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33 USC § 593 - Condemnation of land in aid of State or State agency 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s593"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 593 - Condemnation of land in aid of State or State agency"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "593"
section_name: "Condemnation of land in aid of State or State agency"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "ACQUISITION OF LAND AND MATERIALS"
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, § 9, 40 Stat. 267; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)"
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# § 593. Condemnation of land in aid of State or State agency

*Provided*

Whenever any State, or any reclamation, flood control or drainage district, or other public agency created by any State, shall undertake to secure any land or easement therein, needed in connection with a work of river and harbor improvement duly authorized by Congress, for the purpose of conveying the same to the United States free of cost, and shall be unable for any reason to obtain the same by purchase and acquire a valid title thereto, the Secretary of the Army may, in his discretion, cause proceedings to be instituted in the name of the United States for the acquirement by condemnation of said land or easement, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General of the United States to institute and conduct such proceedings upon the request of the Secretary of the Army: , That all expenses of said proceedings and any award that may be made thereunder shall be paid by such State, or reclamation, flood control or drainage district, or other public agency as aforesaid, to secure which payment the Secretary of the Army may require such State, or reclamation, flood control or drainage district, or other public agency as aforesaid, to execute a proper bond in such amount as he may deem necessary before said proceedings are commenced.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 8, 1917, ch. 49, § 9, 40 Stat. 267; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

## 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.