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33 U.S.C. § 3302 — Committee on Levee Safety

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33 U.S.C. § 3302 — Committee on Levee Safety

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**(a) Establishment** There is established a committee to be known as the “Committee on Levee Safety”. **(b) Membership** The committee shall be composed of 16 members as follows: (1) **Nonvoting members.—** — The following 2 nonvoting members: (A) The Secretary (or a designee of the Secretary). (B) The Administrator (or a designee of the Administrator). (2) The following 14 voting members appointed by the Secretary: (A) Eight representatives of State levee safety agencies, one from each of the eight civil works divisions of the Corps of Engineers. (B) Two representatives of the private sector who have expertise in levee safety. (C) Two representatives of local and regional governmental agencies who have expertise in levee safety. (D) Two representatives of Indian tribes who have expertise in levee safety. **(c) Administration** (1) **Terms of voting members** (A) *In general* — A voting member of the committee shall be appointed for a term of 3 years, except that, of the members first appointed— (i) 5 shall be appointed for a term of 1 year; (ii) 5 shall be appointed for a term of 2 years; and (iii) 4 shall be appointed for a term of 3 years. (B) *Reappointment* — A voting member of the committee may be reappointed to the committee, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. (C) *Vacancies* — A vacancy on the committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made. (2) **Chairperson** (A) *In general* — The voting members of the committee shall appoint a chairperson from among the voting members of the committee. (B) *Term* — The chairperson shall serve a term of not more than 2 years. **(d) Standing committees** (1) **In general** — The committee may establish standing committees comprised of volunteers from all levels of government and the private sector, to advise the committee regarding specific levee safety issues, including participating programs, technical issues, public education and awareness, and safety and the environment. (2) **Membership** — The committee shall recommend to the Secretary for approval individuals for membership on the standing committees. **(e) Duties and powers** The committee— (1) shall submit to the Secretary and Congress an annual report regarding the effectiveness of the levee safety initiative in accordance with [section 3303b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section3303b&num=0&edition=prelim); and (2) may secure from other Federal agencies such services, and enter into such contracts, as the committee determines to be necessary to carry out this subsection. **(f) Task force coordination** The committee shall, to the maximum extent practicable, coordinate the activities of the committee with the Federal Interagency Floodplain Management Task Force. **(g) Compensation** (1) **Federal employees** — Each member of the committee who is an officer or employee of the United States— (A) shall serve without compensation in addition to compensation received for the services of the member as an officer or employee of the United States; but (B) shall be allowed a per diem allowance for travel expenses, at rates authorized for an employee of an agency under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, while away from the home or regular place of business of the member in the performance of the duties of the committee. (2) **Non-Federal employees** — To the extent amounts are made available to carry out this section in appropriations Acts, the Secretary shall provide to each member of the committee who is not an officer or employee of the United States a stipend and a per diem allowance for travel expenses, at rates authorized for an employee of an agency under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, while away from the home or regular place of business of the member in performance of services for the committee. (3) **Standing committee members** — Each member of a standing committee shall serve in a voluntary capacity. **(h) Applicability of chapter 10 of title 5** Chapter 10 of title 5 shall not apply to the committee.

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33 U.S.C. § 2201 — Prior project authorization

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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33 U.S.C. § 3303b — Reports

