Us Code § 568 - Limitation on power of committee of Congress to consider projects
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§ 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.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section is from act Sept. 22, 1922, popularly known as the "Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1918".
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