Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§603a Removal of snags and debris, and straightening, clearing, and protecting channels in navigable waters
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - PARTICULAR WORK OR IMPROVEMENTS › § 603a
Summary
Secretary may use up to $5,000,000 annually from funds before or after March 2, 1945 for waterway work—removing debris and improving navigable channels—when Chief of Engineers finds it helps navigation, flood control, ecosystem restoration, or recreation.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §603a
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to allot not to exceed $5,000,000 from any appropriations made prior to or after March 2, 1945, for any one fiscal year for improvement of rivers and harbors, for removing accumulated snags, obstructions, and other debris located in or adjacent to a Federal channel, and for protecting, clearing, and straightening channels in navigable harbors and navigable streams and tributaries thereof, when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such work is advisable in the interest of navigation, flood control, ecosystem restoration, or recreation.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2022—Pub. L. 117–263 substituted “ecosystem restoration, or recreation” for “or recreation”. 2016—Pub. L. 114–322 substituted “$5,000,000” for “$1,000,000”, “accumulated snags, obstructions, and other debris located in or adjacent to a Federal channel” for “accumulated snags and other debris”, and “, flood control, or recreation” for “or flood control”. 1986—Pub. L. 99–662 substituted “$1,000,000” for “$300,000”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary 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July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641.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, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
Effective Date
of 1986 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 99–662 not applicable to any project under contract for
Construction
on Nov. 17, 1986, see section 915(i) of Pub. L. 99–662, set out as a note under section 426g of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
33 U.S.C. § 603a
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73