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Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
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Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contains | Sections 1 to 3857 |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | No |
- Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 - NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY (§§ 1 - 59kk)
- Chapter 2 - INTERNATIONAL RULES FOR NAVIGATION AT SEA (§§ 61 - 147d)
- Section 61 to 63 - Repealed. Oct. 11, 1951, ch. 495, §5, 65 Stat. 407
- Section 71 to 84 - Repealed. Oct. 11, 1951, ch. 495, §5, 65 Stat. 407
- Section 91, 92 - Repealed. Oct. 11, 1951, ch. 495, §5, 65 Stat. 407
- Section 101 to 113 - Repealed. Oct. 11, 1951, ch. 495, §5, 65 Stat. 407
- Section 121 - Repealed. Oct. 11, 1951, ch. 495, §5, 65 Stat. 407
- Section 131 - Repealed. Oct. 11, 1951, ch. 495, §5, 65 Stat. 407
- Section 141 - Repealed. Oct. 11, 1951, ch. 495, §5, 65 Stat. 407
- Section 142 - Repealed. Oct. 11, 1951, ch. 495, §5, 65 Stat. 407
- Section 143 to 143b - Repealed. Pub. L. 88-131, §3, Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 194
- Section 144 - Repealed. Pub. L. 88-131, §3, Sept. 4, 1963, 77 Stat. 194
- Section 145 to 145n - Repealed. Pub. L. 88-131, §3, Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 194
- Section 146 to 146k - Repealed. Pub. L. 88-131, §3, Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 194
- Section 147 to 147d - Repealed. Pub. L. 88-131, §3, Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 194
- Chapter 3 - NAVIGATION RULES FOR HARBORS, RIVERS, AND INLAND WATERS GENERALLY (§§ 151 - 232)
- Table Of Contents
- Subchapter I - PRELIMINARY (§§ 151 - 159)
- Subchapter II - RULES CONCERNING LIGHTS, ETC. (§§ 171 - 183)
- Subchapter III - SOUND SIGNALS FOR FOG, ETC.; SPEED (§§ 191 - 192)
- Subchapter IV - STEERING AND SAILING RULES AND SIGNALS (§§ 201 - 213)
- Subchapter V - NO VESSEL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TO NEGLECT PROPER PRECAUTIONS (§§ 221 - 222)
- Subchapter VI - DISTRESS SIGNALS (§§ 231)
- Subchapter VII - ORDERS (§§ 232)
- Chapter 4 - NAVIGATION RULES FOR GREAT LAKES AND THEIR CONNECTING AND TRIBUTARY WATERS (§§ 241 - 295)
- Subchapter I - PRELIMINARY (§§ 241 - 244)
- Subchapter II - RULES CONCERNING LIGHTS, ETC. (§§ 251 - 262)
- Subchapter III - SOUND SIGNALS FOR FOG, ETC.; SPEED (§§ 271 - 272)
- Subchapter IV - STEERING AND SAILING RULES (§§ 281 - 293)
- Subchapter V - ORDERS (§§ 294)
- Subchapter VI - VESSELS NOT UNDER WAY (§§ 295)
- Chapter 5 - NAVIGATION RULES FOR RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AND RIVERS EMPTYING INTO GULF OF MEXICO AND TRIBUTARIES (§§ 301 - 356)
- Chapter 5A - EXEMPTION OF NAVY OR COAST GUARD VESSELS FROM CERTAIN NAVIGATION RULES (§§ 360 - 360a)
- Chapter 6 - GENERAL DUTIES OF SHIP OFFICERS AND OWNERS AFTER COLLISION OR OTHER ACCIDENT (§§ 361 - 368)
- Chapter 7 - REGULATIONS FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY (§§ 381 - 387)
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- Section 381 - Use of public vessels to suppress piracy
- Section 382 - Seizure of piratical vessels generally
- Section 383 - Resistance of pirates by merchant vessels
- Section 384 - Condemnation of piratical vessels
- Section 385 - Seizure and condemnation of vessels fitted out for piracy
- Section 386 - Commissioning private vessels for seizure of piratical vessels
- Section 387 - Duties of officers of customs and marshals as to seizure
- Chapter 8 - SUMMARY TRIALS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES AGAINST NAVIGATION LAWS (§§ 391 - 396)
- Chapter 9 - PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY (§§ 401 - 467n)
- Table Of Contents
- Subchapter I - IN GENERAL (§§ 401 - 430)
- Subchapter II - OIL POLLUTION OF COASTAL WATERS (§§ 431 - 437)
