33 USC § 2284a - Benefits to navigation

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s2284a"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 2284a - Benefits to navigation"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "2284a"
section_name: "Benefits to navigation"
chapter_number: 36
chapter_name: "WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 230, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3704.)"
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# § 2284a. Benefits to navigation

In evaluating potential improvements to navigation and the maintenance of navigation projects, the Secretary shall consider, and include for purposes of project justification, economic benefits generated by cruise ships as commercial navigation benefits.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 230, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3704.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, 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 .