§ 701a. — Declaration of policy of 1936 act.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC701a]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15--FLOOD CONTROL
Sec. 701a. Declaration of policy of 1936 act
It is recognized that destructive floods upon the rivers of the
United States, upsetting orderly processes and causing loss of life and
property, including the erosion of lands, and impairing and obstructing
navigation, highways, railroads, and other channels of commerce between
the States, constitute a menace to national welfare; that it is the
sense of Congress that flood control on navigable waters or their
tributaries is a proper activity of the Federal Government in
cooperation with States, their political subdivisions, and localities
thereof; that investigations and improvements of rivers and other
waterways, including watersheds thereof, for flood-control purposes are
in the interest of the general welfare; that the Federal Government
should improve or participate in the improvement of navigable waters or
their tributaries, including watersheds thereof, for flood-control
purposes if the benefits to whomsoever they may accrue are in excess of
the estimated costs, and if the lives and social security of people are
otherwise adversely affected.
(June 22, 1936, ch. 688, Sec. 1, 49 Stat. 1570.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 701a-1, 701b, 701b-1, 701b-
2, 701b-6, 701b-7, 701c, 701c-1, 701e, 701s of this title.
