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Code · U.S. Code · Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · CHAPTER 36— WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT · SUBCHAPTER V— GENERAL PROVISIONS · § 2321

§ 2321. Operation and maintenance of navigation and hydroelectric facilities

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(a)In general Activities currently performed by personnel under the direction of the Secretary in connection with the operation and maintenance of navigation or hydroelectric power generating facilities at Corps of Engineers water resources projects are to be considered as inherently governmental functions and not commercial activities.
(b)Major maintenance contracts allowed This section does not prohibit contracting out major maintenance or other functions which are currently contracted out or studying services not directly connected with project maintenance and operations.
(c)Exclusion This section does not—
(1)apply to a navigation facility that was under contract on or before October 23, 2018, with a non-Federal interest to perform operations or maintenance; and
(2)prohibit the Secretary from contracting out commercial activities after October 23, 2018, at a navigation facility.
(Pub. L. 101–640, title III, § 314, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4641; Pub. L. 115–270, title I, § 1151(a), Oct. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 3787.)
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  • Pub. L. 101–640, title III, § 314
  • 104 Stat. 4641
  • 132 Stat. 3787
  • 138 Stat. 3039
  • section 2 of Pub. L. 101–640
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