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33 U.S.C. 2213: Flood control and other purposes
Created in 1986 by Public Law 99-662. Changed by 10 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.
13 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 33 U.S.C. 426h-1, 33 U.S.C. 598c, 33 U.S.C. 701n-3, 33 U.S.C. 2214, 33 U.S.C. 2238e.
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No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.
How it got here
2025
- Pub. L. 118–272, §1358(1)(A), substituted "made" for "makes". (Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024) Law text · (k)
- Pub. L. 118–272, §1358(1)(B), substituted "made a payment of an additional $200,000,000 for that eligible deferred payment agreement on or before" for "repays an amount equal to 2/3 of the remaining principal by". (Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024) Law text · (k)
- Pub. L. 118–272, §1358(2), which directed amendment of subpar. (B) by inserting "interest's" after "non-Federal", was executed by making the insertion after "non-Federal" the first and fourth place appearing, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. (Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024) Law text · (k), (i)
- Pub. L. 118–272, §1358(3), added subpar. (C). (Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024) Law text · (k)
- Pub. L. 118–272, §1359, added par. (5). (Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024) Law text · (k)
- Pub. L. 118–272, §1139(a)(1), added pars. (2) and (3) and struck out former pars. (2) and (3) which related to criteria and procedures and revision of criteria and procedures, respectively. (Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024) Law text · (m), (3)
- Pub. L. 118–272, §1139(a)(2), added pars. (5) and (6). (Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024) Law text · (m), (6)
2022
- Pub. L. 117–263, §8386, designated existing provisions as subpar. (A) and inserted heading, redesignated former subpars. (A) and (B) as cls. (i) and (ii), respectively, and realigned margins, substituted "$200,000,000" for "$200 million" in cl. (i), inserted "an amount equal to 2/3 … (James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023) Law text · (k)
- Pub. L. 117–263, §8385, struck out "initial" before "payment" in subsec. heading, designated existing provisions as par. (1) and inserted par. heading, and added par. (2). (James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023) Law text · (l)
2020
- Pub. L. 116–260, §115(b)(1), substituted "Projects using nonstructural, natural, or nature-based features" for "Nonstructural flood control projects" in heading. (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 116–260, §115(b)(2), substituted "a flood risk management or hurricane and storm damage risk reduction measure using a nonstructural feature, or a natural feature or nature-based feature (as those terms are defined in section 2289a(a) of this title)," for "nonstructural floo… (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 116–260, §143, designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted heading, and added subpar. (B). (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021) Law text · (j)
- Pub. L. 116–260, §351, designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, and added pars. (2) to (4). (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021) Law text · (k)
2007
2000
- Pub. L. 106–541, §204(1), added pars. (1) and (2) and struck out former pars. (1) and (2) which required any cost-sharing agreement to be subject to the ability of a non-Federal interest to pay and required the Secretary to determine ability to pay using certain criteria and pr… (Water Resources Development Act of 2000) Law text · (m), (2)
- Pub. L. 106–541, §204(2), redesignated subpar. (C) as (B) and struck out former subpar. (B) which read as follows: "shall not consider criteria (other than criteria described in subparagraph (A)) in effect on the day before October 12, 1996; and". (Water Resources Development Act of 2000) Law text · (m), (C)
1999
- Pub. L. 106–53, §219(c)(1), which directed insertion of the par. (1) designation and heading before "The non-Federal", was executed by making the insertion before that phrase the first place it appeared to reflect the probable intent of Congress. (Water Resources Development Act of 1999) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 106–53, §219(c)(2), added par. (2). (Water Resources Development Act of 1999) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 106–53, §215(a), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, and added par. (2). (Water Resources Development Act of 1999) Law text · (d)
- Pub. L. 106–109 substituted "except for a project for which a District Engineer's Report is completed by that date," for "or for which a feasibility study is completed after that date,". Law text · (d)
1996
- Pub. L. 104–303, §202(a)(1)(A), substituted "35 percent" for "25 percent" wherever appearing. (Water Resources Development Act of 1996) Law text · (a), (b)
- Pub. L. 104–303, §210(a), added par. (7). (Water Resources Development Act of 1996) Law text · (c)
- Pub. L. 104–303, §202(a)(2), inserted at end "For the purpose of the preceding sentence, physical construction shall be considered to be initiated on the date of the award of a construction contract." (Water Resources Development Act of 1996) Law text · (e)
- Pub. L. 104–303, §202(b)(1), reenacted heading without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Any cost-sharing agreement under this section for flood control or agricultural water supply shall be subject to the ability of a non-Federal interest to… (Water Resources Development Act of 1996) Law text · (m)
1992
- Pub. L. 102–580, §333(b)(2), substituted "Except as provided under section 2283(c) of this title, the non-Federal" for "The non-Federal". · (i)
- Pub. L. 102–580, §201(a), amended subsec. (m) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (m) read as follows: · (m)
1990
- Pub. L. 101–640 amended subsec. (m) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (m) read as follows: "Any cost-sharing agreement under this section for flood control or agricultural water supply shall be subject to the ability of a non-Federal interest to pay. The ability of any non-Federal… · (m)
Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.