{"data":{"id":"us/33-u.s.c.-701b-8","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"33 U.S.C. § 701b–8","heading":"Submission of report by Chief of Engineers","body":"It is declared to be the policy of the Congress that the following provisions shall be observed: No project or any modification not authorized, of a project for flood control or rivers and harbors, shall be authorized by the Congress unless a report for such project or modification has been previously submitted by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, in conformity with existing law.","path":["Title 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS","CHAPTER 15—FLOOD CONTROL"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc33@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:09Z","sha256":"8177875f51b7223e1a7352d2fdba0fb4bd9bd4c390fad9e15ce52fa8d52798e6","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/33-u.s.c.-701b-7","next":"us/33-u.s.c.-701b-8a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}