2013 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 36 - WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (§§ 2201 - 2348)
Subchapter V - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 2280 - 2348)
Section 2314 - Innovative technology
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, 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 36 - WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT SUBCHAPTER V - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 2314 - Innovative technology |
Contains | section 2314 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 100-676, §8, Nov. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 4023; Pub. L. 106-53, title V, §503(b), Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 337. |
Statutes at Large References | 102 Stat. 4023 113 Stat. 337, 355 114 Stat. 2596 |
Public Law References | Public Law 100-676, Public Law 106-53, Public Law 106-541 |
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The Secretary shall, whenever feasible, seek to promote long- and short-term cost savings, increased efficiency, reliability, and safety, and improved environmental results through the use of innovative technology in all phases of water resources development projects and programs under the Secretary's jurisdiction. To further this goal, Congress encourages the Secretary to—
(1) use procurement and contracting procedures that encourage innovative project design, construction, rehabilitation, repair, and operation and maintenance technologies;
(2) frequently review technical and design criteria to remove or modify unnecessary impediments to innovation;
(3) increase timely exchange of technical information with universities, private companies, government agencies, and individuals;
(4) foster design competition; and
(5) encourage greater participation by non-Federal project sponsors in the development and implementation of projects.
(b) Accelerated adoption of innovative technologies for management of contaminated sediments (1) Test projectsThe Secretary shall approve an appropriate number of projects to test, under actual field conditions, innovative technologies for environmentally sound management of contaminated sediments.
(2) Demonstration projectsThe Secretary may approve an appropriate number of projects to demonstrate innovative technologies that have been pilot tested under paragraph (1).
(3) Conduct of projectsEach pilot project under paragraph (1) and demonstration project under paragraph (2) shall be conducted by a university with proven expertise in the research and development of contaminated sediment treatment technologies and innovative applications using waste materials.
(4) LocationAt least 1 of the projects under this subsection shall be conducted in New England by the University of New Hampshire.
(c) ReportsWithin 2 years after November 17, 1988, and thereafter at the Secretary's discretion, the Secretary shall provide Congress with a report on the results of, and recommendations to increase, the development and use of innovative technology in water resources development projects under the Secretary's jurisdiction. Such report shall also contain information regarding innovative technologies which the Secretary has considered and rejected for use in water resources development projects under the Secretary's jurisdiction.
(d) "Innovative technology" definedFor the purpose of this section, the term "innovative technology" means designs, materials, or methods which the Secretary determines are previously undemonstrated or are too new to be considered standard practice.
(Pub. L. 100–676, §8, Nov. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 4023; Pub. L. 106–53, title V, §503(b), Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 337.)
CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1988, and not as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 which comprises this chapter.
AMENDMENTS1999—Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 106–53 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively.
DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTINGPub. L. 106–541, title II, §221, Dec. 11, 2000, 114 Stat. 2596, provided that:
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Pub. L. 106–53, title V, §503(a), Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 337, provided that:
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Pub. L. 106–53, title V, §561, Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 355, provided that:
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Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L. 100–676, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.
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