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[CITE: 33USC701b-8]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
                        CHAPTER 15--FLOOD CONTROL
 
Sec. 701b-8. Submission of report by Chief of Engineers

    It is declared to be the policy of the Congress that the following 
provisions shall be observed:
    No project or any modification not authorized, of a project for 
flood control or rivers and harbors, shall be authorized by the Congress 
unless a report for such project or modification has been previously 
submitted by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, in conformity 
with existing law.

(Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1264, title II, Sec. 202, 68 Stat. 1256.)

                          Codification

    Section comprises last two paragraphs of section 202 of act Sept. 3, 
1954. First paragraph of section 202 is set out as a note under section 
701-1 of this title.


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the 
following prior acts:
    May 17, 1950, ch. 188, title II, Sec. 202, 64 Stat. 170.
    June 30, 1948, ch. 771, title II, Sec. 202, 62 Stat. 1175.
    July 24, 1946, ch. 596, Sec. 2, 60 Stat. 641.
