LEGALDIGMLEGALDIGM
    ← United States Code
    Beta
    US Code, Title 33 (2010 edition)

    US Code, Title 33 (2010 edition) — NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

    Beta. Legal information, not legal advice. LEGALDIGM is not a law firm. Check the official source for the current text.

    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="usc.css" /> <title>U.S.C. Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS </title> <!-- AUTHORITIES-PUBLICATION-NAME:2006 Edition and Supplement IV --> <!-- AUTHORITIES-PUBLICATION-ID:2006SUPP410 --> <!-- AUTHORITIES-PUBLICATION-YEAR:2010 --> <!-- AUTHORITIES-LAWS-ENACTED-THROUGH-DATE:20110107 --> <!-- SEARCHABLE-LAWS-ENACTED-THROUGH-DATE:January 7th, 2011 --> <!-- AUTHORITIES-USC-TITLE-NAME:TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS --> <!-- AUTHORITIES-USC-TITLE-ENUM:33 --> <!-- AUTHORITIES-USC-TITLE-STATUS:editorial --> <!-- CONVERSION-PROGRAM:xy2html.pm-0.365-20110616 --> <!-- CONVERSION-DATETIME:20110826135448 --> </head> <body> <span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">33 U.S.C. </span><br/> <span style="font-size:10pt">United States Code, 2010 Edition</span><br/> <span style="font-size:10pt">Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS</span><br/> <span style="font-size:10pt">From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, <a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a></span><br/><br/> <div width="700"> <!-- PDFPage:1 --> <!-- documentid:33_ currentthrough:20110107 documentPDFPage:-1 --> <!-- itempath:/330 --> <!-- itemsortkey:330AAAA --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 33-NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS --> <!-- field-start:titlehead --> <h1 class="usc-title-head">TITLE 33&mdash;NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS</h1> <!-- field-end:titlehead --> <!-- field-start:analysis --> <div class="analysis"> <div><div class="analysis-head-left">Chap.</div><div class="analysis-head-right">Sec.</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">1.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Navigable Waters Generally</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">2.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">International Rules for Navigation at Sea [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">61</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">3.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Navigation Rules for Harbors, Rivers, and Inland Waters Generally</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">151</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">4.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Navigation Rules for Great Lakes and Their Connecting and Tributary Waters [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">241</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">5.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Navigation Rules for Red River of the North and Rivers Emptying Into Gulf of Mexico and Tributaries [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">301</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">5A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Exemption of Navy or Coast Guard Vessels From Certain Navigation Rules [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">360</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">6.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">General Duties of Ship Officers and Owners After Collision or Other Accident [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">361</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">7.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Regulations for the Suppression of Piracy</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">381</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">8.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Summary Trials for Certain Offenses Against Navigation Laws</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">391</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">9.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Protection of Navigable Waters and of Harbor and River Improvements Generally</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">401</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">10.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Anchorage Grounds and Harbor Regulations Generally</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">471</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">11.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Bridges Over Navigable Waters</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">491</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">12.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">River and Harbor Improvements Generally</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">540</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">13.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Mississippi River Commission</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">641</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">14.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">California Debris Commission</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">661</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">15.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Flood Control</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">701</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">16.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Lighthouses</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">711</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">17.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">851</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">18.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Longshore and Harbor Workers&rsquo; Compensation</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">901</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">19.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Saint Lawrence Seaway</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">981</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">20.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Pollution of the Sea by Oil [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1001</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">21.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1051</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">22.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Sea Grant Colleges and Marine Science Development</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1101</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">23.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Pollution Control of Navigable Waters [Omitted or Transferred]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1151</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">24.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Communication</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1201</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">25.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Ports and Waterways Safety Program</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1221</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">26.