Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§557b Sale of publications, charts, or other material; deposit of proceeds
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 557b
Summary
Chief of Engineers may sell materials made under section 557a or other works and must charge at least reproduction cost. Proceeds go to the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, unless reproduction costs were paid from the revolving fund under the Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1954, in which case the money returns to that fund.
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Title 33, §557b
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The Chief of Engineers is authorized to provide 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 reproduction. The money received from sales authorized by this section shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts, except that in any case in which the cost of reproduction 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.
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The Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1954, referred to in text, is act July 27, 1953, ch. 245, 67 Stat. 197. Provisions of the Act establishing the revolving fund are classified to section 576 of this title.
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33 U.S.C. § 557b
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73