2015 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters (Sections 1 - 4009)
Chapter 13 - Mississippi River Commission (Sections 641 - 653a)
Sec. 653 - Extension of jurisdiction of Mississippi River Commission
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 13 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION Sec. 653 - Extension of jurisdiction of Mississippi River Commission |
| Contains | section 653 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 102-580, title III, §301, Oct. 31, 1992, 106 Stat. 4838. |
| Statutes at Large References | 21 Stat. 37 106 Stat. 4838 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 102-580 |
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The jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission (established by the Act of June 29, 1879 1 (33 U.S.C. 641)) is extended to include—
(1) Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana; and
(2) the area bounded by the East Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee, the Mississippi River Levee, and Bayou Lafourche and extending from Morganza, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico, insofar as such area is affected by the flood waters of the Mississippi River.
(Pub. L. 102–580, title III, §301, Oct. 31, 1992, 106 Stat. 4838.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTAct of June 29, 1879 (33 U.S.C. 641), referred to in text, probably means the act of June 28, 1879, ch. 43, 21 Stat. 37, which enacted sections 641 to 644, 646, and 647 of this title.
1 See References in Text note below.
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