Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§687 Use of State Dredge and Appliances in River and Harbor Improvements
Title 33 › CHAPTER 14 — CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION › § 687
Summary
The Secretary of the Army can accept and use any dredging equipment or tools that California offers. The Army may use them on river or harbor projects alone or together with California. The United States will not pay California and is not legally liable for their use.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §687
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to accept from the State of California the use of any dredger, or appliances owned or controlled by said State, conformably to any offer thereof by the said State; and the Secretary of the Army is authorized to use any such dredger or appliances in any river or harbor improvement that may be prosecuted therein by the United States, either on the part of the United States alone or conjointly with said State: Provided, That nothing shall be paid to the State of California for the use of said dredger, and that nothing herein contained shall create any liability against the United States.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of act Mar. 3, 1899, popularly known as the “Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899”, and not as part of act Mar. 1, 1893, ch. 183, 27 Stat. 507, which comprises this chapter.
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July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641.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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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 687
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102