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Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 12 - River and Harbor Improvements Generally
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 12 - RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY |
| Contains | sections 540 to 634 |
| Date | 2018 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 14, 2019 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
- Table of Contents
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Subchapter I - General Provisions
(Sections 540 - 579f)
- Sec. 540 - Investigations and improvements; control by Department of the Army; wildlife conservation
- Sec. 540a - Availability of appropriations for attendance by military personnel at meetings and for printing survey reports
- Sec. 541 - Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors; establishment; duties and powers generally
- Sec. 542 - Review by Board of Engineers of reports on examinations and surveys and special reports
- Sec. 543 - Employment of civil engineers on western and northwestern rivers
- Sec. 544 - Repealed. Aug. 19, 1968, Pub. L. 88-448, §402(a)(9), 78 Stat. 493
- Sec. 544a - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 650
- Sec. 544b - Employment of physicians to examine employees; fee or employment basis; validation of prior agreements
- Sec. 544c - Minority group participation in construction of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway project; annual report to Congress
- Sec. 545 - Preliminary examinations and reports; surveys; contents of report to Congress generally
- Sec. 545a - Discontinuance
- Sec. 546 - Investigation of stream flow and watersheds; surveys in connection with dams
- Sec. 546a - Information as to configuration of shore line
- Sec. 547 - Reports as to local benefits of improvement and recommendations as to local cooperation
- Sec. 547a - Inclusion of regional economic development benefits in economic analysis for purposes of computing economic justification of project
- Sec. 548 - Omitted
- Sec. 549 - Repealed. Pub. L. 96-470, title I, §104(c), Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2238
- Sec. 549a - Review of navigation, flood control, and water supply projects
- Sec. 549b - Inclusion of project or facility in Corps of Engineers workplan
- Sec. 550 - Report on water terminal and transfer facilities
- Sec. 551 - Policy of Government as to terminal facilities for new projects
- Sec. 552 - Repealed. May 29, 1928, ch. 901, §1(28), 45 Stat. 988
- Sec. 553 - Freight statistics
- Sec. 554 - Duty of shipowners and officers to furnish information to person in local charge of improvement; penalty
- Sec. 555 - Duty of shipowners and officers to furnish information required by Secretary of the Army
- Sec. 555a - Petroleum product information
- Sec. 556 - Printing reports generally
- Sec. 557 - Payment of costs of printing
- Sec. 557a - Publication of pamphlets, maps, brochures, and other material
- Sec. 557b - Sale of publications, charts, or other material; deposit of proceeds
- Sec. 558 - Proceeds from sale or transfer of property acquired
- Sec. 558a - Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, §1(56), 65 Stat. 703
- Sec. 558b - Exchange of land or property
- Sec. 558b-1 - Application to authorized works of flood control
- Sec. 558c - Rights-of-way over United States land
- Sec. 559 - Disposition of rentals for Government plants
- Sec. 560 - Contributions from private parties; return of excess
- Sec. 561 - Repealed. Pub. L. 115-270, title I, §1166(c), Oct. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 3798
- Sec. 561a - Contributions from local interests; reduction to meet lowered cost
- Sec. 562 - Channel depths and dimensions defined
- Sec. 562a - Project depths for national defense purposes; waterways for general commerce
- Sec. 563 - Omitted
- Sec. 564 - Repealed. July 3, 1943, ch. 189, §5, 57 Stat. 374
- Sec. 565 - River and harbor improvement by private or municipal enterprise
- Sec. 566 - Improvement by or under authority of State of New Jersey
- Sec. 567 - Navigation and flood control improvements by Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota
- Sec. 567a - Flood and pollution control compacts between certain States
- Sec. 567b - Pollution of Potomac drainage basin; control by State compacts
- Sec. 567b-1 - Amended compact
- Sec. 568 - Limitation on power of committee of Congress to consider projects
- Sec. 569 - Personal equipment for employees; use of funds for purpose
- Sec. 569a - Temporary employment of experts or consultants; compensation
- Sec. 569b - Contracts; architect and engineering services; surveying and mapping services
- Sec. 569c - Services of volunteers
- Sec. 569d - Safety award and promotional materials
- Sec. 569e - Use of private sector resources in surveying and mapping
- Sec. 569f - Debarment of persons convicted of fraudulent use of "Made in America" labels
- Sec. 570 - Default in contract; disposition of amounts collected
- Sec. 571 - Crediting reimbursements for lost, stolen, or damaged property
- Sec. 572 - Collection and removal of drift in Baltimore Harbor
- Sec. 573 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 656
- Sec. 574 - Omitted
- Sec. 574a - Training funds
