§ 685. — Construction by commission of restraining works, etc.; use of debris fund.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC685]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 14--CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION
Sec. 685. Construction by commission of restraining works, etc.;
use of debris fund
Said commission, in order that such material as is now or may
hereafter be lodged in the tributaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin
River systems resulting from mining operations, natural erosion, or
other causes, shall be prevented from injuring the said navigable rivers
or such of the tributaries of either as may be navigable and the land
adjacent thereto, is directed and empowered, when appropriations are
made therefor by law, or sufficient money is deposited for that purpose
in said debris fund, to build at such points above the head of
navigation in said rivers and on the main tributaries thereof, or
branches of such tributaries, or any place adjacent to the same, which
in the judgment of said commission, will effect said object (the same to
be of such material as will insure safety and permanency), such
restraining or impounding dams and settling reservoirs, with such
canals, locks, or other works adapted and required to complete same. The
recommendations contained in Executive Document Numbered 267, Fifty-
first Congress, second session, and Executive Document Numbered 98,
Forty-seventh Congress, first session, as far as they refer to
impounding dams, or other restraining works, are adopted, and the same
are directed to be made the basis of operations.
(Mar. 1, 1893, ch. 183, Sec. 25, 27 Stat. 511.)
References in Text
Executive Document Numbered 267, referred to in text, contained a
report of Lieut. Col. G. H. Mendell, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A., dated
Jan. 26, 1882, prepared pursuant to a provision in act June 14, 1880,
ch. 211, 21 Stat. 196. Executive Document Numbered 98, also referred to
in text, contained a report by a board of engineers created by act Oct.
1, 1888, ch. 1057, 25 Stat. 498.
Transfer of Functions
California Debris Commission abolished and functions transferred to
Secretary of the Army by Pub. L. 99-662, title XI, Sec. 1106, Nov. 17,
1986, 100 Stat. 4229, set out as a note under section 661 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 661 of this title.
