33 USC § 524 - Applicability of administrative procedure provisions

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title: "33 USC § 524 - Applicability of administrative procedure provisions"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "524"
section_name: "Applicability of administrative procedure provisions"
chapter_number: 11
chapter_name: "BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE WATERS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "ALTERATION OF BRIDGES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(July 16, 1952, ch. 889, § 3, 66 Stat. 733.)"
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# § 524. Applicability of administrative procedure provisions

section 552 of title 5

In the administration of this Act, hearings and other procedures shall be exempted from the provisions of subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, except as to the requirements of .

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**Source Credit**: (July 16, 1952, ch. 889, § 3, 66 Stat. 733.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is , , which enacted this section and amended sections 511, 516, and 523 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of , , which comprises this subchapter.

“Subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5” and “” substituted in text for “the Administrative Procedure Act ()” and “section 3 thereof”, respectively, on authority of , , , the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.