33 USC § 644 - Secretary of commission

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s644"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 644 - Secretary of commission"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "644"
section_name: "Secretary of commission"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 28, 1879, ch. 43, § 6, 21 Stat. 38; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)"
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# § 644. Secretary of commission

The Secretary of the Army may detail from the Engineer Corps of the Army of the United States an officer to act as secretary of said commission.

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**Source Credit**: (June 28, 1879, ch. 43, § 6, 21 Stat. 38; 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 Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of , .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.