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33 U.S.C. § 709a — Information on floods and flood damage
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**(a) Compilation and dissemination**
(1) **In general** — In recognition of the increasing use and development of the flood plains of the rivers of the United States and of the need for information on flood hazards to serve as a guide to such development, and as a basis for avoiding future flood hazards by regulation of use by States and political subdivisions thereof, and to assure that Federal departments and agencies may take proper cognizance of flood hazards, the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, is hereby authorized to compile and disseminate information on floods and flood damages, including identification of areas subject to inundation by floods of various magnitudes and frequencies, identification of areas subject to floods due to accumulated snags and other debris, and general criteria for guidance of Federal and non-Federal interests and agencies in the use of flood plain areas; and to provide advice to other Federal agencies and local interests for their use in planning to ameliorate the flood hazard, to avoid repetitive flooding impacts, to anticipate, prepare, and adapt to changing climatic conditions and extreme weather events, and to withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disruption due to the flood hazards.
(2) **Surveys and guides** — Surveys and guides will be made for States and political subdivisions thereof only upon the request of a State or a political subdivision thereof, and upon approval by the Chief of Engineers, and such information and advice provided them only upon such request and approval.
(3) **Identification of assistance**
(A) *In general* — To the maximum extent practicable, in providing assistance under this subsection, the Secretary shall identify and communicate to States and non-Federal intere
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**(a) Compilation and dissemination**
(1) **In general** — In recognition of the increasing use and development of the flood plains of the rivers of the United States and of the need for information on flood hazards to serve as a guide to such development, and as a basis for avoiding future flood hazards by regulation of use by States and political subdivisions thereof, and to assure that Federal departments and agencies may take proper cognizance of flood hazards, the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, is hereby authorized to compile and disseminate information on floods and flood damages, including identification of areas subject to inundation by floods of various magnitudes and frequencies, identification of areas subject to floods due to accumulated snags and other debris, and general criteria for guidance of Federal and non-Federal interests and agencies in the use of flood plain areas; and to provide advice to other Federal agencies and local interests for their use in planning to ameliorate the flood hazard, to avoid repetitive flooding impacts, to anticipate, prepare, and adapt to changing climatic conditions and extreme weather events, and to withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disruption due to the flood hazards.
(2) **Surveys and guides** — Surveys and guides will be made for States and political subdivisions thereof only upon the request of a State or a political subdivision thereof, and upon approval by the Chief of Engineers, and such information and advice provided them only upon such request and approval.
(3) **Identification of assistance**
(A) *In general* — To the maximum extent practicable, in providing assistance under this subsection, the Secretary shall identify and communicate to States and non-Federal interests specific opportunities to partner with the Corps of Engineers to address flood hazards.
(B) *Coordination* — The Secretary shall coordinate activities under this paragraph with activities described in [section 1962d–16 of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1962d–16&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Flood prevention coordination** The Secretary shall coordinate with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the heads of other Federal agencies to ensure that flood control projects and plans are complementary and integrated to the extent practicable and appropriate.
**(c) Fees** The Secretary of the Army is authorized to establish and collect fees from Federal agencies and private persons for the purpose of recovering the cost of providing services pursuant to this section. Funds collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the account of the Treasury of the United States entitled “Contributions and Advances, Rivers and Harbor, Corps of Engineers (8862)” and shall be available until expended to carry out this section. No fees shall be collected from State, regional, or local governments or other non-Federal public agencies for services provided pursuant to this section, but the Secretary of the Army may accept funds voluntarily contributed by such entities for the purpose of expanding the scope of the services requested by the entities.
**(d) Institutions of higher education** Notwithstanding [section 4141 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section4141&num=0&edition=prelim), in carrying out this section, the Secretary may work with an institution of higher education, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.
**(e) Fiscal year limitation on expenditures** The Secretary of the Army is authorized to expend not to exceed $50,000,000 per fiscal year for the compilation and dissemination of information under this section.
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**(a)** The Secretary of Defense may not make a grant or award a contract to a college or university for the performance of research and development, or for the construction of any research or other facility, unless—
(1) in the case of a grant, the grant is made using competitive procedures; and
(2) in the case of a contract, the contract is awarded in accordance with [section 3204 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section3204&num=0&edition=prelim) (other than pursuant to subsection (a)(5) of that section).
**(b)**
(1) A provision of law may not be construed as modifying or superseding the provisions of subsection (a), or as requiring funds to be made available by the Secretary of Defense to a particular college or university by grant or contract, unless that provision of law—
(A) specifically refers to this section;
(B) specifically states that such provision of law modifies or supersedes the provisions of this section; and
(C) specifically identifies the particular college or university involved and states that the grant to be made or the contract to be awarded, as the case may be, pursuant to such provision of law is being made or awarded in contravention of subsection (a).
(2) A grant may not be made, or a contract awarded, pursuant to a provision of law that authorizes or requires the making of the grant, or the awarding of the contract, in a manner that is inconsistent with subsection (a) until—
(A) the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress a notice in writing of the intent to make the grant or award the contract; and
(B) a period of 180 days has elapsed after the date on which the notice is received by Congress.
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In any case in which a project under the jurisdiction of the Secretary is budgeted under a different business line than the business line under which the project was originally authorized, the Secretary shall ensure that the project is carried out in accordance with any requirements that apply to the business line under which the project was originally authorized.
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**(a) Consent of Congress for construction; written agreement providing schedule for allocation among parties for withdrawal of waters**
(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the consent of Congress is granted under [section 401 of title 33](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section401&num=0&edition=prelim) to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to construct a water diversion structure, with an elevation not to exceed one hundred and fifty-nine feet above sea level, from the north shore of the Potomac River at the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission water filtration plant to the north shore of Watkins Island.