- Subchapter III - NEW YORK HARBOR, HARBOR OF HAMPTON ROADS, AND HARBOR OF BALTIMORE (§§ 441 - 454)
- Subchapter IV - POTOMAC RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (§§ 461 - 464)
- Subchapter V - NAVIGABLE WATERS OF MARYLAND (§§ 465)
- Subchapter VI - WATER POLLUTION CONTROL (§§ 466 - 466n)
- Subchapter VII - DAM INSPECTION PROGRAM (§§ 467 - 467n)
- Chapter 10 - ANCHORAGE GROUNDS AND HARBOR REGULATIONS GENERALLY (§§ 471 - 476)
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- Section 471 - Establishment by Secretary of Homeland Security of anchorage grounds and regulations generally
- Section 472 - Marking anchorage grounds by Commandant of the Coast Guard
- Section 473 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 637
- Section 474 - Anchorage and general regulations for St. Marys River
- Section 475 - Regulations for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Section 476 - Restrictions on tanker traffic in Puget Sound and adjacent waters
- Chapter 11 - BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE WATERS (§§ 491 - 535i)
- Chapter 12 - RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY (§§ 540 - 633)
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- Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 540 - 579a)
- Subchapter II - PAY AND ALLOWANCES; TRAVELING EXPENSES AND SUBSISTENCE (§§ 581 - 584a)
- Subchapter III - ACQUISITION OF LAND AND MATERIALS (§§ 591 - 598)
- Subchapter IV - PARTICULAR WORK OR IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 601 - 610)
- Subchapter V - PROSECUTION OF WORK GENERALLY (§§ 621 - 633)
- Chapter 13 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION (§§ 641 - 653a)
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- Section 641 - Creation of Mississippi River Commission
- Section 642 - Appointment of commissioners; vacancies; chairman; tenure of office
- Section 642a - Rank, pay, and allowances of Corps of Engineers officers serving as President of Mississippi...
- Section 643 - Omitted
- Section 644 - Secretary of commission
- Section 645 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 642
- Section 646 - Headquarters and meetings of commission
- Section 647 - Mississippi River survey
- Section 648 - Arkansas River; levee and bank protection
- Section 649 - Vicksburg Harbor and Ohio River below Cache River
- Section 650 - Mississippi River below Rock Island; levee and bank protection
- Section 651 - Tributaries of Mississippi River below Cairo; levee and bank protection
- Section 652 - Upper Mississippi River Management
- Section 653 - Extension of jurisdiction of Mississippi River Commission
- Section 653a - Extension of jurisdiction of Mississippi River Commission
- Chapter 14 - CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION (§§ 661 - 687)
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- Section 661 - Creation of commission; appointment of members; vacancies; powers generally
- Section 662 - Organization; compensation of members; rules and regulations of procedure; traveling expenses
- Section 663 - Territorial jurisdiction over hydraulic mining; hydraulic mining injurious to navigation prohibited
- Section 664 - General duties as to plans for protection of navigation
- Section 665 - Survey for debris reservoirs; study of methods of mines and mining
- Section 666 - Noting conditions of navigable channels
- Section 667 - Annual reports
- Section 668 - Hydraulic mining” and “mining by hydraulic process” defined
- Section 669 - Petition by hydraulic miners
- Section 670 - Surrender to United States of right to regulate debris of mine
- Section 671 - Petition for common dumping ground, etc.
- Section 672 - Notice of petition for dumping grounds, etc.; hearing
- Section 673 - Order by commission directing method of mining, etc.; expenses of complying with order; exemption...
