---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 2317a"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "2317a"
heading: "Cooperative agreements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/2317a"
units:
  - "Chapter 36 — Water Resources Development"
  - "Subchapter V — General Provisions"
---

# §2317a. Cooperative agreements

- (a) **In general—** For the purpose of expediting the cost-effective design and construction of wetlands restoration that is part of an authorized water resources project, the [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) may enter into cooperative agreements under [section 6305 of title 31](/usc/31/6305.md) with nonprofit organizations with expertise in wetlands restoration to carry out such design and construction on behalf of the [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2).
- (b) **Limitations—**
  - (1) **Per project limit—** A cooperative agreement under this section may not obligate the [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) to pay the nonprofit organization more than $1,000,000 for any single wetlands restoration project.
  - (2) **Annual limit—** The total value of work carried out under cooperative agreements under this section may not exceed $5,000,000 in any fiscal year.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–114, title II, § 2015, Nov. 8, 2007, 121 Stat. 1076.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, and not as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 which comprises this chapter.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### “Secretary” Defined

Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L. 110–114, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.