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33 USC § 607 - Removal of drift from New York Harbor 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s607"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 607 - Removal of drift from New York Harbor"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "607"
section_name: "Removal of drift from New York Harbor"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "PARTICULAR WORK OR IMPROVEMENTS"
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, § 1, 40 Stat. 252; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)"
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# § 607. Removal of drift from New York Harbor

So much as may be necessary of any appropriations made for specific portions of New York Harbor and its immediate tributaries may be allotted by the Secretary of the Army for the maintenance of these waterways by the collection and removal of drift.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 8, 1917, ch. 49, § 1, 40 Stat. 252; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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 Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of , .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