§ 542. — Review by Board of Engineers of reports on examinations and surveys and special reports.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 33USC542]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 12--RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 542. Review by Board of Engineers of reports on
examinations and surveys and special reports
All reports on examinations and surveys authorized by law shall be
reviewed by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors as provided
for in section 541 of this title, and all special reports ordered by
Congress shall, in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers, be reviewed
in like manner by said board; and the said board shall also, on request
by resolution of the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the
Senate or the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House
of Representatives, submitted to the Chief of Engineers, examine and
review the report of any examination or survey made pursuant to any Act
or resolution of Congress, and report thereon through the Chief of
Engineers, United States Army, who shall submit his conclusions thereon
as in other cases: Provided, That in no case shall the board, in its
report thus called for by committee resolution, extend the scope of the
project contemplated in the original report upon which its examination
and review has been requested, or in the provision of law authorizing
the original examination or survey.
(Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 144, Sec. 4, 37 Stat. 826; Pub. L. 103-437,
Sec. 12(b), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4590.)
Codification
Section is from part of section 4 of act Mar. 4, 1913, popularly
known as the ``Rivers and Harbors Act of 1913''. The last proviso of
said section 4 is set out in section 541 of this title.
Amendments
1994--Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Committee on Environment and
Public Works of the Senate or the Committee on Public Works and
Transportation of the House of Representatives'' for ``Committee on
Commerce of the Senate or the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the
House of Representatives''.
Change of Name
Committee on Public Works and Transportation of House of
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L.
104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of certain functions insofar as they pertain to Air
Force, and to extent that they were not previously transferred to
Secretary of the Air Force and Department of the Air Force from
Secretary of the Army and Department of the Army, see Secretary of
Defense Transfer Order No. 40, July 22, 1949.
Termination of Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors and
Reassignment of Duties and Responsibilities
For termination of Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors 180
days after Oct. 31, 1992, and reassignment of duties and
responsibilities by Secretary of Army, see section 223 of Pub. L. 102-
580, set out as a note under section 541 of this title.
