33 USC § 7 - Use of Government iron pier in Delaware Bay

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s7"
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title: "33 USC § 7 - Use of Government iron pier in Delaware Bay"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "7"
section_name: "Use of Government iron pier in Delaware Bay"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 27, 1916, ch. 260, § 1, 39 Stat. 394; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)"
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# § 7. Use of Government iron pier in Delaware Bay

The Government iron pier in Delaware Bay near Lewes, Delaware, shall be open to public use under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army.

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**Source Credit**: (July 27, 1916, ch. 260, § 1, 39 Stat. 394; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is from act , popularly known as the “Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1916”.

A further provision of act , repealed , , which authorized a transfer of the iron pier to the Treasury Department.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### 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 , . Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of , . Section 1 of act , enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.