# § 603a. Removal of snags and debris, and straightening, clearing, and protecting channels in navigable waters
March 2, 1945
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to allot not to exceed $5,000,000 from any appropriations made prior to or after , for any one fiscal year for improvement of rivers and harbors, for removing accumulated snags, obstructions, and other debris located in or adjacent to a Federal channel, and for protecting, clearing, and straightening channels in navigable harbors and navigable streams and tributaries thereof, when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such work is advisable in the interest of navigation, flood control, ecosystem restoration, or recreation.
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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 2, 1945, ch. 19, § 3, 59 Stat. 23; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 99–662, title IX, § 915(g), Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4191; Pub. L. 114–322, title I, § 1164, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1670; Pub. L. 117–263, div. H, title LXXXI, § 8381, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3828.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2022— substituted “ecosystem restoration, or recreation” for “or recreation”.
2016— substituted “$5,000,000” for “$1,000,000”, “accumulated snags, obstructions, and other debris located in or adjacent to a Federal channel” for “accumulated snags and other debris”, and “, flood control, or recreation” for “or flood control”.
1986— substituted “$1,000,000” for “$300,000”.
## 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 Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of , .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.
### Effective Date of 1986 Amendment
Amendment by not applicable to any project under contract for construction on , see , set out as a note under .