Federal · Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

33 U.S.C. § 547: Reports as to local benefits of improvement and recommendations as to local cooperation

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Every report submitted to Congress in pursuance of any provision of law for a survey, in addition to other information which the Congress has directed shall be given, shall contain a statement of special or local benefit which will accrue to localities affected by such improvement and a statement of general or national benefits, with recommendations as to what local cooperation should be required, if any, on account of such special or local benefit.

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