§ 650. — Mississippi River below Rock Island; levee and bank protection.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC650]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 13--MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION
Sec. 650. Mississippi River below Rock Island; levee and bank
protection
Any funds which are appropriated by Congress for improving the
Mississippi River between Head of Passes and the mouth of the Ohio
River, and which may be allotted to levees, may be expended, under the
direction of the Secretary of the Army, in accordance with the plans,
specifications, and recommendations of the Mississippi River Commission,
as approved by the Chief of Engineers, for levees upon any part of said
river between Head of Passes and Rock Island, Illinois, in such manner
as, in their opinion, shall best improve navigation and promote the
interest of commerce at all stages of the river.
(July 27, 1916, ch. 260, Sec. 1, 39 Stat. 402; July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
Codification
Section is from part of section 1 of the Rivers and Harbors
Appropriation Act of 1916.
Prior Provisions
This provision superseded act June 4, 1906, ch. 2572, 34 Stat. 208,
which contained similar provisions.
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act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.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.
