1996 US Code
Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL
Sec. 701a - Declaration of policy of 1936 act
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 15 - FLOOD CONTROL Sec. 701a - Declaration of policy of 1936 act |
Contains | section 701a |
Date | 1996 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 6, 1997 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | June 22, 1936, ch. 688, §1, 49 Stat. 1570. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 49 Stat. 1570 |
§701a. Declaration of policy of 1936 act
It is recognized that destructive floods upon the rivers of the United States, upsetting orderly processes and causing loss of life and property, including the erosion of lands, and impairing and obstructing navigation, highways, railroads, and other channels of commerce between the States, constitute a menace to national welfare; that it is the sense of Congress that flood control on navigable waters or their tributaries is a proper activity of the Federal Government in cooperation with States, their political subdivisions, and localities thereof; that investigations and improvements of rivers and other waterways, including watersheds thereof, for flood-control purposes are in the interest of the general welfare; that the Federal Government should improve or participate in the improvement of navigable waters or their tributaries, including watersheds thereof, for flood-control purposes if the benefits to whomsoever they may accrue are in excess of the estimated costs, and if the lives and social security of people are otherwise adversely affected.
(June 22, 1936, ch. 688, §1, 49 Stat. 1570.)
Cross ReferencesSoil conservation, watershed protection, and flood prevention, generally, see section 1001 et seq. of Title 16, Conservation.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in sections 701a–1, 701b, 701b–1, 701b–2, 701b–6, 701b–7, 701c, 701c–1, 701e, 701s of this title.
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