2015 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters (Sections 1 - 4009)
Chapter 13 - Mississippi River Commission (Sections 641 - 653a)
Sec. 653a - 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. 653a - Extension of jurisdiction of Mississippi River Commission |
| Contains | section 653a |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 104-303, title V, §517, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3764. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 110 Stat. 3764 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 104-303 |
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The jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission, established by section 641 of this title, is extended to include—
(1) all of the area between the eastern side of the Bayou Lafourche Ridge from Donaldsonville, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico and the west guide levee of the Mississippi River from Donaldsonville, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico;
(2) Alexander County, Illinois; and
(3) the area in the State of Illinois from the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers northward to the vicinity of Mississippi River mile 39.5, including the Len Small Drainage and Levee District, insofar as such area is affected by the flood waters of the Mississippi River.
(Pub. L. 104–303, title V, §517, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3764.)
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