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33 U.S.C. § 467d

National inventory of dams and low-head dams

United States · Title 33 — NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · Status: effective

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33 U.S.C. § 467d, National inventory of dams and low-head dams, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/468340
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The Secretary of the Army shall maintain and update information on the inventory of dams and low-head dams in the United States. The inventory maintained under subsection (a) shall include any available information assessing each dam based on inspections completed by a Federal agency, a State dam safety agency, or a Tribal government. The inventory maintained under subsection (a) shall include— In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall— The Secretary shall make the inventory maintained under subsection (a) publicly available (including on a publicly available website), including— Nothing in this section provides authority to the Secretary to carry out an activity, with respect to a low-head dam, that is not explicitly authorized under this section. In this section, the term “low-head dam” means a river-wide artificial barrier that generally spans a stream channel, blocking the waterway and creating a backup of water behind the barrier, with a drop off over the wall of not less than 6 inches and not more than 25 feet.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 104-303(S. 640)1996-10-12
    Water Resources Development Act of 1996
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 109-460(S. 2735)2006-12-22
    Dam Safety Act of 2006
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 118-272(S. 4367)2025-01-04
    Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024
    House: 399–18Senate: no recorded tally