Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§571 Crediting Reimbursements for Lost, Stolen, or Damaged Property
Title 33 › CHAPTER 12 — RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 571
Summary
Recovered funds for lost, stolen, or damaged property on river/harbor/flood-control projects under the Army Secretary and Chief of Engineers must return to the account that paid for it, by cash or deduction.
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Title 33, §571
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Any amounts collected from any person, persons, or corporations as a reimbursement for lost, stolen, or damaged property, purchased in connection with river and harbor or flood-control work prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, whether collected in cash or by deduction from amounts otherwise due such person, persons, or corporations, hereafter shall be credited in each case to the appropriation that bore the cost of purchase, repair, or replacement of the lost, stolen, or damaged property.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section is also set out as section 701k of this title.
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July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641.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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33 U.S.C. § 571
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102