33 U.S.C. § 557b — Sale of publications, charts, or other ma-

Page 127 TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS § 557b Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Subsec. (f) of this section amended section 555 of this title. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ‘‘SECRETARY’’ DEFINED Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see sec- tion 2201 of this title. § 556. Printing reports generally The Secretary of the Army shall cause the manuscript of the annual report of the Chief of Engineers and subordinate engineers, relating to the improvement of rivers and harbors, and the report of the Mississippi River Commission to be placed in the hands of the Director of the Gov- ernment Publishing Office on or before the 15th day of October in each year, and the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall cause said reports to be printed with an accurate and comprehensive index thereof, on or before the first Monday in December in each year, for the use of Congress. All reports on examinations and surveys which may be prepared during the recess of Congress shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Army, be printed by the Director of the Govern- ment Publishing Office as documents of the fol- lowing session of Congress. (Aug. 11, 1888, ch. 860, § 8, 25 Stat. 424; June 13, 1902, ch. 1079, § 1, 32 Stat. 367; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 144, § 3, 37 Stat. 826; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(d), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION The first paragraph of this section is from act Aug. 11, 1888, popularly known as the ‘‘Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act’’. The Mississippi River Commission was created by act June 28, 1879, set out as sections 641, 642, 644, 646, and 647 of this title. The words ‘‘and Missouri’’ which appeared in the original text after ‘‘Mississippi’’ were superseded by the abolition of the Missouri River Commission by act June 13, 1902, ch. 1079, § 1, 32 Stat. 367. The second paragraph of this section is from the last paragraph of section 3 of act Mar. 4, 1913, which super- seded a similar provision of act July 25, 1912, ch. 253, 37 Stat. 231. Other parts of said section 3 are set out in section 545 of this title. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME ‘‘Director of the Government Publishing Office’’ sub- stituted for ‘‘Public Printer’’ in text on authority of section 1301(d) of Pub. L. 113–235, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 44, Public Printing and Docu- ments. Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Sec- retary 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, en- acted ‘‘Title 10, Armed Forces’’ which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under ad- ministrative supervision of Secretary of the Army. COMPILATION AND PRINTING OF LAWS Act June 5, 1920, ch. 252, § 6, 41 Stat. 1014, as amended by act Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 467, § 4, 43 Stat. 1190, provided for compilation and printing of laws relating to improve- ment of rivers and harbors, passed between Mar. 4, 1913, until and including laws of second session of Sixty- eighth Congress. § 557. Payment of costs of printing The printing of matter relating to river and harbor works, including all reports, compila- tions, regulations, and so forth, whose prepara- tion is allowable under Department of the Army regulations, shall be done and paid for out of regular annual appropriations for printing and binding for the Department of the Army. (July 25, 1912, ch. 253, § 13, 37 Stat. 234; July 1, 1916, ch. 209, § 1, 39 Stat. 330; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section is from section 1 of act July 1, 1916, repealing section 13 of act July 25, 1912. Section 1 of that act was a provision, following an ap- propriation for printing for the War Department, of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act for 1917. The repealed section 13 of act July 25, 1912, read as follows: ‘‘The printing of matter relating to river and harbor works, including all reports, compilations, regu- lations, and so forth, whose preparation is allowable under War Department regulations, may, upon rec- ommendation of the Chief of Engineers and approval by the Secretary of War, be paid for from river and harbor appropriations.’’ Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Sec- retary 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, en- acted ‘‘Title 10, Armed Forces’’ which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under ad- ministrative supervision of Secretary of the Army. § 557a. Publication of pamphlets, maps, bro- chures, and other material The Chief of Engineers is authorized to publish information pamphlets, maps, brochures, and other material on river and harbor, flood con- trol, and other civil works activities, including related public park and recreation facilities, under his jurisdiction, as he may deem to be of value to the general public. (Pub. L. 85–480, § 1, July 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 279.) § 557b. Sale of publications, charts, or other ma- terial; deposit of proceeds The Chief of Engineers is authorized to pro- vide for the sale of any of the material prepared under authority of section 557a of this title; and of publications, charts, or material prepared under his direction pursuant to other legislative authorization or appropriation, and to charge therefor a sum not less than the cost of repro- duction. The money received from sales author- ized by this section shall be deposited into the Page 128 TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS § 558 Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts, except that in any case in which the cost of re- production has been paid from the revolving fund established pursuant to the Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1954, the proceeds shall be deposited to the credit of such fund. (Pub. L. 85–480, § 2, July 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 279.