---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 467b"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "467b"
heading: "Investigation reports to Governors"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/467b"
units:
  - "Chapter 9 — Protection of Navigable Waters and of Harbor and River Improvements Generally"
  - "Subchapter VII — Dam Inspection Program"
---

# §467b. Investigation reports to Governors


As soon as practicable after inspection of a [dam](/usc/33/467.md?p=3), the [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) shall notify the Governor of the [State](/usc/33/467.md?p=13) in which such [dam](/usc/33/467.md?p=3) is located the results of such investigation. In any case in which any hazardous conditions are found during an inspection, upon request by the owner, the [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2), acting through the Chief of Engineers, may perform detailed engineering studies to determine the structural integrity of the [dam](/usc/33/467.md?p=3), subject to reimbursement of such expense by the owner of such [dam](/usc/33/467.md?p=3). The [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) shall immediately notify the Governor of any hazardous conditions found during an inspection. The [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) shall provide advice to the Governor, upon request, relating to timely remedial measures necessary to mitigate or obviate any hazardous conditions found during an inspection.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 92–367, § 4, formerly § 3, Aug. 8, 1972, 86 Stat. 507; Pub. L. 99–662, title XII, § 1204, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4263; renumbered § 4 and amended Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 215(c)(3), (6), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3685, 3687.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 4 of Pub. L. 92–367 was renumbered section 5 and is classified to section 467c of this title.

### Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–303 inserted section catchline.

1986—Pub. L. 99–662 inserted “In any case in which any hazardous conditions are found during an inspection, upon request by the owner, the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may perform detailed engineering studies to determine the structural integrity of the dam, subject to reimbursement of such expense by the owner of such dam.”