Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§631 Transfer of Property Between Projects
Title 33 › CHAPTER 12 — RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER V — PROSECUTION OF WORK GENERALLY › § 631
Summary
Army Secretary may temporarily transfer river-and-harbor property to save money or improve efficiency; he must fairly adjust costs.
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Title 33, §631
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The Secretary of the Army may direct a temporary transfer of any property employed in the improvement of rivers and harbors whenever, in his judgment, such transfer would secure efficient or economical results, and such adjustment in the way of charges and credits shall be made between the projects affected as may be equitable.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section is from part of section 5 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1902. The omitted part of that section is set out as section 558 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July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641.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. § 631
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102