Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§630 Limitation on Expenditure for Purchase of Dredges
Title 33 › CHAPTER 12 — RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER V — PROSECUTION OF WORK GENERALLY › § 630
Summary
Federal funds cannot buy dredges from private contractors if a Navy yard or government factory can make them for less.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §630
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
No money authorized to be expended for the acquirement of any dredge or dredges shall be so expended for the purchase of any dredge or dredges from private contractors, which at the time of the proposed purchase can be manufactured at any navy yard or other government-owned factory for a sum less than it can be purchased for from such private contractor.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section is from part of section 5 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act for 1922. The omitted portion of that section authorized the
Construction
of six seagoing hopper dredges and limited the cost of each to $750,000.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 630
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102