33 USC § 559 - Disposition of rentals for Government plants

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s559"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 559 - Disposition of rentals for Government plants"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "559"
section_name: "Disposition of rentals for Government plants"
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 8, 1917, ch. 49, § 13, 40 Stat. 268.)"
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# § 559. Disposition of rentals for Government plants

August 8, 1917

Amounts paid after , by private parties or other agencies for rental of plant owned by the Government in connection with the prosecution of river and harbor works shall be deposited in each case to the credit of the appropriation to which the plant belongs.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 8, 1917, ch. 49, § 13, 40 Stat. 268.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is from act , popularly known as the “Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1917”.