- Section 674 - Plans for and supervision of work required by order; permit to commence mining
- Section 675 - Conditions precedent for commencement of mining operations
- Section 676 - Allotment of expenses for common dumping grounds; location of impounding works
- Section 677 - Limitation as to quantity of debris washed away
- Section 678 - Modification and revocation of permit to mine
- Section 679 - Violation of permit to mine; penalty
- Section 680 - Examination of mines; reports
- Section 681 - Repealed. Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, §704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792
- Section 682 - Malicious injury to works; injury to navigable waters by hydraulic mining; penalty
- Section 683 - Tax on operation of hydraulic mines; “debris fund”; advances by mine owners; storage for water...
- Section 684 - Cooperation by commission with State authorities
- Section 685 - Construction by commission of restraining works, etc.; use of debris fund
- Section 686 - Construction of restraining works in conjunction with State
- Section 687 - Use of State dredge and appliances in river and harbor improvements
- Chapter 15 - FLOOD CONTROL (§§ 701 - 709b)
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- Section 701 - Flood control generally
- Section 701-1 - Declaration of policy of 1944 act
- Section 701a - Declaration of policy of 1936 act
- Section 701a-1 - Flood control” defined; jurisdiction of Federal investigations
- Section 701b - Supervision of Secretary of the Army; reclamation projects unaffected
- Section 701b-1 - Transfer of jurisdiction in certain cases to Department of Agriculture
- Section 701b-2 - Cooperation by Secretaries of the Army and Agriculture; expenditures
- Section 701b-3 - Examinations and surveys; availability of appropriations
- Section 701b-4 - Administration of surveys; number authorized; reports
- Section 701b-5 - Omitted
- Section 701b-6 - Examinations and surveys by Secretary of Agriculture
- Section 701b-7 - Supplemental reports to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and House Public Works...
- Section 701b-8 - Submission of report by Chief of Engineers
- Section 701b-8a - Discontinuance of preliminary examination reports
- Section 701b-9 - Availability of appropriations for expenses incident to operation of power boats or vessels...
- Section 701b-10 - Revolving fund; establishment; availability; reimbursement; transfer of funds; limitation
- Section 701b-11 - Flood protection projects
- Section 701b-12 - Floodplain management requirements
- Section 701b-13 - Construction of flood control projects by non-Federal interests
- Section 701b-14 - Structural integrity evaluations
- Section 701c - Rights-of-way, easements, etc.; acquisition by local authorities; maintenance and operation...
- Section 701c-1 - Acquirement of titles for certain projects and to lands, easements, rights-of-way; reimbursement...
- Section 701c-2 - Acquisition and sale of land
- Section 701c-3 - Lease receipts; payment of portion to States
- Section 701d - Compacts between States; consent of Congress
- Section 701e - Effect of act June 22, 1936, on provisions for Mississippi River and other projects
- Section 701f - Authorization of appropriations
- Section 701f-1 - Additional authorization
- Section 701f-2 - Funds for specific and authorized projects merged with and accounted for under regular annual...
- Section 701f-3 - Expenditure in watersheds of funds appropriated for flood prevention purposes
- Section 701g - Removal of obstructions; clearing channels
- Section 701h - Contributions by States and political subdivisions
- Section 701h-1 - Contributions by States and political subdivisions for immediate use on authorized flood-control...
- Section 701i - Elimination from protection of areas subject to evacuation
- Section 701j - Installation in dams of facilities for future development of hydroelectric power
- Section 701k - Crediting reimbursements for lost, stolen, or damaged property
- Section 701l, 701l-1 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 650, 656
- Section 701m - Insufficient Congressional authorization; preparations for and modification of project
- Section 701n - Emergency response to natural disasters
- Section 701o - Omitted
- Section 701p - Railroad bridge alterations at Federal expense
- Section 701q - Repair and protection of highways, railroads, and utilities damaged by operation of dams or...
