---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 701b–16"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "701b–16"
heading: "Management of flood risk reduction projects"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/701b-16"
units:
  - "Chapter 15 — Flood Control"
---

# §701b–16. Management of flood risk reduction projects

- (a) **In general—** If 2 or more flood control projects are located within the same geographic area, the [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) shall, at the request of the non-Federal interests for the affected projects, consider those projects as a single program for budgetary or project management purposes, if the [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) determines that doing so would not be incompatible with the authorized project purposes.
- (b) **Cost share—**
  - (1) **In general—** If any work on a project to which [subsection (a)](#a) applies is required solely because of impacts to that project from a navigation project, the cost of carrying out that work shall be shared in accordance with the cost-sharing requirements for the navigation project.
  - (2) **Use of amounts—** Work described in [paragraph (1)](#b-1) may be carried out using amounts made available under [subsection (a)](#a).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–121, title III, § 3012, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1284.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### “Secretary” Defined

Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L. 113–121, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.