---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 569d"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "569d"
heading: "Safety award and promotional materials"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/569d"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — River and Harbor Improvements Generally"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §569d. Safety award and promotional materials

- (a) **Promotion of safety program—**
  - (1) **Procurement of promotional materials—** The [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) is authorized to procure materials that, in the judgment of the [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2), are necessary to promote the Corps of Engineers safety program.
  - (2) **Distribution of materials to employees—** The items purchased pursuant to this subsection shall be distributed to employees of the Corps of Engineers to advance the goals of the safety program.
- (b) **Employee recognition—** The [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) is authorized to incur necessary expenses for the honorary recognition of the outstanding safety performance of employees of the Corps of Engineers. Such recognition may be in the form of certificates, plaques, cash, or other forms of awards.
- (c) **Authorization of appropriations—** There is authorized to be appropriated $350,000 for each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1992, for carrying out the purposes of this section.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–580, title II, § 210, Oct. 31, 1992, 106 Stat. 4830.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### “Secretary” Defined

Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 3 of Pub. L. 102–580, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.