33 U.S.C. § 701g
Removal of obstructions; clearing channels
United States · Title 33 — NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · Status: effective
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- 33 U.S.C. § 701g, Removal of obstructions; clearing channels, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/468634
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The Secretary of the Army is authorized to allot not to exceed $15,000,000 from any appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for any one fiscal year for flood control, for removing accumulated snags and other debris, for preventing and mitigating flood damages associated with ice jams, and clearing and straightening the channel in navigable streams and tributaries thereof, when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such work is advisable in the interest of flood control: Provided, That not more than $1,000,000 shall be expended for this purpose for any single tributary from the appropriations for any one fiscal year.
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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Water Resources Development ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Water Resources Development Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024House: 399–18Senate: no recorded tally