33 U.S.C. § 417 : US Code - Section 417: Expenses of investigations by Department of the Army

Search 33 U.S.C. § 417 : US Code - Section 417: Expenses of investigations by Department of the Army

Expenses incurred by the Engineer Department of the Department of
the Army in all investigations, inspections, hearings, reports,
service of notice, or other action incidental to examination of
plans or sites of bridges or other structures built or proposed to
be built in or over navigable waters, or to examinations into
alleged violations of laws for the protection and preservation of
navigable waters, or to the establishment or marking of harbor
lines, shall be payable from any funds which may be available for
the improvement, maintenance, operation, or care of the waterways
or harbors affected, or if such funds are not available in sums
judged by the Chief of Engineers to be adequate, then from any
funds available for examinations, surveys, and contingencies of
rivers and harbors.