§ 568. — Limitation on power of committee of Congress to consider projects.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 33USC568]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 12--RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 568. Limitation on power of committee of Congress to
consider projects
No project shall be considered by any committee of Congress with a
view to its adoption, except with a view to a survey, if five years have
elapsed since a report upon a survey of such project has been submitted
to Congress pursuant to law.
(Sept. 22, 1922, ch. 427, Sec. 9, 42 Stat. 1043.)
Codification
Section is from act Sept. 22, 1922, popularly known as the ``Rivers
and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1918''.