- Section 701r - Protection of highways, bridge approaches, public works, and nonprofit public services
- Section 701r-1 - Utilization of public roads
- Section 701s - Small flood control projects; appropriations; amount limitation for single locality; conditions
- Section 701t - Emergency fund for flood damage; amount; commitments to be fulfilled by local interests
- Section 701u - International engineering or scientific conferences; attendance
- Section 702 - Mississippi River
- Section 702a - Adoption of 1927 project; execution; creation of board; scope of authority; appropriation
- Section 702a-1 - Modification of project of 1927; adoption
- Section 702a-1a - Further modification of 1927 project; adoption; appropriation
- Section 702a-1b - Further modification; adoption
- Section 702a-2 - Abandonment of Boeuf Floodway
- Section 702a-3 - Levees; raising and enlarging
- Section 702a-4 - Fuse-plug levees
- Section 702a-5 - Back levee north of Eudora Floodway
- Section 702a-6 - Drainage necessitated by floodway levees
- Section 702a-7 - Railroad and highway crossings over floodways
- Section 702a-8 - Additional roads; construction by United States
- Section 702a-9 - Lands, easements, and rights-of-way; acquisition by local authorities; reimbursement; protection...
- Section 702a-10 - Flowage rights and rights-of-way; reimbursement of local authorities; highway crossings; use of...
- Section 702a-11 - Morganza Floodway; Eudora Floodway
- Section 702a-12 - Modified Lower Mississippi River project as of August 18, 1941
- Section 702b - Local contribution toward cost of flood control work
- Section 702c - Expenditures for construction work; conditions precedent; liability for damage from flood waters...
- Section 702d - Flowage rights; condemnation proceedings; benefits to property
- Section 702d-1 - Bonnet Carre Spillway and Floodway; rights-of-way, etc., over lands
- Section 702e - Maps for project; preparation
- Section 702f - Expenditures for earlier projects
- Section 702g - Appropriation for emergency fund
- Section 702g-1 - Additional appropriation for emergency fund
- Section 702h - Prosecution of project by Mississippi River Commission; president of commission; salaries
- Section 702h-1 - Transferred
- Section 702i - Certain sections applicable to property and rights acquired or constructed
- Section 702j - Projects relating to tributary streams; report to Congress; appropriation
- Section 702j-1 - Saint Francis and Yazoo Rivers; lands and easements; alteration of highways; cooperation of States
- Section 702j-2 - White River Levee District; rights-of-way; drainage facilities; flowage rights; acquisition by...
- Section 702k - Surveys below Cape Girardeau, Missouri; resurvey of levee in Tennessee
- Section 702k-1 - Authorization of appropriation
- Section 702k-2 - Separability
- Section 702l - Repeal of inconsistent laws
- Section 702m - Interest of Members of Congress in contracts for acquisition of land
- Section 702n - Levee rights-of-way; payment or reimbursement for
- Section 703 - Sacramento River, California
- Section 704 - Modification of project
- Section 705 - Salmon River, Alaska; flood control work authorized
- Section 706 - Secretary of Commerce; current precipitation information; appropriation
- Section 707 - Sumner Dam and Lake Sumner; declaration of purpose; report to Congress; appropriation
- Section 708 - Sale of surplus waters for domestic and industrial uses; disposition of moneys
- Section 709 - Regulations for use of storage waters; application to Tennessee Valley Authority
- Section 709a - Information on floods and flood damage
- Section 709b - Flood hazard information
- Chapter 16 - LIGHTHOUSES (§§ 711 - 776)
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- Section 711 to 715 - Omitted
- Section 716 - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 561
- Section 717 - Detail of Army engineers as construction aids
- Section 717a - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 647
- Section 718 - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 561
- Section 719 - Omitted
- Section 720, 720a - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 561
- Section 721 - Omitted
- Section 721a to 724 - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 561
- Section 725 - Prohibition against officers and employees being interested in contracts for materials, etc.