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1954, referred to in text, is act July 27, 1953, ch. 245, 67 Stat. 197. Pro- visions of the Act establishing the revolving fund are classified to section 576 of this title. § 558. Proceeds from sale or transfer of property acquired When any property which has been heretofore or may be hereafter purchased or acquired for the improvement of rivers and harbors is no longer needed, or is no longer serviceable and is transferred or sold, the proceeds thereof may be credited to the appropriation for the work for which it was acquired. (June 13, 1902, ch. 1079, § 5, 32 Stat. 373; Feb. 20, 1931, ch. 235, 46 Stat. 1191; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 4(4), 65 Stat. 709.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section originally began with the words ‘‘when any land or other’’ preceding ‘‘property’’. The words, ‘‘land or other’’, were deleted on the basis of act February 20, 1931, which provided, ‘‘that hereafter no real estate of the War Department shall be sold or disposed of with- out authority of Congress, and all existing Acts or parts thereof in conflict with this proviso, other than special Acts for the sale of stated tracts of land, are hereby repealed.’’ Section is from the first part of section 5 of act June 13, 1902, which was a provision of the Rivers and Har- bors Appropriation Act for 1902. The last part of such section 5 is set out as section 631 of this title. AMENDMENTS 1951—Act Oct. 31, 1951, struck out provisions author- izing the Secretary of the Army to sell the unservice- able property referred to, and authorizing him to direct the transfer of any property employed in river and har- bor works; struck out the provision that the property so transferred should be valued and credited to the project upon which it was theretofore used and charged to the project to which it was transferred; and inserted ‘‘and is transferred or sold, the proceeds thereof may be credited to the appropriation for the work for which it was acquired’’. § 558a. Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 1(56), 65 Stat. 703 Section, act Aug. 30, 1935, ch. 831, § 7, 49 Stat. 1048, re- lated to sale of property no longer needed for improve- ment of canals, rivers and harbors. § 558b. Exchange of land or property In any case in which it may be necessary or advisable in the execution of an authorized work of river and harbor improvement to exchange land or other property of the Government for private lands or property required for such project, the Secretary of the Army may, upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, authorize such exchange upon terms and condi- tions deemed appropriate by him, and any con- veyance of Government land or interests therein necessary to effect such exchange may be exe- cuted by the Secretary of the Army: Provided further, That the authority granted to the Sec- retary of the Army shall not extend to or in- clude lands held or acquired by the Tennessee Valley Authority pursuant to the terms of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act [16 U.S.C. 831 et seq.]. This section shall apply to any exchanges heretofore deemed advisable in connection with the construction of the Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River. (June 20, 1938, ch. 535, § 2, 52 Stat. 804; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Tennessee Valley Authority Act, referred to in text, is act May 18, 1933, ch. 32, 48 Stat. 58, known as the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, which is classi- fied generally to chapter 12A (§ 831 et seq.) of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 831 of Title 16 and Tables. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Sec- retary 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, en- acted ‘‘Title 10, Armed Forces’’ which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under ad- ministrative supervision of Secretary of the Army. § 558b–1. Application to authorized works of flood control Section 558b of this title is made applicable to authorized works of flood control. (Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 699, § 3, 53 Stat. 1414.) § 558c. Rights-of-way over United States land The Secretary of the Army is authorized and empowered, under such terms and conditions as are deemed advisable by him, to grant ease- ments for rights-of-way for public roads and streets on and across lands acquired by the United States for river and harbor and flood con- trol improvements including, whenever nec- essary, the privilege of occupying so much of said lands as may be necessary for the piers, abutments, and other portions of a bridge struc- ture: Provided, That such rights-of-way shall be granted only upon a finding by the Secretary of the Army that the same will be in the public in- terest and will not substantially injure the in- terest of the United States in the property af- fected thereby: Provided further, That all or any part of such rights-of-way may be annulled and forfeited by the Secretary of the Army for fail- ure to comply with the terms or conditions of any grant hereunder or for nonuse or for aban- donment of rights granted under the authority hereof: Provided further, That the authority granted to the Secretary of the Army shall not