Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, and not as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 which comprises this chapter.

2016—Pub. L. 114–322 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to access to water resource data.

Pub. L. 116–260, div. AA, title I, § 158(b), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2662, provided that: “The Secretary [of the Army] shall prioritize making publicly available water resources data in the custody of the Corps of Engineers, as authorized by section 2017 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 2342).”

Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L. 110–114, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.