- Section 726 - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 561
- Section 727 - Lighthouse and other sites; necessity for cession by State of jurisdiction
- Section 728 - Sufficiency of cession by State; service of State process in lands ceded
- Section 729, 730 - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 561
- Section 730a - Sites for pierhead beacons
- Section 731, 732 - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 561
- Section 733 - Transferred
- Section 734 - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 561
- Section 735 - Marking pierheads in certain lakes
- Section 736 - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 561
- Section 737, 738 - Omitted
- Section 739 to 740b - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 561
- Section 741, 742 - Repealed. June 6, 1940, ch. 257, §§5, 6, 54 Stat. 247
- Section 743 - Lighthouse districts
- Section 744 - Omitted
- Section 745 - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 561
- Section 745a - Traveling expenses of new appointees to isolated posts outside United States
- Section 746 to 746b - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 565
- Section 747, 747a - Repealed. July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, §1313, 58 Stat. 714
- Section 747b - Lighthouse keepers; traveling expenses incurred in obtaining medical attention
- Section 748 - Teachers for children of lighthouse keepers
- Section 748a - Transportation expenses for school children
- Section 749 - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 561
- Section 750 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 642
- Section 751 to 752a - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 561
- Section 752b - Omitted
- Section 753, 754 - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 561
- Section 754a - Purchase of commissary and quartermaster supplies
- Section 755 to 762 - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 561
- Section 763 - Retirement for age of officers and employees generally; retirement pay; waiver of retirement pay
- Section 763-1 - Increase of retired pay
- Section 763-2 - Additional increase of retired pay
- Section 763a - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 561
- Section 763a-1 - Retirement, exceptions for age and period of service
- Section 763a-2 - Application to persons of Coast Guard
- Section 763b - Repealed. July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, §1313, 58 Stat. 714
- Section 763c - Repealed. Pub. L. 93-222, §7(b), Dec. 29, 1973, 87 Stat. 936
- Section 764 - Omitted
- Section 765 - Retirement for disability
- Section 766 - Restoration to active duty after retirement for disability
- Section 767 to 769 - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §20, 63 Stat. 561
- Section 770 - Regulations for expenditure of moneys accruing from commutation of rations and provisions
- Section 771 - Benefits for surviving spouses of Lighthouse Service employees; death of employee during...
- Section 772 - Death of employee due to non-service-connected causes after 15 years’ service; amount of payment
- Section 773 - Application for benefits
- Section 774 - Rules and regulations
- Section 775 - Payments nonassignable and exempt from process
- Section 776 - Payment out of Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
- Chapter 17 - NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (§§ 851 - 893c)
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- Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 851 - 878b)
- Subchapter II - SURVEYS (§§ 881 - 890)
- Subchapter III - NOAA FLEET MODERNIZATION (§§ 891 - 891h)
- Subchapter IV - NOAA HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICES (§§ 892 - 892d)
- Subchapter V - RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION, AND INNOVATION (§§ 893 - 893c)
- Chapter 18 - LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION (§§ 901 - 950)
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- Section 901 - Short title
- Section 902 - Definitions
- Section 903 - Coverage
- Section 904 - Liability for compensation
- Section 905 - Exclusiveness of liability
- Section 906 - Compensation
- Section 907 - Medical services and supplies
- Section 908 - Compensation for disability
- Section 909 - Compensation for death
- Section 910 - Determination of pay
- Section 911 - Guardian for minor or incompetent
- Section 912 - Notice of injury or death
- Section 913 - Filing of claims
- Section 914 - Payment of compensation
- Section 915 - Invalid agreements
- Section 916 - Assignment and exemption from claims of creditors
- Section 917 - Lien against compensation
- Section 918 - Collection of defaulted payments; special fund
- Section 919 - Procedure in respect of claims
- Section 920 - Presumptions
- Section 921 - Review of compensation orders
- Section 921a - Appearance of attorneys for Secretary, deputy commissioner, or Board
- Section 922 - Modification of awards
- Section 923 - Procedure before deputy commissioner or Board
- Section 924 - Witnesses
- Section 925 - Witness fees
- Section 926 - Costs in proceedings brought without reasonable grounds
- Section 927 - Powers of deputy commissioners or Board
- Section 928 - Fees for services
- Section 929 - Record of injury or death
- Section 930 - Reports to Secretary
- Section 931 - Penalty for misrepresentation
- Section 932 - Security for compensation
- Section 933 - Compensation for injuries where third persons are liable
- Section 934 - Compensation notice
- Section 935 - Substitution of carrier for employer
- Section 936 - Insurance policies
- Section 937 - Certificate of compliance with chapter
- Section 938 - Penalties
- Section 939 - Administration by Secretary
- Section 940 - Deputy commissioners
- Section 941 - Safety rules and regulations
- Section 942 - Annual report
- Section 943 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89-348, §1(15), Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1311
- Section 944 - Special fund
- Section 945 to 947 - Repealed. Pub. L. 98-426, §25, Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1654
- Section 948 - Laws inapplicable
- Section 948a - Discrimination against employees who bring proceedings; penalties; deposit of payments in special...
