§ 556. — Printing reports generally.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC556]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 12--RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 556. Printing reports generally
The Secretary of the Army shall cause the manuscript of the annual
report of the Chief of Engineers and subordinate engineers, relating to
the improvement of rivers and harbors, and the report of the Mississippi
River Commission to be placed in the hands of the Public Printer on or
before the 15th day of October in each year, and the Public Printer
shall cause said reports to be printed with an accurate and
comprehensive index thereof, on or before the first Monday in December
in each year, for the use of Congress.
All reports on examinations and surveys which may be prepared during
the recess of Congress shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of the
Army, be printed by the Public Printer as documents of the following
session of Congress.
(Aug. 11, 1888, ch. 860, Sec. 8, 25 Stat. 424; June 13, 1902, ch. 1079,
Sec. 1, 32 Stat. 367; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 144, Sec. 3, 37 Stat. 826; July
26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
Codification
The first paragraph of this section is from act Aug. 11, 1888,
popularly known as the ``Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act''.
The Mississippi River Commission was created by act June 28, 1879,
set out as sections 641, 642, 644, 646, and 647 of this title.
The words ``and Missouri'' which appeared in the original text after
``Mississippi'' were superseded by the abolition of the Missouri River
Commission by act June 13, 1902, ch. 1079, Sec. 1, 32 Stat. 367.
The second paragraph of this section is from the last paragraph of
section 3 of act Mar. 4, 1913, which superseded a similar provision of
act July 25, 1912, ch. 253, 37 Stat. 231. Other parts of said section 3
are set out in section 545 of this title.
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act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.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.
Compilation and Printing of Laws
Act June 5, 1920, ch. 252, Sec. 6, 41 Stat. 1014, as amended by act
Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 467, Sec. 4, 43 Stat. 1190, provided for compilation
and printing of laws relating to improvement of rivers and harbors,
passed between Mar. 4, 1913, until and including laws of second session
of Sixty-eighth Congress.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 2295 of this title.
