Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§575 Availability of appropriations for expenses incident to operation of power boats or vessels; expenses defined; certification of expenditures
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 575
Summary
Beginning July 31, 1947, Corps of Engineers money cannot be used to operate boats for private or non‑government purposes. The money can be used to pay inspection costs for Federal and State officials involved in authorized or proposed river, harbor, and flood‑control projects, but those costs must follow the Chief of Engineers' rules and be certified by a Division Engineer.
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Title 33, §575
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On and after July 31, 1947, no appropriation under the Corps of Engineers shall be available for any expenses incident to operating any power-driven boat or vessel on other than Government business, and that Government business shall be construed to include transportation, lodging, and subsistence on inspection trips of Federal and State officials, having a public interest in authorized or proposed improvements for river and harbor and flood control, and any expenses incurred therefor shall be chargeable to river and harbor and flood control appropriations heretofore or hereafter made under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Chief of Engineers: Provided, That such expenditures shall be certified by the Division Engineer as necessary and proper expenditures.
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Codification Section is also set out as section 701b–9 of this title. Section was formerly classified to section 190a and 199 of Title 10 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 10, Armed Forces, by act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 1, 70A Stat. 1.
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33 U.S.C. § 575
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73