33 USC § 553 - Freight statistics

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s553"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 553 - Freight statistics"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "553"
section_name: "Freight statistics"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 25, 1912, ch. 253, § 1, 37 Stat. 223.)"
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# § 553. Freight statistics

In the collection of statistics relating to traffic, the Corps of Engineers is directed to adopt a uniform system of classification for freight, and upon rivers or inland waterways to collate ton-mileage statistics as far as practicable.

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**Source Credit**: (July 25, 1912, ch. 253, § 1, 37 Stat. 223.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is from part of section 1 of act , popularly known as the “Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1912”.