Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102

§570 Default in Contract; Disposition of Amounts Collected

Title 33 › CHAPTER 12 — RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 570

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Money recovered from defaulting contractors or sureties on Engineer Department river, harbor, or flood-control contracts must be credited to the contract's fund.

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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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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 570

Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102