33 U.S.C. § 425
Section, act June 7, 1924, ch. 316, § 9, 43 Stat. 606, directed Secretary of War to investigate depositing of polluting substances into navigable streams and report the results to Congress not later than two years from . Subsequent to editorial omission of this section as obsolete, Pub. L. 89–753, title II, § 211(a), , 80 Stat. 1252–1254, amended act , generally, after which such Act consisted only of sections 1 to 7, resulting in the statutory omission of section 9.