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# 33 U.S.C. § 621 - By what methods river and harbor work may be authorized to be prosecuted

## Text

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.

(Sept. 22, 1922, ch. 427, § 10, 42 Stat. 1043.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

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