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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Chapter 1 — Navigable Waters Generally

§ 59aa. Nonnavigability of Wisconsin River

Statutory text

The portion of the Wisconsin River above the hydroelectric dam at Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, is hereby declared to be a nonnavigable waterway of the United States for purposes of title 46, including but not limited to the provisions of such title relating to vessel inspection and vessel licensure, and the other maritime laws of the United States.

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.

  1. Coast Guard Omnibus Act of 1990

    Pub. L. 101–595 title III § 318 · 104 Stat. 2979

    Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 59aa

    (Pub. L. 101–595, title III, § 318, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2988.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 101–595, title III, § 318, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2988.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 318. NONNAVIGABILITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER. The portion of the Wisconsin River above the hydroelectric dam at Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, is hereby declared to be a nonnavigable waterway of the United States for purposes of title 46, United States Code, including but not limited to the provisions of such title relating to vessel inspection and vessel licensure, and the other maritime laws of the United States.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 101–595, title III, § 318, , 104 Stat. 2988.)

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