§ 547. — Reports as to local benefits of improvement and recommendations as to local cooperation.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 33USC547]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 12--RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 547. Reports as to local benefits of improvement and
recommendations as to local cooperation
Every report submitted to Congress in pursuance of any provision of
law for a survey, in addition to other information which the Congress
has directed shall be given, shall contain a statement of special or
local benefit which will accrue to localities affected by such
improvement and a statement of general or national benefits, with
recommendations as to what local cooperation should be required, if any,
on account of such special or local benefit.
(June 5, 1920, ch. 252, Sec. 2, 41 Stat. 1010.)
Codification
Section is from act June 5, 1920, popularly known as the ``Rivers
and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1921''.
