Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 12 — River and Harbor Improvements Generally
§ 562. Channel depths and dimensions defined
Statutory text
In the preparation of projects under this and subsequent river and harbor acts and after the project becomes operational, unless otherwise expressed, the channel depths referred to shall be understood to signify the depth at mean lower low water, as defined by the Department of Commerce for nautical charts and tidal predictions, in tidal waters tributary to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and at mean lower low water, as defined by the Department of Commerce for nautical charts and tidal predictions, in tidal waters tributary to the Pacific coast and the mean depth for a continuous period of fifteen days of the lowest water, as defined by the Department of Commerce for nautical charts and tidal predictions, in the navigation season of any year in rivers and nontidal channels, and and 1 after the project becomes operational the channel dimensions specified shall be understood to admit of such increase at the entrances, bends, sidings, and turning places as may be necessary to allow of the free movement of boats.
Footnotes
- 1 So in original.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 63–142 § 5 · 38 Stat. 509
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 562
Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 142, § 5, 38 Stat. 1053
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 142, § 5, 38 Stat. 1053Water Resources Development Act of 1992
Pub. L. 102–580 title II § 224 · 106 Stat. 4797
Inserted · 33 U.S.C. § 562
Pub. L. 102–580 inserted “and after the project becomes operational” after “harbor acts”, “lower” after “depth at mean”, “, as defined by the Department of Commerce for nautical charts and tidal predictions,” after “water” wherever appearing, and “and after the project becomes operational” before “the channel dimensions”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 102–580 inserted “and after the project becomes operational” after “harbor acts”, “lower” after “depth at mean”, “, as defined by the Department of Commerce for nautical charts and tidal predictions,” after “water” wherever appearing, and “and after the project becomes operational” before “the channel dimensions”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 224. CHANNEL DEPTHS AND DIMENSIONS. Section 5 of the Act of March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1053; 33 U.S.C. 562), is amended— (1) by inserting “and after the project becomes operational” before the first comma; (2) by inserting “lower” after “mean” the first place it appears; (3) by inserting as defined by the Department of Commerce for nautical charts and tidal predictions,” after “water” each place it appears; and (4) by inserting “and after the project becomes operational” before “the channel dimensions”.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section is from act , popularly known as the “Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1915”.
Prior Provisions
Section superseded act Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 144, § 9, 37 Stat. 827, which read as follows: “In the preparation of projects under this and subsequent river and harbor acts, unless otherwise expressed, the channel depths referred to shall be understood to signify the depth at mean lower low water in tidal waters, and the mean depth during the month of lowest water in the navigation season in rivers and nontidal channels, and the channel dimensions specified shall be understood to admit of such increase at the entrances, bends, sidings, and turning places as may be necessary to allow of the free movement of boats.”
Amendments
1992—Pub. L. 102–580 inserted “and after the project becomes operational” after “harbor acts”, “lower” after “depth at mean”, “, as defined by the Department of Commerce for nautical charts and tidal predictions,” after “water” wherever appearing, and “and after the project becomes operational” before “the channel dimensions”.
Credits
1915–1992 · 2 acts
- 1915Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 142, § 5, 38 Stat. 1053
- 1992Pub. L. 102–580, title II, § 224, , 106 Stat. 4837.
Show as published
(Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 142, § 5, 38 Stat. 1053; Pub. L. 102–580, title II, § 224, , 106 Stat. 4837.)