- Section 949 - Effect of unconstitutionality
- Section 950 - Separability
- Chapter 19 - SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY (§§ 981 - 990)
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- Section 981 - Creation of Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
- Section 982 - Management of Corporation; appointment of Administrator; terms; vacancy; Advisory Board...
- Section 983 - Functions of Corporation
- Section 984 - General powers of Corporation
- Section 984a - Repealed. June 28, 1955, ch. 189, §12(c)(11), 69 Stat. 181
- Section 985 - Bonds; issuance; maturity; redemption; interest; purchase of obligations by Secretary of the...
- Section 985a - Cancellation of bonds issued under section 985
- Section 986 - Payments to States and local governments in lieu of taxes; tax exemption of Corporation
- Section 987 - Services and facilities of other agencies
- Section 988 - Rates of charges or tolls
- Section 988a - Waiver of collection of charges or tolls
- Section 989 - Special reports
- Section 990 - Offenses and penalties
- Chapter 20 - POLLUTION OF THE SEA BY OIL (§§ 1001 - 1016)
- Chapter 21 - INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA (§§ 1051 - 1094)
- Secs. 1051 to 1053, 1061 to 1094 - Repealed. Pub. L. 95-75, §10, July 27, 1977, 91 Stat. 311
- Chapter 22 - SEA GRANT COLLEGES AND MARINE SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT (§§ 1101 - 1131)
- Chapter 23 - POLLUTION CONTROL OF NAVIGABLE WATERS (§§ 1151 - 1175)
- Chapter 24 - VESSEL BRIDGE-TO-BRIDGE COMMUNICATION (§§ 1201 - 1208)
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- Section 1201 - Statement of purpose
- Section 1202 - Definitions
- Section 1203 - Radiotelephone requirement
- Section 1204 - Radiotelephone for exclusive use of master, person in charge, or pilot; frequency listening watch...
- Section 1205 - Radiotelephone capability; maintenance; restoration; consequences of loss: navigation of vessel
- Section 1206 - Exemptions; terms and conditions
- Section 1207 - Regulations
- Section 1208 - Penalties
- Chapter 25 - PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY PROGRAM (§§ 1221 - 1236)
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- Section 1221 - Statement of policy
- Section 1222 - Definitions
- Section 1223 - Vessel operating requirements
- Section 1223a - Electronic charts
- Section 1224 - Considerations by Secretary
- Section 1225 - Waterfront safety
- Section 1226 - Port, harbor, and coastal facility security
- Section 1227 - Investigatory powers
- Section 1228 - Conditions for entry to ports in the United States
- Section 1229 - Applicability
- Section 1230 - International agreements
- Section 1231 - Regulations
- Section 1231a - Towing Safety Advisory Committee
- Section 1232 - Enforcement provisions
- Section 1232a - Navigational hazards
- Section 1232b - Requirement to notify Coast Guard of release of objects into the navigable waters of the United...
- Section 1233 - Regulations as to regattas or marine parades
- Section 1234 - Enforcement of regulations; use of public or private vessels
- Section 1235 - Transfer of authority to regulate to head of other department
- Section 1236 - Penalties for violations of regulations
- Chapter 26 - WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (§§ 1251 - 1387)
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- Front Matter
- Subchapter I - RESEARCH AND RELATED PROGRAMS (§§ 1251 - 1274)
- Subchapter II - GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TREATMENT WORKS (§§ 1281 - 1301)
- Subchapter III - STANDARDS AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 1311 - 1330)
- Subchapter IV - PERMITS AND LICENSES (§§ 1341 - 1346)
- Subchapter V - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1361 - 1377)
- Subchapter VI - STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING FUNDS (§§ 1381 - 1387)
- Chapter 27 - OCEAN DUMPING (§§ 1401 - 1445)
- Chapter 28 - POLLUTION CASUALTIES ON THE HIGH SEAS: UNITED STATES INTERVENTION (§§ 1471 - 1487)
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- Section 1471 - Definitions
- Section 1472 - Grave and imminent danger from oil pollution casualties to coastline or related interests of...
