33 USC § 416 - Appropriations for removal of sunken water craft

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s416"
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title: "33 USC § 416 - Appropriations for removal of sunken water craft"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "416"
section_name: "Appropriations for removal of sunken water craft"
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"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 425, § 20(a), formerly § 20, 30 Stat. 1155; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; renumbered § 20(a), Pub. L. 99–662, title IX, § 939(b), Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4199; Pub. L. 118–272, div. A, title I, § 1124(b), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 3017.)"
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# § 416. Appropriations for removal of sunken water craft

Such sum of money as may be necessary to execute sections 414(a) and 415 of this title is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid out on the requisition of the Secretary of the Army.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 425, § 20(a), formerly § 20, 30 Stat. 1155; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; renumbered § 20(a), Pub. L. 99–662, title IX, § 939(b), Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4199; Pub. L. 118–272, div. A, title I, § 1124(b), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 3017.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is from part of section 20(a) of act , popularly known as the “Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899”. See Codification and Amendment notes set out under .

### Amendments

2025— substituted “414(a)” for “414”.

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 Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of , .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

### Appropriations

, , which was classified to section 725a of former Title 31, Money and Finance, repealed the permanent appropriation under the title “Removing sunken vessels or craft obstructing or endangering navigation (8x888)” effective , and provided that such portions of any acts as make permanent appropriations to be expended under such account are amended so as to authorize, in lieu thereof, annual appropriations from the general fund of the Treasury in identical terms and in such amounts as now provided by the laws providing such permanent appropriations.