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Water Pollution Prevention and Control</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1251</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">27.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Ocean Dumping</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1401</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">28.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Pollution Casualties on the High Seas: United States Intervention</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1471</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">29.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Deepwater Ports</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1501</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">30.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1601</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">31.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Ocean Pollution Research and Development and Monitoring Planning [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1701</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">32.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Inland Waterways Trust Fund</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1801</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">33.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Prevention of Pollution From Ships</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1901</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">34.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Inland Navigational Rules</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2001</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">35.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Artificial Reefs</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2101</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">36.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Water Resources Development</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2201</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">37.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Organotin Antifouling Paint Control [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2401</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">38.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Dumping of Medical Waste by Public Vessels</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2501</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">39.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Shore Protection from Municipal or Commercial Waste</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2601</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">40.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Oil Pollution</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2701</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">41.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">National Coastal Monitoring</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2801</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">42.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Estuary Restoration</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2901</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">43.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3001</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">44.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Oceans and Human Health</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3101</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">45.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Tsunami Warning and Education</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3201</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">46.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">National Levee Safety Program</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3301</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">47.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Ocean Exploration</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3401</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">48.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3501</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">49.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3601</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">50.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3701</div></div> <div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">51.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Clean Hulls</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3801</div></div> </div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- field-end:analysis --> <!-- documentid:33_-ch1 currentthrough:20110107 documentPDFPage:1 --> <!-- itempath:/330/CHAPTER 1 --> <!-- itemsortkey:330AAAB --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 33-NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS!@!CHAPTER 1-NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY --> <!-- field-start:structuralhead --> <h3 class="chapter-head"><strong>CHAPTER 1&mdash;NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY</strong></h3> <!-- field-end:structuralhead --> <!-- field-start:analysis --> <h4 class="analysis-subhead">SUBCHAPTER I&mdash;GENERAL PROVISIONS</h4> <div class="analysis"> <div><div class="analysis-head-left">Sec.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Regulations by Secretary of the Army for navigation of waters generally.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">2.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Regulations for navigation of South and Southwest Passes of Mississippi River; penalties.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">3.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Regulations to prevent injuries from target practice.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">4.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Water gauges on Mississippi River and tributaries.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">5.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Abolition of tolls on Government canals, canalized rivers, etc.; expense of operation, repairs to and reconstruction of canals, etc.; Panama Canal excepted; levies by non-Federal interest.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Free passage to harbor of Michigan City, Indiana.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Use of Government iron pier in Delaware Bay.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">8.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Toll free rivers in Alabama.<!-- PDFPage:2 --></div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">9.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Des Moines River as toll free.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">10.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Waters in Louisiana Purchase as public highways.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">11.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Authority for compact between Middle Northwest States as to jurisdiction of offenses committed on boundary waters.