- Section 1473 - Consultations and determinations respecting creation of hazards to human health, etc.; criteria...
- Section 1474 - Federal intervention actions
- Section 1475 - Consultation procedure
- Section 1476 - Emergencies
- Section 1477 - Reasonable measures; considerations
- Section 1478 - Personal, flag state, and foreign state considerations
- Section 1479 - Federal liability for unreasonable damages
- Section 1480 - Notification by Secretary of State
- Section 1481 - Violations; penalties
- Section 1482 - Consultation for nomination and nomination of experts, negotiators, etc.; proposal of amendments...
- Section 1483 - Foreign government ships; immunity
- Section 1484 - Interpretation and administration; other right, duty, privilege, or immunity and other remedy...
- Section 1485 - Rules and regulations
- Section 1486 - Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
- Section 1487 - Effective date
- Chapter 29 - DEEPWATER PORTS (§§ 1501 - 1524)
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- Section 1501 - Congressional declaration of policy
- Section 1502 - Definitions
- Section 1503 - License for ownership, construction, and operation of deepwater port
- Section 1504 - Procedure
- Section 1505 - Environmental review criteria
- Section 1506 - Repealed. Pub. L. 104-324, title V, §506, Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3927
- Section 1507 - Common carrier status
- Section 1508 - Adjacent coastal States
- Section 1509 - Marine environmental protection and navigational safety
- Section 1510 - International agreements
- Section 1511 - Suspension or termination of licenses
- Section 1512 - Recordkeeping and inspection
- Section 1513 - Public access to information
- Section 1514 - Remedies
- Section 1515 - Citizen civil action
- Section 1516 - Judicial review; persons aggrieved; jurisdiction of courts of appeal
- Section 1517 - Repealed. Pub. L. 101-380, title II, §2003(a)(2), Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 507
- Section 1517a - Omitted
- Section 1518 - Relationship to other laws
- Section 1519 - Repealed. Pub. L. 104-66, title I, §1121(a), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 724
- Section 1520 - Pipeline safety and operation
- Section 1521 - Negotiations with Canada and Mexico; report to Congress
- Section 1522 - Limitations on export provisions of section 185(u) of title 30 unaffected
- Section 1523 - General procedures; issuance and enforcement of orders; scope of authority; evidentiary matters
- Section 1524 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 30 - INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA (§§ 1601 - 1608)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 1601 - Definitions
- Section 1602 - International Regulations
- Section 1603 - Vessels subject to International Regulations
- Section 1604 - Vessels not subject to International Regulations
- Section 1605 - Navy and Coast Guard vessels of special construction or purpose
- Section 1606 - Special rules for ships of war, vessels proceeding under convoy, and fishing vessels engaged in...
- Section 1607 - Implementation by rules and regulations; authority to promulgate
- Section 1608 - Civil penalties
- Chapter 31 - OCEAN POLLUTION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND MONITORING PLANNING (§§ 1701 - 1709)
- Chapter 32 - INLAND WATERWAYS TRUST FUND (§§ 1801 - 1804)
- Chapter 33 - PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS (§§ 1901 - 1915)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 1901 - Definitions
- Section 1902 - Ships subject to preventive measures
- Section 1902a - Discharge of agricultural cargo residue
- Section 1903 - Administration and enforcement
- Section 1904 - Certificates
- Section 1905 - Pollution reception facilities
- Section 1906 - Incidents involving ships
- Section 1907 - Violations
- Section 1908 - Penalties for violations
- Section 1909 - MARPOL Protocol; proposed amendments
- Section 1910 - Legal actions
- Section 1911 - Effect on other laws
- Section 1912 - International law
- Section 1913 - Compliance reports
- Section 1914 - Coordination
- Section 1915 - Plastic pollution public education program
- Chapter 33A - MARINE DEBRIS RESEARCH, PREVENTION, AND REDUCTION (§§ 1951 - 1958)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 1951 - Purposes
- Section 1952 - NOAA Marine Debris Prevention and Removal Program
