33-U.S.C.-626
§626 – Prosecution of Work When Appropriation Insufficient
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Title 33 > Chapter 12 > Subchapter V > Section 626
Details
- Reference: Section 626
- Legend: §626 – Prosecution of Work When Appropriation Insufficient
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
Whenever the appropriations made, or authorized to be made, for the completion of any river and harbor work shall prove insufficient therefor, the Secretary of the Army may, in his discretion, on the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, apply the funds so appropriated or authorized to the prosecution of such work.
(July 25, 1912, ch. 253, §8, 37 Stat. 233; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, §205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
Codification
Section is from part of section 8 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1912. The omitted part of such section 8 was set out in section 625 of this title.
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted Title 10, Armed Forces which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
Similar Provisions
A similar provision was contained in act Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2509, §1, 34 Stat. 1073.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
33-U.S.C.-607A in the Legal Encyclopedia: Harbor
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