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33 U.S. Code § 568 - Limitation on power of committee of Congress to consider projects

No project shall be considered by any committee of Congress with a view to its adoption, except with a view to a survey, if five years have elapsed since a report upon a survey of such project has been submitted to Congress pursuant to law.

(Sept. 22, 1922, ch. 427, § 9, 42 Stat. 1043.)
Editorial Notes
Codification

Section is from act Sept. 22, 1922, popularly known as the “Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1918”.