33 USC § 577a - Small-boat navigation projects; charter fishing craft

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s577a"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 577a - Small-boat navigation projects; charter fishing craft"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "577a"
section_name: "Small-boat navigation projects; charter fishing craft"
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: "(Pub. L. 91–611, title I, § 119, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1822.)"
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# § 577a. Small-boat navigation projects; charter fishing craft

The Chief of Engineers, for the purpose of determining Federal and non-Federal cost sharing, relating to proposed construction of small-boat navigation projects, shall consider charter fishing craft as commercial vessels.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–611, title I, § 119, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1822.)