33 U.S.C. § 556 — Printing reports generally

submitted 138 years ago by ch. 860 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 143 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary of the Army must send specified annual engineering reports to the Government Publishing Office by October 15, and they must be printed and indexed by the first Monday in December for Congress.

The Secretary of the Army must give the Director of the Government Publishing Office, by October 15 each year, the manuscripts of the Chief of Engineers’ and subordinate engineers’ annual reports about river and harbor improvements and the Mississippi River Commission’s report. The Director must have them printed with an accurate, complete index by the first Monday in December for Congress. At the Secretary’s discretion, reports on examinations and surveys prepared while Congress is recessed may be printed as documents of the next session.

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The Secretary of the Army shall cause the manuscript of the annual report of the Chief of Engineers and subordinate engineers, relating to the improvement of rivers and harbors, and the report of the Mississippi River Commission to be placed in the hands of the Director of the Government Publishing Office on or before the 15th day of October in each year, and the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall cause said reports to be printed with an accurate and comprehensive index thereof, on or before the first Monday in December in each year, for the use of Congress.

All reports on examinations and surveys which may be prepared during the recess of Congress shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Army, be printed by the Director of the Government Publishing Office as documents of the following session of Congress.

Source credit: (Aug. 11, 1888, ch. 860, § 8, 25 Stat. 424; June 13, 1902, ch. 1079, § 1, 32 Stat. 367; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 144, § 3, 37 Stat. 826; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(d), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1888Enacted · Act of Aug. 11, 1888, ch. 860 · 25 Stat. 424
1902Amended · Act of June 13, 1902, ch. 1079 · 32 Stat. 367
1913Amended · Act of Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 144 · 37 Stat. 826
1947Amended · Act of July 26, 1947, ch. 343 · 61 Stat. 501
2014Amended · Pub. L. 113-235 · 128 Stat. 2537

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 860 on 1888-08-11.

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