---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 605a"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "605a"
heading: "Mississippi River forecasting improvements"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/605a"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — River and Harbor Improvements Generally"
  - "Subchapter IV — Particular Work or Improvements"
---

# §605a. Mississippi River forecasting improvements

- (1) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2), in consultation with the [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, the [Director](/usc/33/1122.md?p=2) of the United States Geological Survey, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the [Director](/usc/33/1122.md?p=2) of the National Weather Service, as applicable, shall improve forecasting on the Mississippi River by—
  - (A) updating forecasting technology deployed on the Mississippi River and its tributaries through—
    - (i) the [construction](/usc/33/426e.md?p=c) of additional automated river gages;
    - (ii) the rehabilitation of existing automated and manual river gages; and
    - (iii) the replacement of manual river gages with automated gages, as the [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) determines to be necessary;
  - (B) constructing additional sedimentation ranges on the Mississippi River and its tributaries; and
  - (C) deploying additional automatic identification [system](/usc/33/3602.md?p=8) base stations at river gage sites.
- (2) **Prioritization—** In carrying out this section, the [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) shall prioritize the sections of the Mississippi River on which additional and more reliable information would have the greatest impact on maintaining navigation on the Mississippi River.
- (3) **Report—** Not later than 1 year after June 10, 2014, the [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) shall submit to Congress and make publicly available a report on the activities carried out by the [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) under this section.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–121, title IV, § 4002(a), June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1308.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### “Secretary” Defined

Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L. 113–121, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.