2021 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 36 - Water Resources Development
Subchapter V - General Provisions
Sec. 2333 - Irrigation diversion protection and fisheries enhancement assistance
| 33 U.S.C. § 2333 (2021) |
| §2333. Irrigation diversion protection and fisheries enhancement assistance |
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(a) In general
The Secretary may provide technical planning and design assistance to non-Federal interests and may conduct other site-specific studies to formulate and evaluate fish screens, fish passages devices, and other measures to decrease the incidence of juvenile and adult fish inadvertently entering irrigation systems. (b) CooperationMeasures under subsection (a)— (1) shall be developed in cooperation with Federal and State resource agencies; and (2) shall not impair the continued withdrawal of water for irrigation purposes. In providing assistance under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority based on— (1) the objectives of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); (2) cost-effectiveness; and (3) the potential for reducing fish mortality. The non-Federal share of the cost of measures under subsection (a) shall be 50 percent. Not more than 50 percent of the non-Federal contribution may be made through the provision of services, materials, supplies, or other in-kind contributions. This section does not authorize any construction activity. (f) ReportNot later than 2 years after August 17, 1999, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on— (1) fish mortality caused by irrigation water intake devices; (2) appropriate measures to reduce fish mortality; (3) the extent to which those measures are currently being employed in arid States; (4) the construction costs associated with those measures; and (5) the appropriate Federal role, if any, to encourage the use of those measures. |
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(Pub. L. 106–53, title V, §515, Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 344.) |
| EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Endangered Species Act of 1973, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is Pub. L. 93–205, Dec. 28, 1973, 87 Stat. 884, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 35 (§1531 et seq.) of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1531 of Title 16 and Tables. CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999, and not as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 which comprises this chapter. STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES "SECRETARY" DEFINED Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L. 106–53, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
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| Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 36 - WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT SUBCHAPTER V - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 2333 - Irrigation diversion protection and fisheries enhancement assistance |
| section 2333 |
| 2021 |
| January 3, 2022 |
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| 87 Stat. 884 113 Stat. 344 |
| Public Law 93-205, Public Law 106-53 |
