33 USC § 2339 - Assistance programs

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s2339"
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title: "33 USC § 2339 - Assistance programs"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "2339"
section_name: "Assistance programs"
chapter_number: 36
chapter_name: "WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–541, title II, § 213, Dec. 11, 2000, 114 Stat. 2593; Pub. L. 113–121, title I, § 1047(e), June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1257; Pub. L. 114–322, title I, § 1101, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1632.)"
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# § 2339. Assistance programs

**(a)** **Conservation and recreation management** To further training and educational opportunities about water resources development projects under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with non-Federal public and nonprofit entities for services relating to natural resources conservation or recreation management.

**(b)** **Rural community assistance** In carrying out studies and projects under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with multistate regional private nonprofit rural community assistance entities for services, including water resource assessment, community participation, planning, development, and management activities.

**(c)** **Youth service and conservation corps organizations** The Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall enter into cooperative agreements with qualified youth service and conservation corps organizations for services relating to projects under the jurisdiction of the Secretary and shall do so in a manner that ensures the maximum participation and opportunities for such organizations.

**(d)** **Cooperative agreements** A cooperative agreement entered into under this section shall not be considered to be, or treated as being, a cooperative agreement to which chapter 63 of title 31 applies.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–541, title II, § 213, Dec. 11, 2000, 114 Stat. 2593; Pub. L. 113–121, title I, § 1047(e), June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1257; Pub. L. 114–322, title I, § 1101, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1632.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000, and not as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 which comprises this chapter.

### Amendments

2016—Subsecs. (c), (d).  added subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d).

2014—Subsec. (a).  substituted “about” for “at”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### “Secretary” Defined

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