Federal

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

1,569 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 535g — Federal navigable waters and commerce jurisdiction unaffected
• § 535h — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–120, title III, § 306(b)(6)(C) , Feb. 8, 2016 , 130 Stat. 56
• § 535i — Reservation of right to alter or repeal
• § 53a — Additional portion of Benton Harbor Canal, abandoned as navigable water
• § 54 — Burr Creek, Bridgeport, Connecticut
• § 540 — Investigations and improvements; control by Department of the Army; wildlife conservation
• § 540a — Availability of appropriations for attendance by military personnel at meetings and for printing survey reports
• § 541 — Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors; establishment; duties and powers generally
• § 542 — Review by Board of Engineers of reports on examinations and surveys and special reports
• § 543 — Employment of civil engineers on western and northwestern rivers
• § 544 — Repealed. Aug. 19, 1968 , Pub. L. 88–448, § 402(a)(9) , 78 Stat. 493
• § 544a — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 650
• § 544b — Employment of physicians to examine employees; fee or employment basis; validation of prior agreements
• § 544c — Minority group participation in construction of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway project; annual report to Congress
• § 545 — Preliminary examinations and reports; surveys; contents of report to Congress generally
• § 545a — Discontinuance
• § 546 — Investigation of stream flow and watersheds; surveys in connection with dams
• § 546a — Information as to configuration of shore line
• § 547 — Reports as to local benefits of improvement and recommendations as to local cooperation
• § 547a — Inclusion of regional economic development benefits in economic analysis for purposes of computing economic justification of project
• § 548 — Omitted
• § 549 — Repealed. Pub. L. 96–470, title I, § 104(c) , Oct. 19, 1980 , 94 Stat. 2238
• § 549a — Review of navigation, flood control, and water supply projects
• § 549b — Inclusion of project or facility in Corps of Engineers workplan
• § 55 — Bayou Savage (or Chantilly) in New Orleans
• § 550 — Report on water terminal and transfer facilities
• § 551 — Policy of Government as to terminal facilities for new projects
• § 552 — Repealed. May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1(28) , 45 Stat. 988
• § 553 — Freight statistics
• § 554 — Duty of shipowners and officers to furnish information to person in local charge of improvement; penalty
• § 555 — Duty of shipowners and officers to furnish information required by Secretary of the Army
• § 555a — Petroleum product information
• § 556 — Printing reports generally
• § 557 — Payment of costs of printing
• § 557a — Publication of pamphlets, maps, brochures, and other material
• § 557b — Sale of publications, charts, or other material; deposit of proceeds
• § 558 — Proceeds from sale or transfer of property acquired
• § 558a — Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 1(56) , 65 Stat. 703
• § 558b — Exchange of land or property
• § 558b–1 — Application to authorized works of flood control
• § 558c — Rights-of-way over United States land
• § 559 — Disposition of rentals for Government plants
• § 56 — Fort Point Channel and South Bay, Boston, Massachusetts
• § 560 — Contributions from private parties; return of excess
• § 561 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–270, title I, § 1166(c) , Oct. 23, 2018 , 132 Stat. 3798
• § 561a — Contributions from local interests; reduction to meet lowered cost
• § 562 — Channel depths and dimensions defined
• § 562a — Project depths for national defense purposes; waterways for general commerce
• § 563 — Omitted
• § 564 — Repealed. July 3, 1943, ch. 189, § 5 , 57 Stat. 374
• § 565 — River and harbor improvement by private or municipal enterprise
• § 566 — Improvement by or under authority of State of New Jersey
• § 567 — Navigation and flood control improvements by Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota
• § 567a — Flood and pollution control compacts between certain States
• § 567b — Pollution of Potomac drainage basin; control by State compacts
• § 567b–1 — Amended compact
• § 568 — Limitation on power of committee of Congress to consider projects
• § 569 — Personal equipment for employees; use of funds for purpose
• § 569a — Temporary employment of experts or consultants; compensation
• § 569b — Contracts; architect and engineering services; surveying and mapping services
• § 569c — Services of volunteers
• § 569d — Safety award and promotional materials
• § 569e — Use of private sector resources in surveying and mapping
• § 569f — Debarment of persons convicted of fraudulent use of “Made in America” labels
• § 57 — Pike Creek, Wisconsin
• § 570 — Default in contract; disposition of amounts collected
• § 571 — Crediting reimbursements for lost, stolen, or damaged property
• § 572 — Collection and removal of drift in Baltimore Harbor
• § 573 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 656
• § 574 — Omitted
• § 574a — Training funds
• § 575 — Availability of appropriations for expenses incident to operation of power boats or vessels; expenses defined; certification of expenditures
• § 576 — Revolving fund; establishment; availability; reimbursement; transfer of funds; limitation
• § 576a — Purchase of passenger motor vehicles by Corps of Engineers
• § 576b — Lease authority
• § 576c — Corps of Engineers operation of unmanned aircraft systems
• § 577 — Small river and harbor improvement projects
• § 577a — Small-boat navigation projects; charter fishing craft
• § 577b — Cost of operation and maintenance of general navigation features of small boat harbor projects; applicable projects
• § 578 — Disposal of surplus property for development of public port or industrial facilities
• § 578a — Disposition studies
• § 578b — Disposition of projects
• § 579 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–640, title I, § 119(b) , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 4630
• § 579a — Corps budgeting; project deauthorizations; comprehensive backlog report
• § 579b — Omitted
• § 579c — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–260, div. AA, title III, § 360(d) , Dec. 27, 2020 , 134 Stat. 2733
