c)(3))” for “that has been constructed by a non-Federal interest under  before ”.

Subsec. (b). , substituted “non-Federal share of the cost of carrying out other water resources development projects or studies of the non-Federal interest” for “share of the cost of the non-Federal interest of carrying out other flood damage reduction projects or studies”.

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, and not as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 which comprises this chapter.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### “Secretary” Defined

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