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title: "33 U.S.C. § 701b–8"
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title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
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chapter_name: "FLOOD CONTROL"
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# 33 U.S.C. § 701b–8 - Submission of report by Chief of Engineers

## Text

It is declared to be the policy of the Congress that the following provisions shall be observed: No project or any modification not authorized, of a project for flood control or rivers and harbors, shall be authorized by the Congress unless a report for such project or modification has been previously submitted by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, in conformity with existing law.

(Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1264, title II, § 202, 68 Stat. 1256.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section comprises last two paragraphs of section 202 of act Sept. 3, 1954. First paragraph of section 202 is set out as a note under section 701–1 of this title.

Prior ProvisionsProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior acts: May 17, 1950, ch. 188, title II, § 202, 64 Stat. 170. June 30, 1948, ch. 771, title II, § 202, 62 Stat. 1175. July 24, 1946, ch. 596, § 2, 60 Stat. 641.