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[CITE: 33USC426n]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER 9--PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER 
                         IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
 
                        SUBCHAPTER I--IN GENERAL
 
Sec. 426n. Technical assistance to States and local governments; 
        cost sharing
        
    (a) Upon request of the Governor of a State, or the appropriate 
official of local government, the Secretary is authorized to provide 
designs, plans, and specifications, and such other technical assistance 
as he deems advisable to such State or local government for its use in 
carrying out--
        (1) projects for removing accumulated snags and other debris, 
    and clearing and straightening channels in navigable streams and 
    tributaries thereof; and
        (2) projects for renovating navigable streams and tributaries 
    thereof by means of predominantly nonstructural methods judged by 
    the Secretary to be cost effective, for the purpose of improved 
    drainage, water quality, and habitat diversity.

    (b) The non-Federal share of the cost of any designs, plans, 
specifications or technical assistance provided under subsection (a) of 
this section shall be 50 percent.

(Pub. L. 99-662, title IX, Sec. 942, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4199.)


                          ``Secretary'' Defined

    Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2201 of this 
title.