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">12.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Port Arthur Ship Canal.</div></div> </div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <h4 class="analysis-subhead">SUBCHAPTER II&mdash;WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME</h4> <div class="analysis"> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">21.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Bayou Cocodrie, Louisiana.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">22.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Bayou Meto, Arkansas.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">23.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Bear Creek, Mississippi.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">24.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Big Tarkio River, Missouri.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">25.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Cache River, Arkansas.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">26.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Calumet River, Cook County, Illinois, old channel.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">26a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Additional portion of Calumet River, old channel, abandoned as navigable water.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">26b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Portion of Calumet River, Chicago, as nonnavigable stream.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">27.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Chicago River at Chicago, Illinois.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">27a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Chicago River, West Fork of South Branch.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">27b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Chicago River, West arm of South Fork of South Branch.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">28.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Crum River; old channel at mouth, Delaware Bay.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">29.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Cuivre River, Missouri.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">29a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">East River, Wisconsin.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">30.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Grand River, Missouri, above Brunswick.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">31.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Iowa River, Iowa, above Toolsboro.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">32.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Lake George, Mississippi.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">33.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Little River, Arkansas, from Big Lake to Marked Tree.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">34.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Mill Slough, Oregon.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">35.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Mississippi River, West Channel, opposite La Crosse, Wisconsin.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">36.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Mosquito Creek, South Carolina.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">37.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Nodaway River, Missouri.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">38.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Oklawaha River, Florida; Kyle and Young Canal and &ldquo;Morrison Landing extension&rdquo; substituted.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">39.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Ollala Slough, Oregon.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">40.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">One Hundred and Two River, Missouri.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">41.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Osage River, Missouri.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">42.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Platte River, Missouri.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">43.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Saint Marys River, Ohio and Indiana.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">44.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Sturgeon Bay, Illinois.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">45.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Swan Creek, Toledo, Ohio.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">46.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Tchula Lake, Mississippi.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">47.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Eagle Lake, Louisiana-Mississippi.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">48.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Noxubee River, Mississippi.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">49.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Bayou Saint John in New Orleans.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">50.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Turtle Bay and Turtle Bayou, Texas.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">51.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Scajaquada Creek, New York.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">52.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Park River, Connecticut.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">53.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Benton Harbor Canal, Michigan.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">53a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Additional portion of Benton Harbor Canal, abandoned as navigable water.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">54.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Burr Creek, Bridgeport, Connecticut.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">55.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Bayou Savage (or Chantilly) in New Orleans.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">56.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Fort Point Channel and South Bay, Boston, Massachusetts.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">57.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Pike Creek, Wisconsin.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">58.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Acushnet River section of New Bedford and Fairhaven Harbor, Massachusetts.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">West River in West Haven, Connecticut.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Back Cove, Portland, Maine.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Bayous Terrebonne and LeCarpe, Louisiana.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59c.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">East River, New York.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59c&ndash;1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">East and Hudson Rivers, New York.