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Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 12 - RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY (§§ 540 - 633)
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Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, 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 633 |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
- Table Of Contents
- Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 540 - 579a)
- Section 540 - Investigations and improvements; control by Department of the Army; wildlife conservation
- Section 540a - Availability of appropriations for attendance by military personnel at meetings and for printing...
- Section 541 - Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors; establishment; duties and powers generally
- Section 542 - Review by Board of Engineers of reports on examinations and surveys and special reports
- Section 543 - Employment of civil engineers on western and northwestern rivers
- Section 544 - Repealed. Aug. 19, 1968, Pub. L. 88-448, §402(a)(9), 78 Stat. 493
- Section 544a - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 650
- Section 544b - Employment of physicians to examine employees; fee or employment basis; validation of prior...
- Section 544c - Minority group participation in construction of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway project; annual...
- Section 545 - Preliminary examinations and reports; surveys; contents of report to Congress generally
- Section 545a - Discontinuance
- Section 546 - Investigation of stream flow and watersheds; surveys in connection with dams
- Section 546a - Information as to configuration of shore line
- Section 547 - Reports as to local benefits of improvement and recommendations as to local cooperation
- Section 547a - Inclusion of regional economic development benefits in economic analysis for purposes of...
- Section 548 - Omitted
- Section 549 - Repealed. Pub. L. 96-470, title I, §104(c), Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2238
- Section 549a - Review of navigation, flood control, and water supply projects
- Section 550 - Report on water terminal and transfer facilities
- Section 551 - Policy of Government as to terminal facilities for new projects
- Section 552 - Repealed. May 29, 1928, ch. 901, §1(28), 45 Stat. 988
- Section 553 - Freight statistics
- Section 554 - Duty of shipowners and officers to furnish information to person in local charge of improvement...
- Section 555 - Duty of shipowners and officers to furnish information required by Secretary of the Army
- Section 555a - Petroleum product information
- Section 556 - Printing reports generally
- Section 557 - Payment of costs of printing
- Section 557a - Publication of pamphlets, maps, brochures, and other material
- Section 557b - Sale of publications, charts, or other material; deposit of proceeds
- Section 558 - Proceeds from sale or transfer of property acquired
- Section 558a - Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, §1(56), 65 Stat. 703
- Section 558b - Exchange of land or property
- Section 558b-1 - Application to authorized works of flood control
- Section 558c - Rights-of-way over United States land
- Section 559 - Disposition of rentals for Government plants
- Section 560 - Contributions from private parties; return of excess
- Section 561 - Advances by private parties; repayment
- Section 561a - Contributions from local interests; reduction to meet lowered cost
- Section 562 - Channel depths and dimensions defined
- Section 562a - Project depths for national defense purposes; waterways for general commerce
- Section 563 - Omitted
- Section 564 - Repealed. July 3, 1943, ch. 189, §5, 57 Stat. 374
- Section 565 - River and harbor improvement by private or municipal enterprise
- Section 566 - Improvement by or under authority of State of New Jersey
- Section 567 - Navigation and flood control improvements by Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota
- Section 567a - Flood and pollution control compacts between certain States
- Section 567b - Pollution of Potomac drainage basin; control by State compacts
- Section 567b-1 - Amended compact
- Section 568 - Limitation on power of committee of Congress to consider projects
- Section 569 - Personal equipment for employees; use of funds for purpose
- Section 569a - Temporary employment of experts or consultants; compensation
- Section 569b - Contracts; architect and engineering services; surveying and mapping services
- Section 569c - Services of volunteers
- Section 569d - Safety award and promotional materials
- Section 569e - Use of private sector resources in surveying and mapping
- Section 569f - Debarment of persons convicted of fraudulent use of “Made in America” labels
- Section 570 - Default in contract; disposition of amounts collected
- Section 571 - Crediting reimbursements for lost, stolen, or damaged property
- Section 572 - Collection and removal of drift in Baltimore Harbor
- Section 573 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 656
- Section 574 - Omitted
- Section 574a - Training funds
- Section 575 - Availability of appropriations for expenses incident to operation of power boats or vessels...
- Section 576 - Revolving fund; establishment; availability; reimbursement; transfer of funds; limitation
- Section 576a - Purchase of passenger motor vehicles by Corps of Engineers
- Section 576b - Lease authority
- Section 577 - Small river and harbor improvement projects
- Section 577a - Small-boat navigation projects; charter fishing craft
- Section 577b - Cost of operation and maintenance of general navigation features of small boat harbor projects...
- Section 578 - Disposal of surplus property for development of public port or industrial facilities
- Section 579 - Repealed. Pub. L. 101-640, title I, §119(b), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4630
- Section 579a - Project deauthorizations
- Subchapter II - PAY AND ALLOWANCES; TRAVELING EXPENSES AND SUBSISTENCE (§§ 581 - 584a)
- Section 581 - Hiring special means of transportation
- Section 582 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 644
- Section 583 - Payment of allowances, etc., incident to change of station of Engineer officers from...
- Section 583a - Payment of pay and allowances of officers of Corps of Engineers from appropriation for improvements
- Section 584, 584a - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 647, 648
- Subchapter III - ACQUISITION OF LAND AND MATERIALS (§§ 591 - 598)
- Section 591 - Condemnation, purchase, and donation of land and materials
- Section 592 - Condemnation of land in aid of person, company, corporation, municipal or private
- Section 593 - Condemnation of land in aid of State or State agency
- Section 594 - When immediate possession of land may be taken
- Section 595 - Consideration of benefits in assessing compensation
- Section 595a - Compensation for taking or condemnation of property for public improvements; fair market value...
- Section 596 - Repealed. Pub. L. 91-646, title III, §306, Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1907
- Section 597 - Acquisition of lands for water resource development projects; information as to probable timing...
- Section 598 - Resettlement of displaced families, individuals, and business concerns
- Subchapter IV - PARTICULAR WORK OR IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 601 - 610)
- Section 601 - Mississippi River; regulation of reservoirs at headwaters
- Section 602 - Maintenance of channel of South Pass of Mississippi River
- Section 603 - Repealed. Mar. 2, 1945, ch. 19, §3, 59 Stat. 23
- Section 603a - Removal of snags and debris, and straightening, clearing, and protecting channels in navigable...
- Section 604 - Removal of snags, etc., from Mississippi River
- Section 605 - Operation of snag boats on Upper Mississippi River
- Section 606 - Removal of snags, and so forth, from Ohio River
- Section 607 - Removal of drift from New York Harbor
- Section 607a - Appropriations; separate project
- Section 608 - Construction of fishways
- Section 609 - Sluices and other work in dams for development of water power
- Section 610 - Control of aquatic plant growths
- Subchapter V - PROSECUTION OF WORK GENERALLY (§§ 621 - 633)
- Section 621 - By what methods river and harbor work may be authorized to be prosecuted
- Section 622 - Contracts, etc., with private industry for implementation of projects for improvements and...
- Section 623 - Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, §1(57), 65 Stat. 703
- Section 624 - Limitation on improvement work by private contract
- Section 625 - Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, §1(58), 65 Stat. 703
- Section 626 - Prosecution of work when appropriation insufficient
- Section 627 - Application of appropriation when separate works are included therein
- Section 628 - Expenditure for dredging within harbor lines
- Section 629 - Contract for hire of dredging plant
- Section 630 - Limitation on expenditure for purchase of dredges
- Section 631 - Transfer of property between projects
- Section 632 - Omitted
- Section 633 - Protection, alteration, reconstruction, relocation, or replacement of structures and facilities...
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