---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 2331"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "2331"
heading: "Use of continuing contracts for construction of certain projects"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/2331"
units:
  - "Chapter 36 — Water Resources Development"
  - "Subchapter V — General Provisions"
---

# §2331. Use of continuing contracts for construction of certain projects

- (a) **In general—** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) shall not implement a fully allocated funding policy with respect to a water resource project if initiation of construction has occurred but sufficient funds are not available to complete the project.
- (b) **Continuing contracts—** The [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) shall enter into a continuing contract for a project described in [subsection (a)](#a).
- (c) **Initiation of construction clarified—** For the purposes of this section, initiation of construction for a project occurs on the date of enactment of an Act that appropriates funds for the project from 1 of the following appropriation accounts:
  - (1) Construction, General.
  - (2) Operation and Maintenance, General.
  - (3) Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–53, title II, § 206, Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 286.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999, 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. 106–53, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.