§ 567. — Navigation and flood control improvements by Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 33USC567]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 12--RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 567. Navigation and flood control improvements by
Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota
Congress consents that the States of Minnesota, North Dakota, and
South Dakota, or any two of them, may enter into any agreement or
agreements with each other to aid in improving navigation and to prevent
and control floods on boundary waters of said States and the waters
tributary thereto. And said States, or any two of them, may agree with
each other upon any project or projects for the purpose of making such
improvements, and upon the amount of money to be contributed by each to
carry out such projects. The Secretary of the Army is authorized and
directed to make a survey of any project proposed, as aforesaid, by said
States, or any two of them, to determine the feasibility and
practicability thereof and the expenses of carrying the same into effect
and what share of such expenses should be borne by the respective
States, local interests, or by the National Government. If the Secretary
of the Army approves any such projects, he may authorize the States to
make such improvements at their own expense, but under his supervision.
(Aug. 8, 1917, ch. 49, Sec. 5, 40 Stat. 266; July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
Codification
Section is from a part of section 5 of act Aug. 8, 1917, which act
was popularly known as the ``Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act for
1917''. The omitted part of such section read as follows: ``That the sum
of $25,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby
appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury of the United States not
otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of enabling the Secretary of War
to make the surveys and estimates herein contemplated.''
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act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.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.
