33 U.S.C. § 603a
Removal of snags and debris, and straightening, clearing, and protecting channels in navigable waters
United States · Title 33 — NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · Status: effective
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- 33 U.S.C. § 603a, Removal of snags and debris, and straightening, clearing, and protecting channels in navigable waters, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/468530
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The Secretary of the Army is authorized to allot not to exceed $5,000,000 from any appropriations made prior to or after March 2, 1945, for any one fiscal year for improvement of rivers and harbors, for removing accumulated snags, obstructions, and other debris located in or adjacent to a Federal channel, and for protecting, clearing, and straightening channels in navigable harbors and navigable streams and tributaries thereof, when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such work is advisable in the interest of navigation, flood control, ecosystem restoration, or recreation.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Water Resources Development Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- WIIN ActHouse: 360–61Senate: no recorded tally
- James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023