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59c&ndash;2.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">East River, New York.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59c&ndash;3.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Queens County, New York.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59d.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">River Raisin, Michigan.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59e.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59e&ndash;1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Additional portion of Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59f.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Boston Inner Harbor and Fort Point Channel, Massachusetts.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59g.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Steele and Washington Bayous, and Lake Washington, Mississippi.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59h.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Northern Embarcadero area, San Francisco, California.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59h&ndash;1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">San Francisco, California, waterfront area.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59i.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Patapsco River, Maryland.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59j.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Delaware River, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; permanent structures.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59j&ndash;1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Declaration of nonnavigability for portions of the Delaware River.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59k.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Wicomico River, Maryland.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59<em>l.</em></div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Nonapplicability of prohibitions and provisions for review and approval concerning wharves and piers.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59m.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Lake Oswego, Oregon; Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; and Lake George, New York.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59n.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Hudson River, Hudson County, New Jersey.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59n&ndash;1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Caven Point, New Jersey.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59<em>o.</em></div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Hackensack River, Hudson County, New Jersey.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59p.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Kenduskeag Stream, Penobscot County, Maine.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59q.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Erie Basin, Buffalo Harbor, New York.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59q&ndash;1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Union Canal, Outer Buffalo Harbor, New York.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59r.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Trent River, Craven County, North Carolina.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59s.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Green River, Washington.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59t.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Burnham Canal, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59u.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Lawyer's Ditch, Essex County, New Jersey.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59v.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Middle River, Maryland.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59w.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Norton Basin and Jamaica Bay, New York.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59x.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Exemption from General Bridge Act of 1946.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59y.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Declaration of nonnavigability for portions of Coney Island Creek and Gravesend Bay, New York.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59z.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Declaration of nonnavigability of bodies of water in Ridgefield, New Jersey.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59aa.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Nonnavigability of Wisconsin River.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59bb.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Declaration of nonnavigability for portions of Lake Erie.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59bb&ndash;1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Declaration of nonnavigability for Lake Erie, New York.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59cc.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Declaration of nonnavigability of portion of Hudson River, New York.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59dd.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Declaration of nonnavigability of portions of Cleveland Harbor, Ohio.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59ee.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Portion of Sacramento River Barge Canal declared to not be navigable waters of United States.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59ee&ndash;1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Declaration of nonnavigability for portion of Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59ff.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Declaration of nonnavigability for portions of Pelican Island, Texas.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59gg.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Declaration of nonnavigability for portions of Cuyahoga County, Ohio.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59hh.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Declaration of nonnavigability for portion of Pelican Island, Texas.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59ii.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Declaration of nonnavigability of a portion of the canal known as the James River and Kanawha Canal in Richmond, Virginia.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59jj.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Designation of nonnavigability for portions of Gloucester County, New Jersey.</div></div> <div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">59kk.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Wateree River.</div></div> </div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- field-end:analysis --> <!-- documentid:33_-ch1-scI currentthrough:20110107 documentPDFPage:2 --> <!-- itempath:/330/CHAPTER 1/SUBCHAPTER I --> <!-- itemsortkey:330AAAC --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 33-NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS!@!CHAPTER 1-NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY!