---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 2289"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "2289"
heading: "Urban and rural flood control frequency"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/2289"
units:
  - "Chapter 36 — Water Resources Development"
  - "Subchapter V — General Provisions"
---

# §2289. Urban and rural flood control frequency


In the preparation of feasibility reports for projects for flood damage prevention in urban and rural areas, the [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) may consider and evaluate measures to reduce or eliminate damages from flooding without regard to frequency of flooding, drainage area, and amount of runoff. This section shall apply with respect to any project, or [separable element](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=3) thereof, the Federal share of the cost of which is less than $3,000,000.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 99–662, title IX, § 914, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4190.)