Editorial Notes
Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–263, § 8104(1), inserted section catchline.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–263, § 8104(1), inserted heading.

Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 117–263, § 8104(1), (2)(B), designated first sentence of subsec. (a) as par. (1), inserted heading, and inserted “identification of areas subject to floods due to accumulated snags and other debris,” after “inundation by floods of various magnitudes and frequencies,”.

Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 117–263, § 8104(2)(A), designated second sentence of subsec. (a) as par. (2) and inserted heading.

Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 117–263, § 8104(2)(C), added par. (3).

Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 117–263, § 8104(3), (4), added subsec. (d) and redesignated former subsec. (d) as (e).

2020—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–260 inserted “, to avoid repetitive flooding impacts, to anticipate, prepare, and adapt to changing climatic conditions and extreme weather events, and to withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disruption due to the flood hazards” after “in planning to ameliorate the flood hazard”.

2014—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 113–121 substituted “$50,000,000” for “$15,000,000”.

1999—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–53, § 216, added subsec. (b). Former subsec. (b) redesignated (c).

Pub. L. 106–53, § 202, inserted before period at end of third sentence “, but the Secretary of the Army may accept funds voluntarily contributed by such entities for the purpose of expanding the scope of the services requested by the entities”.

Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 106–53, § 216(1), redesignated subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively.

1990—Pub. L. 101–640 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c).

1974—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93–251 substituted “$15,000,000” for “$11,000,000”.

1970—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 91–611 substituted “$11,000,000” for “$7,000,000”.

1966—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89–789, in amending subsec. (a) generally, substituted “political subdivisions thereof” for “municipalities” and “advice” for “engineering advice”, inserted provision “to assure that Federal departments and agencies may take proper cognizance of flood hazards”, provided for guidance of Federal and non-Federal interests and agencies and advice to other Federal agencies, and for surveys and guides upon request of a State or political subdivision in lieu of surveys and studies for specific localities upon request of a State or responsible local governmental agency.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89–789 substituted “expend not to exceed $7,000,000 per fiscal year for the compilation and dissemination of information under this section” for “allot, from any appropriations hereafter made for flood control, sums not to exceed $2,500,000 in any one fiscal year for the compilation and dissemination of such information”.

1965—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89–298 substituted “$2,500,000” for “$1,000,000”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name

“Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency” substituted for “Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency” in subsec. (b) on authority of section 612(c) of Pub. L. 109–295, set out as a note under section 313 of Title 6, Domestic Security. Any reference to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in title VI of Pub. L. 109–295 or an amendment by title VI to be considered to refer and apply to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency until Mar. 31, 2007, see section 612(f)(2) of Pub. L. 109–295, set out as a note under section 313 of Title 6.

Watershed Planning and Technical Assistance

Pub. L. 117–263, div. H, title LXXXI, § 8119(b), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3711, provided that: “In providing assistance under section 22 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–16) or pursuant to section 206 of the Flood Control Act of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 709a), the Secretary [of the Army] shall, upon request, provide such assistance at a watershed scale.”

Prioritizing Flood Risk Resiliency Technical Assistance

Pub. L. 116–260, div. AA, title I, § 111(b), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2625, provided that: “In carrying out section 206 of the Flood Control Act of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 709a), the Secretary [of the Army] shall prioritize the provision of technical assistance to support flood risk resiliency planning efforts of economically disadvantaged communities or communities subject to repetitive flooding.”

[For definition of “economically disadvantaged community” as used in section 111(b) of div. AA of Pub. L. 116–260, set out above, see section 160 of div. AA of Pub. L. 116–260, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.]