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33 U.S.C. § 522 — Existing provisions of law

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33 U.S.C. § 522 — Existing provisions of law

The first sentence of [section 494 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section494&num=0&edition=prelim), and [section 502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section502&num=0&edition=prelim), shall be inapplicable with respect to any bridge to which the provisions of this subchapter are applicable.

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33 U.S.C. § 494 — Obstruction of navigation; alterations and removals; lights and signals; draws

No bridge erected or maintained under the provisions of sections 491 to 494 and 495 to 498 of this title, shall at any time unreasonably obstruct the free navigation of the waters over which it is constructed, and if any bridge erected in accordance with the provisions of said sections, shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating at any time unreasonably obstruct such navigation, either on account of insufficient height, width of span, or otherwise, or if there be difficulty in passing the draw opening or the drawspan of such bridge by rafts, steamboats, or other water craft, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating after giving the parties interested reasonable opportunity to be heard, to notify the persons owning or controlling such bridge to so alter the same as to render navigation through or under it reasonably free, easy, and unobstructed, stating in such notice the changes required to be made, and prescribing in each case a reasonable time in which to make such changes, and if at the end of the time so specified the changes so required have not been made, the persons owning or controlling such bridge shall be deemed guilty of a violation of said sections; and all such alterations shall be made and all such obstructions shall be removed at the expense of the persons owning or operating said bridge. The persons owning or operating any such bridge shall maintain, at their own expense, such lights and other signals thereon as the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall prescribe. If the bridge shall be constructed with a draw, then the draw shall be opened promptly by the persons owning or operating such bridge upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats and other

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33 U.S.C. § 502 — Alteration, removal, or repair of bridge or accessory obstructions to navigation

**(a) Criminal penalties for violation; alteration or removal requirements; notice and hearing; specification of changes; time for compliance; notice to United States attorney; misdemeanor; fine; new offenses** Whenever the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall have good reason to believe that any railroad or other bridge over any of the navigable waterways of the United States is an unreasonable obstruction to the free navigation of such waters on account of insufficient height, width of span, or otherwise, or where there is difficulty in passing the draw opening or the draw span of such bridge by rafts, steamboats, or other water craft, it shall be the duty of the said Secretary, first giving the parties reasonable opportunity to be heard, to give notice to the persons or corporations owning or controlling such bridge so to alter the same as to render navigation through or under it reasonably free, easy, and unobstructed; and in giving such notice he shall specify the changes that are required to be made, and shall prescribe in each case a reasonable time in which to make them. If at the end of such time the alteration has not been made, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall forthwith notify the United States attorney for the district in which such bridge is situated, to the end that the criminal proceedings hereinafter in this section mentioned may be taken. If the persons, corporation, or association owning or controlling any railroad or other bridge shall, after receiving notice to that effect, as hereinbefore required, from the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating and within the time prescribed by him willfully fail or refuse to remove the same or to comply with th

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33 U.S.C. § 522 — Existing provisions of law

Page 111 TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS § 522 tation. Pub. L. 97–449 amended this section to reflect transfer made by section 6(g)(3) of Pub. L. 89–670, and repealed section 6(g)(3). Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS ‘‘Fiscal Service’’ substituted in text for ‘‘Division of Disbursement’’ on authority of section 1(a)(1) of Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Govern- ment Organization and Employees, which consolidated such division into Fiscal Service of Department of the Treasury. See section 306 of Title 31, Money and Fi- nance. § 518. Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the pro- visions of this subchapter. (June 21, 1940, ch. 409, § 8, 54 Stat. 500.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ALTERATION OF BRIDGES Pub. L. 108–90, title II, Oct. 1, 2003, 117 Stat. 1144, pro- vided in part: ‘‘That in fiscal year 2004 and thereafter, funds for bridge alteration projects conducted pursuant to the Act of June 21, 1940 (33 U.S.C. 511 et seq.) shall be available for such projects only to the extent that the steel, iron, and manufactured products used in such projects are produced in the United States, unless con- trary to law or international agreement, or unless the Commandant of the Coast Guard determines such ac- tion to be inconsistent with the public interest or the cost unreasonable.’’ Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation act: Pub. L. 108–7, div. I, title I, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 389. § 519. Noncompliance with orders; penalties; re- moval of bridge Any bridge owner who shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order of the

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