(2) The structure authorized by paragraph (1) of this subsection, may not be constructed until the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, and the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, and such other governmental authorities as the Secretary of the Army, the State of Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Virginia deem desirable signatories enter into a written agreement providing an enforceable schedule for allocation among the parties to such agreement for the withdrawal of the waters of that portion of the Potomac River located between Little Falls Dam and the farthest upstream limit of the pool of water behind the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company rubble dam at Seneca, Maryland, during periods of low flow of such portion of such river.
**(b) Authorization of Secretary of the Army to enter written agreement; amendments or revisions** The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to enter into the agreement referred to in subsection (a)(2) of this section and any amendment to or revision of such ag
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**(a) Annual report**
(1) **In general** — One year after November 25, 2002, and each year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to the President, to the Committees on the Judiciary and Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and to the Committees on the Judiciary and Government Affairs of the Senate, on the impact the transfers made by this part has had on immigration functions.
(2) **Matter included** — The report shall address the following with respect to the period covered by the report:
(A) The aggregate number of all immigration applications and petitions received, and processed, by the Department.
(B) Region-by-region statistics on the aggregate number of immigration applications and petitions filed by an alien (or filed on behalf of an alien) and denied, disaggregated by category of denial and application or petition type.
(C) The quantity of backlogged immigration applications and petitions that have been processed, the aggregate number awaiting processing, and a detailed plan for eliminating the backlog.
(D) The average processing period for immigration applications and petitions, disaggregated by application or petition type.
(E) The number and types of immigration-related grievances filed with any official of the Department of Justice, and if those grievances were resolved.
(F) Plans to address grievances and improve immigration services.
(G) Whether immigration-related fees were used consistent with legal requirements regarding such use.
(H) Whether immigration-related questions conveyed by customers to the Department (whether conveyed in person, by telephone, or by means of the Internet) were answered effectively and efficiently.
**(b) Sense of Congress regarding immigration services** It is the sense of Con
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**(a) In general** It is the policy of the United States for the Corps of Engineers to strive to understand and accommodate and, in coordination with non-Federal interests, seek to address the water resources development needs of all communities in the United States.
**(b) Outreach and access**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall, at Federal expense, develop, support, and implement public awareness, education, and regular outreach and engagement efforts for potential non-Federal interests with respect to the water resources development authorities of the Secretary, with particular emphasis on—
(A) technical service programs, including the authorities under—
(i) [section 709a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section709a&num=0&edition=prelim);
(ii) [section 1962d–16 of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1962d–16&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(iii) [section 2269 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section2269&num=0&edition=prelim);
(B) continuing authority programs, as such term is defined in [section 2282d(c)(1)(D) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section2282d/c/1/D&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(C) ensuring that a potential non-Federal interest is aware of the roles, responsibilities, and financial commitments associated with a completed water resources development project prior to initiating a feasibility study (as defined in [section 2215(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section2215/d&num=0&edition=prelim)), including operations, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation responsibili
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**(a) In general** The Secretary shall periodically conduct assessments of federally authorized levees under the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers, to evaluate the potential Federal interest in the modification (including realignment or incorporation of natural features and nature-based features, as such terms are defined in [section 2289a(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section2289a/a&num=0&edition=prelim)) of levee systems to meet one or more of the following objectives:
(1) Increasing the flood risk reduction benefits of such systems.
(2) Achieving greater flood resiliency.
(3) Restoring hydrological and ecological connections with adjacent floodplains that achieve greater environmental benefits without undermining flood risk reduction or flood resiliency for levee-protected communities.
**(b) Levees operated by non-Federal interests** The Secretary shall carry out an assessment under subsection (a) for a federally authorized levee system operated by a non-Federal interest only if the non-Federal interest—
(1) requests the assessment; and
(2) agrees to provide 50 percent of the cost of the assessment.
**(c) Assessments**
(1) **Considerations** — In conducting an assessment under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider and identify, with respect to each levee system—
(A) an estimate of the number of structures and population at risk and protected by the levee system that would be adversely impacted if the levee system fails or water levels exceed the height of any levee segment within the levee system (which may be the applicable estimate included in the levee database established under [section 3303 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section330
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 709
26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956,
ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, en-
acted ‘‘Title 10, Armed Forces’’ which in sections 3010
to 3013 continued Department of the Army under ad-
ministrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
REPEALS
Act May 23, 1952, § 1(b), repealed paragraph (59) of sec-
tion 1 of act Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, 65 Stat. 703, which had
previously repealed this section.
SECTION AS UNAFFECTED BY SUBMERGED LANDS ACT
Provisions of this section as not amended, modified
or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see section
1303 of Title 43, Public Lands.
CONVERSION OF SURPLUS WATER AGREEMENTS
Pub. L. 114–322, title I, § 1174, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat.
1673, provided that: ‘‘For the purposes of section 6 of
the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 890, chapter 665;
33 U.S.C. 708), in any case in which a water supply
agreement with a duration of 30 years or longer was
predicated on water that was surplus to a purpose and
provided for the complete payment of the actual in-
vestment costs of storage to be used, and that purpose
is no longer authorized as of the date of enactment of
this section [Dec. 16, 2016], the Secretary [of the Army]
shall provide to the non-Federal entity an opportunity
to convert the agreement to a permanent storage
agreement in accordance with section 301 of the Water
Supply Act of 1958 (43 U.S.C. 390b), with the same pay-
ment terms incorporated in the agreement.’’
Executive Documents
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of certain personal property and func-
tions relating thereto, insofar as they pertain to Air
Force, from Secretary of the Army and Department of
the Army to Secretary of the Air Force and Depart
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