Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§570 Default in contract; disposition of amounts collected
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 570
Summary
Money recovered from defaulting contractors or their sureties on Engineer Department river, harbor, or flood-control contracts must be credited to the contract's appropriation.
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Title 33, §570
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Any amounts collected from defaulting contractors or their sureties under contracts entered into in connection with river and harbor or flood-control work prosecuted by the Engineer Department, whether collected in cash or by deduction from amounts otherwise due such contractors, hereafter shall be credited in each case to the appropriation under which the contract was made.
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33 U.S.C. § 570
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73