33 USC § 583 - Payment of allowances, etc., incident to change of station of Engineer officers from appropriation for improvements

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s583"
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title: "33 USC § 583 - Payment of allowances, etc., incident to change of station of Engineer officers from appropriation for improvements"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "583"
section_name: "Payment of allowances, etc., incident to change of station of Engineer officers from appropriation for improvements"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "PAY AND ALLOWANCES; TRAVELING EXPENSES AND SUBSISTENCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 467, § 5, 43 Stat. 1191; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)"
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# § 583. Payment of allowances, etc., incident to change of station of Engineer officers from appropriation for improvements

When in the opinion of the Secretary of the Army the changes of a station of an officer of the Corps of Engineers is primarily in the interest of river and harbor improvement, the mileage and other allowances to which he may be entitled incident to such change of station may be paid from appropriations for such improvements.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 467, § 5, 43 Stat. 1191; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)

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 Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of , .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