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§687 Use of State dredge and appliances in river and harbor improvements

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 14— - CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION › § 687

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Army may accept and use dredging machines or other related equipment that California offers and that the State owns or controls for U.S. river or harbor improvement projects in California, whether the work is done by the United States alone or with the State. The United States will not pay California for using the equipment and will not be held legally responsible for that use.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §687

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The Secretary of the Army is authorized to accept from the State of California the use of any dredger, or appliances owned or controlled by said State, conformably to any offer thereof by the said State; and the Secretary of the Army is authorized to use any such dredger or appliances in any river or harbor improvement that may be prosecuted therein by the United States, either on the part of the United States alone or conjointly with said State: Provided, That nothing shall be paid to the State of California for the use of said dredger, and that nothing herein contained shall create any liability against the United States.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of act Mar. 3, 1899, popularly known as the “Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899”, and not as part of act Mar. 1, 1893, ch. 183, 27 Stat. 507, which comprises this chapter.

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July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641.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.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 687

Title 33Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73