§ 576. — Revolving fund; establishment; availability; reimbursement; transfer of funds; limitation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC576]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 12--RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 576. Revolving fund; establishment; availability;
reimbursement; transfer of funds; limitation
There is established a revolving fund, to be available without
fiscal year limitation, for expenses necessary for the maintenance and
operation of the plant and equipment of the Corps of Engineers used in
civil works functions, including acquisition of plant and equipment,
maintenance, repair, and purchase, operation, and maintenance of not to
exceed four aircraft at any one time, temporary financing of services
finally chargeable to appropriations for civil works functions, and the
furnishing of facilities and services for military functions of the
Department of the Army and other Government agencies and private
persons, as authorized by law. In addition, the Secretary of the Army is
authorized to provide capital for the fund by capitalizing the present
inventories, plant and equipment of the civil works functions of the
Corps of Engineers. The fund shall be credited with reimbursements or
advances for the cost of equipment, facilities, and services furnished,
at rates which shall include charges for overhead and related expenses,
depreciation of plant and equipment, and accrued leave: Provided, That
on July 1, 1953, (1) the fund shall assume the assets, liabilities, and
obligations of the Plant accounts, as carried on the records of the
Corps of Engineers as of June 30, 1953, under the appropriations for
``Maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works'',
``Flood control, general'', and ``Flood control, Mississippi River and
tributaries'', and (2) there shall be transferred from said
appropriations to the fund amounts equivalent to the unexpended cash
balances of the Plant accounts on June 30, 1953: Provided further, That
the total capital of said fund shall not exceed $140,000,000.
(July 27, 1953, ch. 245, Sec. 101, 67 Stat. 199.)
Codification
Section is also set out as section 701b-10 of this title.
Section was formerly classified to section 190b of Title 10 prior to
the general revision and enactment of Title 10, Armed Forces, by act
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, Sec. 1, 70A Stat. 1.
Headquarters Aircraft; Transfer and Reassignment of Property
Accountability to Army Military Activity
Pub. L. 101-101, title I, Sec. 105, Sept. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 649,
provided that: ``Notwithstanding section 110 of the Energy and Water
Development Appropriation Act, 1988, Public Law 100-202 [set out below],
the Secretary of the Army is authorized to transfer and reassign
property accountability for the headquarters aircraft of the Corps of
Engineers, Serial Number 045, from the assets of the civil works
revolving fund, to the military activity of the Army that the Secretary
determines is appropriate, except that the aircraft shall be made
available on a priority basis as necessary for activities in support of
the Army's civil works mission.''
Retention of Three Operational Aircraft; Notice of Intended Use Outside
United States
Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 101(d) [title I, Sec. 110], Dec. 22, 1987, 101
Stat. 1329-104, 1329-112, provided that: ``The Chief of Engineers is
directed to retain three operational aircraft authorized pursuant to
section 101 of the Act of July 27, 1953, 67 Stat. 199 [33 U.S.C. 576],
together with their attendant crews, and may only dispose of any of
these aircraft if authorized to do so by a future congressional
enactment for that purpose. The Chief of Engineers shall provide at
least thirty days advance written notification to the Appropriations
Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives of any intended
use of any of these aircraft for a trip destined outside the United
States or its territories or possessions.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 576b of this title; title 40
section 556.
