---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 1962d–15"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "1962d–15"
heading: "Protection of United States from liability for damages; exception of damages due to fault or negligence of United States"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/1962d-15"
units:
  - "Chapter 19B — Water Resources Planning"
  - "Subchapter IV — Miscellaneous Provisions"
---

# §1962d–15. Protection of United States from liability for damages; exception of damages due to fault or negligence of United States


The requirement in any water resources development [project](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) under the jurisdiction of the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of the Army, that non-Federal interests hold and save the United States free from damages due to the [construction](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=7), operation, and maintenance of the [project](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2), does not include damages due to the fault or negligence of the United States or its contractors.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–251, title I, § 9, Mar. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 16.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1974, and not as part of the Water Resources Planning Act which comprises this chapter.