2015 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters (Sections 1 - 4009)
Chapter 9 - Protection of Navigable Waters and of Harbor and River Improvements Generally (Sections 400 - 467n)
Subchapter VII - Dam Inspection Program (Sections 467 - 467n)
Sec. 467f-1 - Lock and dam security
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, 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 9 - PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY SUBCHAPTER VII - DAM INSPECTION PROGRAM Sec. 467f-1 - Lock and dam security |
| Contains | section 467f-1 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 110-114, title V, §5024, Nov. 8, 2007, 121 Stat. 1203. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 121 Stat. 1203 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 110-114 |
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The Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Coast Guard, shall develop standards for the security of locks and dams, including the testing and certification of vessel exclusion barriers.
(b) Site surveysAt the request of a lock or dam owner, the Secretary shall provide technical assistance, on a reimbursable basis, to improve lock or dam security.
(c) Cooperative agreementThe Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement with a nonprofit alliance of public and private organizations that has the mission of promoting safe waterways and seaports to carry out testing and certification activities, and to perform site surveys, under this section.
(d) Authorization of appropriationsThere is authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 to carry out this section.
(Pub. L. 110–114, title V, §5024, Nov. 8, 2007, 121 Stat. 1203.)
CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, and not as part of the National Dam Safety Program Act which comprises this subchapter.
"SECRETARY" DEFINEDSecretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L. 110–114, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.
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