In general
31 U.S.C. 6505Notwithstanding section 211 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 ( note), the Secretary, at the request of a local government, is authorized to provide technical services, on a reimbursable basis, to the local government to assess the reasons a federally constructed levee owned or operated by the local government is not accredited by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Federal levees
In carrying out this section, in a case in which a levee owned and operated by the Secretary is hydraulically tied to a levee described in subsection (a), the Secretary is encouraged to cooperate, to the maximum extent practicable, with the relevant local governmental entities in assessing the reasons the levee described in subsection (a) is not accredited.
Limitation
Pub. L. 115–270, title I, § 1123132 Stat. 3779(, , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
section 211 of Pub. L. 106–541section 6505 of Title 31Section 211 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000, referred to in subsec. (a), is , which is set out as a note under , Money and Finance.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018, and also as part of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, and not as part of the National Levee Safety Act of 2007 which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
“Secretary” Defined
section 102 of Pub. L. 115–270section 2201 of this titleSecretary means the Secretary of the Army, see , set out as a note under .