33 USC § 407a - Deposit of debris of mines and stamp works

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s407a"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 407a - Deposit of debris of mines and stamp works"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "407a"
section_name: "Deposit of debris of mines and stamp works"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "IN GENERAL"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 5, 1886, ch. 929, § 2, 24 Stat. 329; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)"
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# § 407a. Deposit of debris of mines and stamp works

In places where harbor-lines have not been established, and where deposits of debris of mines or stamp works can be made without injury to navigation, within lines to be established by the Secretary of the Army, said officer may, and is authorized to, cause such lines to be established; and within such lines such deposits may be made, under regulations to be from time to time prescribed by him.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 5, 1886, ch. 929, § 2, 24 Stat. 329; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)

## 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 Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of , .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.

### Transfer of Functions

Functions, powers, and duties of Secretary of the Army and other offices and officers of Department of the Army under  to extent that they relate generally to location and clearances of bridges and causeways in navigable waters of United States transferred to and vested in Secretary of Transportation by , , , which created Department of Transportation.  amended  to reflect transfer made by , and repealed section 6(g)(6)(A).