33 USC § 621 - By what methods river and harbor work may be authorized to be prosecuted

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s621"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 621 - By what methods river and harbor work may be authorized to be prosecuted"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "621"
section_name: "By what methods river and harbor work may be authorized to be prosecuted"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "PROSECUTION OF WORK GENERALLY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Sept. 22, 1922, ch. 427, § 10, 42 Stat. 1043.)"
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# § 621. By what methods river and harbor work may be authorized to be prosecuted

Any public work on canals, rivers, and harbors adopted by Congress may be prosecuted by direct appropriations, by continuing contracts, or by both direct appropriations and continuing contracts.

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**Source Credit**: (Sept. 22, 1922, ch. 427, § 10, 42 Stat. 1043.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is from the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1922.