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Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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title: "33 U.S.C. § 1523"
description: "General procedures; issuance and enforcement of orders; scope of authority; evidentiary matters"
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title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
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chapter_name: "DEEPWATER PORTS"
section: "1523"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 1523"
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---
# 33 U.S.C. § 1523 - General procedures; issuance and enforcement of orders; scope of authority; evidentiary matters
## Text
The Secretary or his delegate shall have the authority to issue and enforce orders during proceedings brought under this chapter. Such authority shall include the authority to issue subpenas, administer oaths, compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers, documents, and other evidence, to take depositions before any designated individual competent to administer oaths, and to examine witnesses.
(Pub. L. 93–627, § 24, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2147.)