- Section 1953 - Coast Guard program
- Section 1954 - Interagency coordination
- Section 1955 - Federal information clearinghouse
- Section 1956 - Definitions
- Section 1957 - Relationship to Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
- Section 1958 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 34 - INLAND NAVIGATIONAL RULES (§§ 2001 - 2073)
- Chapter 35 - ARTIFICIAL REEFS (§§ 2101 - 2106)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 2101 - Congressional statement of findings and purpose
- Section 2102 - Establishment of standards
- Section 2103 - National artificial reef plan
- Section 2104 - Permits for construction and management of artificial reefs
- Section 2105 - Definitions
- Section 2106 - Savings clauses
- Chapter 36 - WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (§§ 2201 - 2348)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 2201 - Secretary” defined
- Subchapter I - COST SHARING (§§ 2211 - 2222)
- Subchapter II - HARBOR DEVELOPMENT (§§ 2231 - 2242)
- Subchapter III - INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (§§ 2251)
- Subchapter IV - WATER RESOURCES STUDIES (§§ 2261 - 2269)
- Subchapter V - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 2280 - 2348)
- Chapter 37 - ORGANOTIN ANTIFOULING PAINT CONTROL (§§ 2401 - 2410)
- Chapter 38 - DUMPING OF MEDICAL WASTE BY PUBLIC VESSELS (§§ 2501 - 2504)
- Chapter 39 - SHORE PROTECTION FROM MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE (§§ 2601 - 2623)
- Chapter 40 - OIL POLLUTION (§§ 2701 - 2762)
- Chapter 41 - NATIONAL COASTAL MONITORING (§§ 2801 - 2805)
- Chapter 42 - ESTUARY RESTORATION (§§ 2901 - 2909)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 2901 - Purposes
- Section 2902 - Definitions
- Section 2903 - Estuary habitat restoration program
- Section 2904 - Establishment of Estuary Habitat Restoration Council
- Section 2905 - Estuary habitat restoration strategy
- Section 2906 - Monitoring of estuary habitat restoration projects
- Section 2907 - Reporting
- Section 2908 - Funding
- Section 2909 - General provisions
- Chapter 43 - NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS (§§ 3001 - 3076)
- Table Of Contents
- Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 3001 - 3005)
- Subchapter II - APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF OFFICERS (§§ 3021 - 3033)
- Subchapter III - SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS (§§ 3041 - 3049)
- Subchapter IV - SERVICE OF OFFICERS WITH THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS (§§ 3061 - 3063)
- Subchapter V - RIGHTS AND BENEFITS (§§ 3071 - 3076)
- Chapter 44 - OCEANS AND HUMAN HEALTH (§§ 3101 - 3104)
- Chapter 45 - TSUNAMI WARNING AND EDUCATION (§§ 3201 - 3207)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 3201 - Definitions
- Section 3202 - Purposes
- Section 3203 - Tsunami forecasting and warning program
- Section 3204 - National tsunami hazard mitigation program
- Section 3205 - Tsunami research program
- Section 3206 - Global tsunami warning and mitigation network
- Section 3207 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 46 - NATIONAL LEVEE SAFETY PROGRAM (§§ 3301 - 3305)
- Chapter 47 - OCEAN EXPLORATION (§§ 3401 - 3426)
- Chapter 48 - OCEAN AND COASTAL MAPPING INTEGRATION (§§ 3501 - 3507)
- Chapter 49 - INTEGRATED COASTAL AND OCEAN OBSERVATION SYSTEM (§§ 3601 - 3610)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 3601 - Purposes
- Section 3602 - Definitions
- Section 3603 - Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observing System
- Section 3604 - Interagency financing and agreements
- Section 3605 - Application with other laws
- Section 3606 - Report to Congress
- Section 3607 - Public-private use policy
- Section 3608 - Independent cost estimate
- Section 3609 - Intent of Congress
- Section 3610 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 50 - FEDERAL OCEAN ACIDIFICATION RESEARCH AND MONITORING (§§ 3701 - 3708)
- Table Of Contents
- Section 3701 - Purposes
- Section 3702 - Definitions
- Section 3703 - Interagency Subcommittee
- Section 3704 - Strategic research plan
- Section 3705 - NOAA ocean acidification activities
- Section 3706 - NSF ocean acidification activities
- Section 3707 - NASA ocean acidification activities
- Section 3708 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 51 - CLEAN HULLS (§§ 3801 - 3857)
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