**(a) State of levees** (1) **In general** — Not later than 1 year after December 16, 2016, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary in coordination with the committee, shall submit to Congress and make publicly available a report describing the state of levees in the United States and the effectiveness of the levee safety initiative, including— (A) progress achieved in implementing the levee safety initiative; (B) State, regional, and tribal participation in the levee safety initiative; (C) recommendations to improve coordination of levee safety, floodplain management, and environmental protection concerns, including— (i) identifying and evaluating opportunities to coordinate public safety, floodplain management, and environmental protection activities relating to levees; and (ii) evaluating opportunities to coordinate environmental permitting processes for operation and maintenance activities at existing levee projects in compliance with all applicable laws; and (D) any recommendations for legislation and other congressional actions necessary to ensure national levee safety. (2) **Inclusion** — Each report under paragraph (1) shall include a report of the committee that describes the independent recommendations of the committee for the implementation of the levee safety initiative. **(b) National dam and levee safety program** Not later than 3 years after June 10, 2014, to the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary and the Administrator, in coordination with the committee, shall submit to Congress and make publicly available a report that includes recommendations regarding the advisability and feasibility of, and potential approaches for, establishing a joint national dam and levee safety program. **(c) Alignment of Federal programs relati

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42 U.S.C. § 4101e — Identification of flood-prone areas

**(a) Publication of information; establishment of flood-risk zones; estimates of flood-caused loss** The Administrator is authorized to consult with, receive information from, and enter into any agreements or other arrangements with the Secretaries of the Army, the Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the heads of other Federal departments or agencies, on a reimbursement basis, or with the head of any State or local agency, or enter into contracts with any persons or private firms, in order that he may— (1) identify and publish information with respect to all flood plain areas, including coastal areas located in the United States, which has special flood hazards, within five years following August 1, 1968, and (2) establish or update flood-risk zone data in all such areas, and make estimates with respect to the rates of probable flood caused loss for the various flood risk zones for each of these areas until the date specified in [section 4026 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4026&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Accelerated identification of flood-risk zones; authority of Administrator: grants, technical assistance, transactions, and payments** The Administrator is directed to accelerate the identification of risk zones within flood-prone and mudslide-prone areas, as provided by subsection (a)(2) of this section, in order to make known the degree of hazard within each such zone at the earliest possible date. To accomplish this objective, the Administrator is authorized, without regard to subsections (a) and (b) of [section 3324 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3324&num=0&edition=prelim) and [section 6101 of title 41](http

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33 U.S.C. § 3302 — Committee on Levee Safety

Page 960 TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS § 3302 ‘‘, increase resiliency to extreme weather events,’’ after ‘‘flood risk’’, and added subpar. (B). 2016—Par. (11). Pub. L. 114–322, § 1130(a)(1), substituted ‘‘State, regional district, or Indian tribe’’ for ‘‘State or Indian tribe’’. Pars. (12) to (17). Pub. L. 114–322, § 1130(a)(2), (3), added par. (12) and redesignated former pars. (12) to (16) as (13) to (17), respectively. 2014—Pars. (1) to (6). Pub. L. 113–121, § 3016(b)(1)–(3), added pars. (1), (2), (4), and (5), and redesignated former pars. (1) and (2) as (3) and (6), respectively. Former pars. (3), (4), (5), and (6) redesignated (7), (14), (15), and (16), respectively. Par. (7). Pub. L. 113–121, § 3016(b)(4), added par. (7) and struck out former par. (7) which defined ‘‘levee’’. Pub. L. 113–121, § 3016(b)(1), redesignated par. (3) as (7). Pars. (8) to (16). Pub. L. 113–121, § 3016(b)(1), (4), added pars. (8) to (13) and redesignated pars. (4) to (6) as (14) to (16), respectively. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 110–114, title IX, § 9001(a), formerly § 9001, Nov. 8, 2007, 121 Stat. 1288, renumbered § 9001(a) and amended by Pub. L. 113–121, title III, § 3016(a)(1), (2), June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1289, provided that: ‘‘This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘National Levee Safety Act of 2007’.’’ PURPOSES OF THE SAFETY PROGRAM Pub. L. 110–114, title IX, § 9001(b), as added Pub. L. 113–121, title III, § 3016(a)(3), June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1289, provided that: ‘‘The purposes of this title [enacting this chapter] are— ‘‘(1) to ensure that human lives and property that are protected by new and existing levees are safe; ‘‘(2) to encourage the use of appropriate engineering policies, proce

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