@!SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS --> <!-- field-start:structuralhead --> <h3 class="subchapter-head">SUBCHAPTER I&mdash;GENERAL PROVISIONS</h3> <!-- field-end:structuralhead --> <!-- documentid:33_1 usckey:330000000000100000000000000000000 currentthrough:20110107 documentPDFPage:2 --> <!-- itempath:/330/CHAPTER 1/SUBCHAPTER I/Sec. 1 --> <!-- itemsortkey:330AAAD --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 33-NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS!@!CHAPTER 1-NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY!@!SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS!@!Sec. 1 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;1. Regulations by Secretary of the Army for navigation of waters generally</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Army to prescribe such regulations for the use, administration, and navigation of the navigable waters of the United States as in his judgment the public necessity may require for the protection of life and property, or of operations of the United States in channel improvement, covering all matters not specifically delegated by law to some other executive department. Such regula<!-- PDFPage:3 -->tions shall be posted, in conspicuous and appropriate places, for the information of the public; and every person and every corporation which shall violate such regulations shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof in any district court of the United States within whose territorial jurisdiction such offense may have been committed, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) not exceeding six months, in the discretion of the court.</p> <p class="statutory-body">Any regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army in pursuance of this section may be enforced as provided in section 413 of this title, the provisions whereof are made applicable to the said regulations.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 299, &sect;4, 28 Stat. 362; June 13, 1902, ch. 1079, &sect;&sect;6, 11, 32 Stat. 374; Aug. 8, 1917, ch. 49, &sect;7, 40 Stat. 266; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, &sect;205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)</p> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- field-start:notes --> <!-- field-start:codification-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Codification</h4> <p class="note-body">The first paragraph of this section is from section 4 of act Aug. 18, 1894, popularly known as the &ldquo;River and Harbor Act of 1894&rdquo;, as amended.</p> <p class="note-body">As originally enacted, said section 4 made it the duty of the Secretary of War to prescribe rules and regulations for the use, administration, and navigation of any or all canals and similar works of navigation owned, operated, or maintained by the United States, and provided for the posting of such regulations and the punishment of violations thereof.</p> <p class="note-body">Said section 4 was amended by section 11 of act June 13, 1902, principally by adding to the original section provisions authorizing the Secretary also to prescribe regulations to govern the speed and movement of vessels and other water craft in any public navigable channel which had been improved under authority of Congress, whenever in his judgment such regulations were necessary to protect such improved channel from injury or to prevent interference with the operations of the United States in improving navigable waters or injury to any plant that might be employed in such operations.</p> <p class="note-body">Section 4 was also amended by section 7 of act Aug. 8, 1917, to read as set forth in the first paragraph hereof.</p> <p class="note-body">The last paragraph of this section is from section 6 of act June 13, 1902. Said section 6 is also the source of the last proviso in section 499 of this title.</p> <!-- field-end:codification-note --> <!-- field-start:changeofname-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Change of Name</h4> <p class="note-body">Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted &ldquo;Title 10, Armed Forces&rdquo; which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.</p> <!-- field-end:changeofname-note --> <!-- field-start:regulations-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Rules and Regulations</h4> <p class="note-body">Administrative provisions covering definitions which the Coast Guard uses to examine waters to determine whether the Coast Guard has jurisdiction on those waters under particular laws of the United States are set out in chapter I, subchapter A, part 2, of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters, in the Code of Federal Regulations. Such part 2, consisting of sections 2.01&ndash;1 to 2.10&ndash;10, sets out definitions of jurisdictional terms and provides for the availability of jurisdictional decisions.</p> <!-- field-end:regulations-note --> <!-- field-end:notes --> <!-- documentid:33_2 usckey:330000000000200000000000000000000 currentthrough:20110107 documentPDFPage:3 --> <!-- itempath:/330/CHAPTER 1/SUBCHAPTER I/Sec. 2 --> <!-- itemsortkey:330AAAE --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 33-NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS!@!CHAPTER 1-NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY!@!SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS!@!Sec. 2 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;2. Regulations for navigation of South and Southwest Passes of Mississippi River; penalties</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">The Secretary of the Army is authorized to make such rules and regulations for the navigation of the South and Southwest Passes of the Mississippi River as to him shall seem necessary or expedient for the purpose of preventing any obstruction to the channels through said South and Southwest Passes and any injury to the works therein constructed. The term &ldquo;South and Southwest Passes&rdquo;, as employed in this section, shall be construed as embracing the entire extent of channel in each case, between the upper ends of the works at the head of the pass and the outer or sea ends of the jetties at the entrance from the Gulf of Mexico; and any willful violation of any rule or regulation made by the Secretary of the Army in pursuance of this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor, for which the owner or owners, agent or agents, master or pilot of the vessel so offending shall be separately or collectively responsible, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100, nor exceeding $500, or by imprisonment for not exceeding three months, or by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(Mar. 3, 1909, ch. 264, &sect;5, 35 Stat. 818; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, &sect;205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)</p> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- field-start:notes --> <!-- field-start:codification-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Codification</h4> <p class="note-body">These provisions were part of section 5 of act Mar. 3, 1909, popularly known as the &ldquo;River and Harbor Appropriation Act of 1909&rdquo;.</p> <p class="note-body">These provisions superseded previous similar provisions relating to the navigation of the South Pass only, contained in act Aug. 11, 1888, ch. 860, &sect;5, 25 Stat. 424, amended by act Sept. 19, 1890, ch. 907, &sect;3, 26 Stat. 452.