33 U.S.C. § 2280
Maximum cost of projects
United States · Title 33 — NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · Status: effective
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- 33 U.S.C. § 2280, Maximum cost of projects, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/469339
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In order to insure against cost overruns, each total cost set forth with respect to a project for water resources development and conservation and related purposes authorized to be carried out by the Secretary in this Act or in a law enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act, including the Water Resources Development Act of 1988, or in an amendment made by this Act or any later law with respect to such a project shall be the maximum cost of that project, except that such maximum amount—
shall be automatically increased for—
Notwithstanding subsection (a), in accordance with section 701h of this title, the Secretary may accept funds from a non-Federal interest for any authorized water resources development project that has exceeded its maximum cost under subsection (a), and use such funds to carry out such project, if the use of such funds does not increase the Federal share of the cost of such project.
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.
- Water Resources Development Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Water Resources Development Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014