Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 12 — River and Harbor Improvements Generally
§ 562a. Project depths for national defense purposes; waterways for general commerce
Statutory text
The Chief of Engineers, under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, is hereby authorized to maintain authorized river and harbor projects in excess of authorized project depths where such excess depths have been provided by the United States for defense purposes and whenever the Chief of Engineers determines that such waterways also serve essential needs of general commerce.
Legislative history
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River and Harbor Act of 1968
Pub. L. 90–483 title I § 117 · 82 Stat. 731
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 562a
(Pub. L. 90–483, title I, § 117, Aug. 13, 1968, 82 Stat. 737.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 90–483, title I, § 117, Aug. 13, 1968, 82 Stat. 737.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 117. The Chief of Engineers, under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, is hereby authorized to maintain authorized river and harbor projects in excess of authorized project depths where such excess depths have been provided by the United States for defense purposes and whenever the Chief of Engineers determines that such waterways also serve essential needs of general commerce.
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