</p> <!-- field-end:codification-note --> <!-- field-start:changeofname-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Change of Name</h4> <p class="note-body">Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted &ldquo;Title 10, Armed Forces&rdquo; which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.</p> <!-- field-end:changeofname-note --> <!-- field-end:notes --> <!-- documentid:33_3 usckey:330000000000300000000000000000000 currentthrough:20110107 documentPDFPage:3 --> <!-- itempath:/330/CHAPTER 1/SUBCHAPTER I/Sec. 3 --> <!-- itemsortkey:330AAAF --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 33-NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS!@!CHAPTER 1-NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY!@!SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS!@!Sec. 3 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;3. Regulations to prevent injuries from target practice</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body"><em>Authority to adopt regulations</em>&mdash;In the interest of the national defense, and for the better protection of life and property on the navigable waters of the United States, the Secretary of the Army is authorized and empowered to prescribe such regulations as he may deem best for the use and navigation of any portion or area of the navigable waters of the United States or waters under the jurisdiction of the United States endangered or likely to be endangered by Artillery fire in target practice or otherwise, or by the proving operations of the Government ordnance proving grounds at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, or at any Government ordnance proving ground that may be established elsewhere on or near such waters, and of any portion or area of said waters occupied by submarine mines, mine fields, submarine cables, or other material and <!-- PDFPage:4 -->accessories pertaining to seacoast fortifications, or by any plant or facility engaged in the execution of any public project of river and harbor improvement; and the said Secretary shall have like power to regulate the transportation of explosives upon any of said waters: <em>Provided</em>, That the authority conferred shall be so exercised as not unreasonably to interfere with or restrict the food fishing industry, and the regulations prescribed in pursuance hereof shall provide for the use of such waters by food fishermen operating under permits granted by the Department of the Army.</p> <p class="statutory-body"><em>Detail of vessels to enforce regulations</em>&mdash;To enforce the regulations prescribed pursuant to this section, the Secretary of the Army, may detail any public vessel in the service of the Department of the Army, or, upon the request of the Secretary of the Army, the head of any other department may enforce, and the head of any such department is authorized to enforce, such regulations by means of any public vessel of such department.</p> <p class="statutory-body"><em>Posting and violation of regulations</em>&mdash;The regulations made by the Secretary of the Army pursuant to this section shall be posted in conspicuous and appropriate places, designated by him, for the information of the public; and every person who and every corporation which shall willfully violate any regulations made by the said Secretary pursuant to this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) not exceeding six months, in the discretion of the court.</p> <p class="statutory-body"><em>Venue and jurisdiction of offenses; procedure</em>&mdash;Offenses against the provisions of this section, or any regulation made pursuant thereto, committed in any Territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States where there is no court having general jurisdiction of crimes against the United States, shall be cognizable in any court of such place or Territory having original jurisdiction of criminal cases in the place or Territory in which the offense has been committed, with the same right of appeal in all cases as is given in other criminal cases where imprisonment not exceeding six months forms a part of the penalty, and jurisdiction is conferred upon such courts and such courts shall exercise the same for such purposes; and in case any such offense be committed beyond the territorial jurisdiction of any court having jurisdiction thereof, the offense shall be deemed and held to have been committed within the jurisdiction in which the offender may be found or into which he is first brought, and shall be tried by the court having jurisdiction thereof.</p> <!-- field-end:statute --> <!-- field-start:sourcecredit --> <p class="source-credit">(July 9, 1918, ch. 143, subch. XIX, &sect;&sect;1&ndash;4, 40 Stat. 892, 893; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, &sect;205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)</p> <!-- field-end:sourcecredit --> <!-- field-start:notes --> <!-- field-start:codification-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Codification</h4> <p class="note-body">Undesignated pars. 1 to 4 of this section are from sections 1 to 4, respectively, of act July 9, 1918, popularly known as the &ldquo;Army Appropriation Act of 1919&rdquo;.</p> <p class="note-body">Undesignated pars. 1 and 2 of this section superseded similar provisions of act Aug. 8, 1917, ch. 49, &sect;8, 40 Stat. 266.</p> <!-- field-end:codification-note --> <!-- field-start:changeofname-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Change of Name</h4> <p class="note-body">Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted &ldquo;Title 10, Armed Forces&rdquo; which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.</p> <p class="note-body">Coast Artillery changed to Artillery under authority of section 306(a) of act June 28, 1950, ch. 383, title III, 64 Stat. 269. Section 306(a) of act June 28, 1950 was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted &ldquo;Title 10, Armed Forces&rdquo; which in section 3063 continued the Artillery as a basic branch of the Army.</p> <!-- field-end:changeofname-note --> <!-- field-start:function-transfer-note --> <h4 class="note-head">Transfer of Functions</h4> <p class="note-body">For transfer of certain functions insofar as they pertain to Air Force, and to extent that they were not previously transferred to Secretary of the Air Force and Department of the Air Force from Secretary of the Army and Department of the Army, see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order No. 40 [App. A(55)], July 22, 1949.</p> <!-- field-end:function-transfer-note --> <!-- field-end:notes --> <!-- documentid:33_4 usckey:330000000000400000000000000000000 currentthrough:20110107 documentPDFPage:4 --> <!-- itempath:/330/CHAPTER 1/SUBCHAPTER I/Sec. 4 --> <!-- itemsortkey:330AAAG --> <!-- expcite:TITLE 33-NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS!@!CHAPTER 1-NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY!@!SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS!@!Sec. 4 --> <!-- field-start:head --> <h3 class="section-head">&sect;4. Water gauges on Mississippi River and tributaries</h3> <!-- field-end:head --> <!-- field-start:statute --> <p class="statutory-body">The Secretary of the Army is …

    Related guides, FAQ and contract templates