§ 551. — Policy of Government as to terminal facilities for new projects.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC551]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 12--RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 551. Policy of Government as to terminal facilities for new
projects
It is declared to be the policy of the Congress that water terminals
are essential at all cities and towns located upon harbors or navigable
waterways and that at least one public terminal should exist,
constructed, owned, and regulated by the municipality or other public
agency of the State and open to the use of all on equal terms. The
Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, shall give full
publicity, as far as may be practicable, to this provision.
(Mar. 2, 1919, ch. 95, Sec. 1, 40 Stat. 1286; July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
Codification
Section is from act Mar. 2, 1919, popularly known as the ``Rivers
and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1919''.
The original text of said section 1 read as follows: ``It is hereby
declared to be the policy of the Congress that water terminals are
essential at all cities and towns located upon harbors or navigable
waterways and that at least one public terminal should exist,
constructed, owned, and regulated by the municipality, or other public
agency of the State and open to the use of all on equal terms, and with
the view of carrying out this policy to the fullest possible extent the
Secretary of War is hereby vested with the discretion to withhold,
unless the public interests would seriously suffer by delay, monies
appropriated in this Act for new projects adopted herein, or for the
further improvement of existing projects if, in his opinion, no water
terminals exist adequate for the traffic and open to all on equal terms,
or unless satisfactory assurances are received that local or other
interests will provide such adequate terminal or terminals. The
Secretary of War, through the Chief of Engineers, shall give full
publicity, as far as may be practicable, to this provision.''
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act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.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.
