Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 13 — Mississippi River Commission
§ 653. Extension of jurisdiction of Mississippi River Commission
Statutory text
The jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission (established by the Act of 1 (33 U.S.C. 641)) is extended to include—
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana; and
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.
Footnotes
- 1 See References in Text note below.
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.
Water Resources Development Act of 1992
Pub. L. 102–580 title III § 301 · 106 Stat. 4797
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 653
(Pub. L. 102–580, title III, § 301, Oct. 31, 1992, 106 Stat. 4838.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 102–580, title III, § 301, Oct. 31, 1992, 106 Stat. 4838.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF JURISDICTION OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION. The jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission (established by the Act of June 29, 1879 (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.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Act of (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.