§ 523. Relocation of bridges

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1940

   Pub. L. 76–409 § 13 · 54 Stat. 497

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 523

   June 21, 1940, ch. 409, § 13, 54 Stat. 502

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 21, 1940, ch. 409, § 13, 54 Stat. 502

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 13. relocation of bridges If the owner of any bridge used for railroad traffic and the Secretary shall agree that in order to remove an obstruction to navigation, or for any other purpose, a relocation of such bridge or the construction of a new bridge upon a new location would be preferable to an alteration of the existing bridge, such relocation or new construction may be carried out at such new site and upon such terms Apportionment of cost. as may be acceptable to the bridge owner and the Secretary, and the cost of such relocation or new construction, including also any expense of changes in and additions to rights-of-way, stations, tracks, spurs, sidings, switches, signals, and other railroad facilities and property, and relocation of shippers required for railroad connection with the bridge at the new site, shall be apportioned as between the bridge owner and the United States in the manner which is provided for in section 6 hereof in the case of an alteration and the share of the United States paid from the appropriation authorized in section 8 Proviso. Restriction on payments by U. S. hereof: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the United States to pay any part of the expense of building any bridge across a navigable stream which the Secretary of War shall not find to be, in fact, a relocation of an existing bridge.

2. 1983

   Pub. L. 97–449 § 2(d)(1) · 96 Stat. 2413

   Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 523

   Pub. L. 97–449 substituted “Secretary of Transportation” for “Secretary of War”. See Transfer of Functions note below

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 97–449 substituted “Secretary of Transportation” for “Secretary of War”. See Transfer of Functions note below.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Section 7 of the Act of March 4, 1915 (33 U.S.C. 471), rule 9 of section 1 of the Act of February 8, 1895 (33 U.S.C. 258), section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1894 (33 U.S.C. 499), sections 7 and 13 of the Act of June 21, 1940 (33 U.S.C. 517 and 523), the Act of August 21, 1935 (33 U.S.C. 503–507), the Act of March 23, 1906 (33 U.S.C. 491–498), and the General Bridge Act of 1946 (33 U.S.C. 525–533) are amended by striking out the words “Secretary of War” wherever they appear and substituting “Secretary of Transportation”.

3. 2016

   Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015

   Pub. L. 114–120 title III § 306(b)(4)(D) · 130 Stat. 27

   Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 523

   Pub. L. 114–120 substituted “Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating” for “Secretary of Transportation”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 114–120 substituted “Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating” for “Secretary of Transportation”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (D) in section 13 (33 U.S.C. 523), by striking “Secretary of Transportation” and inserting “Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating”.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision