§556 Disposal of Dredge Vessels

Summary

The Administrator of General Services can dispose of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging vessel and related federal equipment if the Secretary of the Army declares the vessel excess under sections 521–527, 529, and 549. The vessel may be sold or leased to a foreign government for Corps technical help, to a federal or state maritime academy for training, or to a non‑federal public body for scientific, educational, or cultural use, or sold only for scrap to domestic or foreign buyers. The vessel cannot be transferred for dredging work inside the United States. Money from any sale or lease must go into the revolving fund authorized by section 101 (9th par.) of the Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1954 (33 U.S.C. 576), to be used, as appropriation laws allow, for operating and maintaining Corps vessels.