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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 5303 (Received in Senate) — To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and devel... · Sec. 157

Sec. 157. Work defined

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Section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. 1152, chapter 425; 33 U.S.C. 408 ), is amended— by striking It shall not be lawful and inserting the following: It shall not be lawful ; and by adding at the end the following: In this section, the term work means engineered structures that serve a particular function. In this section, the term ‘work’ includes only structures of like kind with those identified in subsection (a). In this section, the term ‘work’ does not include— the river channel as such, whether or not dredging is necessary to maintain navigational depths; unimproved real estate; or a particular feature or structure merely because the feature or structure is present within a Federal project. .
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