PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary of the Army must give the yearly reports about river and harbor improvements from the Chief of Engineers, other Army engineers, and the Mississippi River Commission to the Director of the Government Publishing Office on or before October 15 each year. The Director must print those reports with an accurate, complete index by the first Monday in December each year for use by Congress. Reports of examinations or surveys made while Congress is not in session may, at the Secretary’s choice, be printed by the Director as documents of the next session of Congress.

Title 33, §556

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The Secretary of the Army shall cause the manuscript of the annual report of the Chief of Engineers and subordinate engineers, relating to the improvement of rivers and harbors, and the report of the Mississippi River Commission to be placed in the hands of the Director of the Government Publishing Office on or before the 15th day of October in each year, and the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall cause said reports to be printed with an accurate and comprehensive index thereof, on or before the first Monday in December in each year, for the use of Congress. All reports on examinations and surveys which may be prepared during the recess of Congress shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Army, be printed by the Director of the Government Publishing Office as documents of the following session of Congress.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification The first paragraph of this section is from act Aug. 11, 1888, popularly known as the “Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act”. The Mississippi River Commission was created by act

June 28, 1879, set out as section 641, 642, 644, 646, and 647 of this title. The words “and Missouri” which appeared in the original text after “Mississippi” were superseded by the abolition of the Missouri River Commission by act

June 13, 1902, ch. 1079, § 1, 32 Stat. 367. The second paragraph of this section is from the last paragraph of section 3 of act Mar. 4, 1913, which superseded a similar provision of act

July 25, 1912, ch. 253, 37 Stat. 231. Other parts of said section 3 are set out in section 545 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Director of the Government Publishing Office” substituted for “Public Printer” in text on authority of section 1301(d) of Pub. L. 113–235, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents. 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. Compilation and Printing of LawsAct

June 5, 1920, ch. 252, § 6, 41 Stat. 1014, as amended by act Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 467, § 4, 43 Stat. 1190, provided for compilation and printing of laws relating to improvement of rivers and harbors, passed between Mar. 4, 1913, until and including laws of second session of Sixty-eighth Congress.

§556 Printing Reports Generally