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Water Resources Development Act of 2016

S. 2848 · 114th Congress · Sep 15, 2016 · Lineage

AN ACT

To provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

(a)
Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Water Resources Development Act of 2016”.
(b)
Table of contents— The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 2 Definition of Secretary

In this Act, the term Secretary means the Secretary of the Army.

Sec. 3 Limitations

Nothing in this Act—
(1)
supersedes or modifies any written agreement between the Federal Government and a non-Federal interest that is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act;
(2)
supersedes or authorizes any amendment to a multistate water control plan, including the Missouri River Master Water Control Manual (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act);
(3)
affects any water right in existence on the date of enactment of this Act;
(4)
preempts or affects any State water law or interstate compact governing water; or
(5)
affects any authority of a State, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, to manage water resources within the State.