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title: "33 U.S.C. § 1977"
description: "Termination of authority"
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title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
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# 33 U.S.C. § 1977 - Termination of authority

## Text

The prize program will terminate after 5 prize competition cycles have been completed.

(Pub. L. 109–449, § 127, formerly Pub. L. 116–224, title I, § 127, Dec. 18, 2020, 134 Stat. 1083; renumbered Pub. L. 109–449, § 127, by Pub. L. 119–65, § 4(a), Dec. 26, 2025, 139 Stat. 1989.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 4237 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 119–65.