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33 USC § 2311 - Report to Congress covering proposals for water impoundment facilities 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s2311"
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title: "33 USC § 2311 - Report to Congress covering proposals for water impoundment facilities"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "2311"
section_name: "Report to Congress covering proposals for water impoundment facilities"
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"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–662, title XII, § 1202, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4263.)"
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# § 2311. Report to Congress covering proposals for water impoundment facilities

Public Law 83–56616 U.S.C. 1001

Any report that is submitted to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate or the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives by the Secretary, or the Secretary of Agriculture acting under , as amended [ et seq.], which proposes construction of a water impoundment facility, shall include information on the consequences of failure and geologic or design factors which could contribute to the possible failure of such facility.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–662, title XII, § 1202, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4263.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, as amended, referred to in text, is , , known as the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, which is classified principally to chapter 18 (§ 1001 et seq.) of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Committee on Public Works and Transportation of House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of House of Representatives by , set out as a note preceding , The Congress.