33 USC § 2341 - Expedited actions for emergency flood damage reduction

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title: "33 USC § 2341 - Expedited actions for emergency flood damage reduction"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "2341"
section_name: "Expedited actions for emergency flood damage reduction"
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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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 110–114, title II, § 2009, Nov. 8, 2007, 121 Stat. 1074.)"
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# § 2341. Expedited actions for emergency flood damage reduction

42 U.S.C. 5121

The Secretary shall expedite any authorized planning, design, and construction of any project for flood damage reduction for an area that, within the preceding 5 years, has been subject to flooding that resulted in the loss of life and caused damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a declaration of a major disaster by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( et seq.).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–114, title II, § 2009, Nov. 8, 2007, 121 Stat. 1074.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, referred to in text, is , , , which is classified principally to chapter 68 (§ 5121 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, 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 .