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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
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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
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The Chief of Engineers is authorized to publish information pamphlets, maps, brochures, and other material on river and harbor, flood control, 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.
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