- Sec. 575 - Availability of appropriations for expenses incident to operation of power boats or vessels; expenses defined; certification of expenditures
- Sec. 576 - Revolving fund; establishment; availability; reimbursement; transfer of funds; limitation
- Sec. 576a - Purchase of passenger motor vehicles by Corps of Engineers
- Sec. 576b - Lease authority
- Sec. 576c - Corps of Engineers operation of unmanned aircraft systems
- Sec. 577 - Small river and harbor improvement projects
- Sec. 577a - Small-boat navigation projects; charter fishing craft
- Sec. 577b - Cost of operation and maintenance of general navigation features of small boat harbor projects; applicable projects
- Sec. 578 - Disposal of surplus property for development of public port or industrial facilities
- Sec. 578a - Disposition studies
- Sec. 578b - Disposition of projects
- Sec. 579 - Repealed. Pub. L. 101-640, title I, §119(b), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4630
- Sec. 579a - Corps budgeting; project deauthorizations; comprehensive backlog report
- Sec. 579b - Omitted
- Sec. 579c - Backlog prevention: projects from Public Law 113-121
- Sec. 579c-1 - Backlog prevention: projects from Public Law 114-322
- Sec. 579c-2 - Backlog prevention: projects from Public Law 115-270
- Sec. 579d - Deauthorization of inactive projects as of Public Law 114-322
- Sec. 579d-1 - Deauthorization of inactive projects as of Public Law 115-270
- Sec. 579e - Access to real estate data
- Sec. 579f - Budgetary evaluation metrics and transparency; public participation
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Subchapter II - Pay and Allowances; Traveling Expenses and Subsistence
(Sections 581 - 584a)
- Sec. 581 - Hiring special means of transportation
- Sec. 582 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 644
- Sec. 583 - Payment of allowances, etc., incident to change of station of Engineer officers from appropriation for improvements
- Sec. 583a - Payment of pay and allowances of officers of Corps of Engineers from appropriation for improvements
- Secs. 584, 584a - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 647, 648
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Subchapter III - Acquisition of Land and Materials
(Sections 591 - 598a)
- Sec. 591 - Condemnation, purchase, and donation of land and materials
- Sec. 592 - Condemnation of land in aid of person, company, corporation, municipal or private
- Sec. 593 - Condemnation of land in aid of State or State agency
- Sec. 594 - When immediate possession of land may be taken
- Sec. 595 - Consideration of benefits in assessing compensation
- Sec. 595a - Compensation for taking or condemnation of property for public improvements; fair market value; partial taking; effective date
- Sec. 596 - Repealed. Pub. L. 91-646, title III, §306, Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1907
- Sec. 597 - Acquisition of lands for water resource development projects; information as to probable timing for acquisition; public meetings; regulations
- Sec. 598 - Resettlement of displaced families, individuals, and business concerns
- Sec. 598a - Property acquisition
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Subchapter IV - Particular Work or Improvements
(Sections 601 - 610)
- Sec. 601 - Mississippi River; regulation of reservoirs at headwaters
- Sec. 602 - Maintenance of channel of South Pass of Mississippi River
- Sec. 603 - Repealed. Mar. 2, 1945, ch. 19, §3, 59 Stat. 23
- Sec. 603a - Removal of snags and debris, and straightening, clearing, and protecting channels in navigable waters
- Sec. 604 - Removal of snags, etc., from Mississippi River
- Sec. 605 - Operation of snag boats on Upper Mississippi River
- Sec. 605a - Mississippi River forecasting improvements
- Sec. 606 - Removal of snags, and so forth, from Ohio River
- Sec. 607 - Removal of drift from New York Harbor
- Sec. 607a - Appropriations; separate project
- Sec. 608 - Construction of fishways
- Sec. 609 - Sluices and other work in dams for development of water power
- Sec. 610 - Control of aquatic plant growths and invasive species
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Subchapter V - Prosecution of Work Generally
(Sections 621 - 634)
- Sec. 621 - By what methods river and harbor work may be authorized to be prosecuted
- Sec. 622 - Contracts, etc., with private industry for implementation of projects for improvements and dredging; reduction of federally owned fleet
- Sec. 623 - Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, §1(57), 65 Stat. 703
- Sec. 624 - Limitation on improvement work by private contract
- Sec. 625 - Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, §1(58), 65 Stat. 703
- Sec. 626 - Prosecution of work when appropriation insufficient
- Sec. 627 - Application of appropriation when separate works are included therein
- Sec. 628 - Expenditure for dredging within harbor lines
- Sec. 629 - Contract for hire of dredging plant
- Sec. 630 - Limitation on expenditure for purchase of dredges
- Sec. 631 - Transfer of property between projects
- Sec. 632 - Omitted
- Sec. 633 - Protection, alteration, reconstruction, relocation, or replacement of structures and facilities; contract standards; reasonable costs
- Sec. 634 - Assistance relating to water supply
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