2021 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 36 - Water Resources Development
Subchapter V - General Provisions
Sec. 2351 - Durability, sustainability, and resilience
| 33 U.S.C. § 2351 (2021) |
| §2351. Durability, sustainability, and resilience |
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In carrying out the activities of the Corps of Engineers, the Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall encourage the use of durable and sustainable materials and resilient construction techniques that— (1) allow a water resources infrastructure project— (A) to resist hazards due to a major disaster; and (B) to continue to serve the primary function of the water resources infrastructure project following a major disaster; (2) reduce the magnitude or duration of a disruptive event to a water resources infrastructure project; and (3) have the absorptive capacity, adaptive capacity, and recoverability to withstand a potentially disruptive event. |
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(Pub. L. 113–121, title III, §3022, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1301.) |
| EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, 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. 113–121, 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. 2351 - Durability, sustainability, and resilience |
| section 2351 |
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| January 3, 2022 |
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| 128 Stat. 1301 |
| Public Law 113-121 |
