40 U.S.C. § 556 — Disposal of dredge vessels
submitted 24 years ago by Pub. L. 107-217 to r/title-40-PUBLIC-BUILDINGS-PROPERTY-AND-WORKS · 235 words · no verdicts yet
The Administrator of General Services may dispose of an Army Corps dredging vessel declared excess, but only through listed sales, leases, or scrap sales and not for United States dredging.
(a) Under sections 521–527, 529, and 549, the Administrator of General Services may dispose of a United States Army Corps of Engineers dredging vessel and related federally owned equipment controlled by the Chief of Engineers if the Secretary of the Army declares it excess to federal needs. (b) Disposal must be: (1) a sale or lease to (A) a foreign government for a Corps technical-assistance program, (B) a federal or State maritime academy for training, or (C) a nonfederal public body for scientific, educational, or cultural purposes; or (2) a sale only for scrap to foreign or domestic interests. (c) The vessel may not be disposed of under any law for dredging in the United States. (d) Sale or lease proceeds must go into the revolving fund authorized by the cited 1954 appropriation provision and remain available, as appropriations laws provide, for operating and maintaining Corps-controlled vessels.
The Administrator of General Services, pursuant to sections 521 through 527, 529, and 549 of this title, may dispose of a United States Army Corps of Engineers vessel used for dredging, together with related equipment owned by the Federal Government and under the control of the Chief of Engineers, if the Secretary of the Army declares the vessel to be in excess of federal needs.
Disposal under this section is accomplished—
through sale or lease to—
a foreign government as part of a Corps of Engineers technical assistance program;
a federal or state maritime academy for training purposes; or
a non-federal public body for scientific, educational, or cultural purposes; or
through sale solely for scrap to foreign or domestic interests.
A vessel described in subsection (a) shall not be disposed of under any law for the purpose of engaging in dredging activities within the United States.
Amounts collected from the sale or lease of a vessel or equipment under this section shall be deposited into the revolving fund authorized by section 101 (9th par.) of the Civil Functions Appropriation 1 Act, 1954 (33 U.S.C. 576), to be available, as provided in appropriation laws, for the operation and maintenance of vessels under the control of the Corps of Engineers.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1102.)
- 2002Enacted · Pub. L. 107-217 · 116 Stat. 1102
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