33 U.S.C. § 2281a
Tribal Liaison
United States · Title 33 — NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · Status: effective
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- 33 U.S.C. § 2281a, Tribal Liaison, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/469341
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Beginning not later than 1 year after December 23, 2022, the District Commander for each Corps of Engineers district that contains a Tribal community shall have on staff a Tribal Liaison.
Each Tribal Liaison shall make recommendations to the applicable District Commander regarding, and be responsible for—
Not later than 120 days after December 23, 2022, the Secretary shall finalize guidelines for—
Funding for the position of Tribal Liaison shall be allocated from the budget line item provided for the expenses necessary for the supervision and general administration of the civil works program, and filling the position shall not be dependent on any increase in this budget line item.
In this section:
The term “Tribal community” means a community of people who are recognized and defined under Federal law as indigenous people of the United States.
The term “Tribal Liaison” means a permanent employee of a Corps of Engineers district whose primary responsibilities are to—
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.
- James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023