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33 U.S.C. 568: Limitation on power of committee of Congress to consider projectsText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 33-NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERSCHAPTER 12-RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY

§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 .)

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