• § 579c–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–260, div. AA, title III, § 360(f) , Dec. 27, 2020 , 134 Stat. 2733
• § 579c–2 — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–260, div. AA, title III, § 360(h) , Dec. 27, 2020 , 134 Stat. 2733
• § 579d — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–260, div. AA, title III, § 360(e) , Dec. 27, 2020 , 134 Stat. 2733
• § 579d–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–260, div. AA, title III, § 360(g) , Dec. 27, 2020 , 134 Stat. 2733
• § 579d–2 — Deauthorization of inactive projects
• § 579e — Access to real estate data
• § 579f — Budgetary evaluation metrics and transparency; public participation
• § 579g — Annual reports
• § 58 — Acushnet River section of New Bedford and Fairhaven Harbor, Massachusetts
• § 581 — Hiring special means of transportation
• § 582 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 644
• § 583 — Payment of allowances, etc., incident to change of station of Engineer officers from appropriation for improvements
• § 583a — Payment of pay and allowances of officers of Corps of Engineers from appropriation for improvements
• § 584, 584a — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 647 , 648
• § 585 — Reserve component training at water resources development projects
• § 59 — West River in West Haven, Connecticut
• § 591 — Condemnation, purchase, and donation of land and materials
• § 592 — Condemnation of land in aid of person, com­pany, corporation, municipal or private
• § 593 — Condemnation of land in aid of State or State agency
• § 594 — When immediate possession of land may be taken
• § 595 — Consideration of benefits in assessing compensation
• § 595a — Compensation for taking or condemnation of property for public improvements; fair market value; partial taking; effective date
• § 596 — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–646, title III, § 306 , Jan. 2, 1971 , 84 Stat. 1907
• § 597 — Acquisition of lands for water resource development projects; information as to probable timing for acquisition; public meetings; regulations
• § 598 — Resettlement of displaced families, individuals, and business concerns
• § 598a — Property acquisition
• § 598b — Minimum real estate interest
• § 598c — Easements for hurricane and storm damage reduction projects
• § 59a — Back Cove, Portland, Maine
• § 59aa — Nonnavigability of Wisconsin River
• § 59b — Bayous Terrebonne and LeCarpe, Louisiana
• § 59bb — Declaration of nonnavigability for portions of Lake Erie
• § 59bb–1 — Declaration of nonnavigability for Lake Erie, New York
• § 59c — East River, New York
• § 59c–1 — East and Hudson Rivers, New York
• § 59c–2 — East River, New York
• § 59c–3 — Queens County, New York
• § 59cc — Declaration of nonnavigability of portion of Hudson River, New York
• § 59d — River Raisin, Michigan
• § 59dd — Declaration of nonnavigability of portions of Cleveland Harbor, Ohio
• § 59e — Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana
• § 59e–1 — Additional portion of Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana
• § 59ee — Portion of Sacramento River Barge Canal declared to not be navigable waters of United States
• § 59ee–1 — Declaration of nonnavigability for portion of Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel
• § 59f — Boston Inner Harbor and Fort Point Channel, Massachusetts
• § 59ff — Declaration of nonnavigability for portions of Pelican Island, Texas
• § 59g — Steele and Washington Bayous, and Lake Washington, Mississippi
• § 59gg — Declaration of nonnavigability for portions of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
• § 59h — San Francisco, California, Waterfront Area
• § 59h–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–260, div. AA, title III, § 316(b) , Dec. 27, 2020 , 134 Stat. 2706
• § 59hh — Declaration of nonnavigability for portion of Pelican Island, Texas
• § 59i — Patapsco River, Maryland
• § 59ii — Declaration of nonnavigability of a portion of the canal known as the James River and Kanawha Canal in Richmond, Virginia
• § 59j — Delaware River, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; permanent structures
• § 59j–1 — Declaration of nonnavigability for portions of the Delaware River
• § 59jj — Designation of nonnavigability for portions of Gloucester County, New Jersey
• § 59k — Wicomico River, Maryland
• § 59kk — Wateree River
• § 59l — Nonapplicability of prohibitions and provisions for review and approval concerning wharves and piers
• § 59ll — Central Delaware River, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• § 59m — Lake Oswego, Oregon; Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; and Lake George, New York
• § 59mm — Coalbank Slough deemed not navigable waters of the United States for certain purposes
• § 59n — Hudson River, Hudson County, New Jersey
• § 59n–1 — Caven Point, New Jersey
• § 59o — Hackensack River, Hudson County, New Jersey
• § 59p — Kenduskeag Stream, Penobscot County, Maine
• § 59q — Erie Basin, Buffalo Harbor, New York
• § 59q–1 — Union Canal, Outer Buffalo Harbor, New York
• § 59r — Trent River, Craven County, North Carolina
• § 59s — Green River, Washington
• § 59t — Burnham Canal, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• § 59u — Lawyer’s Ditch, Essex County, New Jersey
• § 59v — Middle River, Maryland
• § 59w — Norton Basin and Jamaica Bay, New York
• § 59x — Exemption from General Bridge Act of 1946
• § 59y — Declaration of nonnavigability for portions of Coney Island Creek and Gravesend Bay, New York
• § 59z — Declaration of nonnavigability of bodies of water in Ridgefield, New Jersey
• § 6 — Free passage to harbor of Michigan City, Indiana
• § 601 — Mississippi River; regulation of reservoirs at headwaters
• § 602 — Maintenance of channel of South Pass of Mississippi River
• § 603 — Repealed. Mar. 2, 1945, ch. 19, § 3 , 59 Stat. 23
• § 603a — Removal of snags and debris, and straightening, clearing, and protecting channels in navigable waters
• § 604 — Removal of snags, etc., from Mississippi River
• § 605 — Operation of snag boats on Upper Mississippi River
• § 605a — Mississippi River forecasting improvements
• § 606 — Removal of snags, and so forth, from Ohio River
• § 607 — Removal of drift from New York Harbor
• § 607a — Appropriations; separate project
• § 608 — Construction of fishways
• § 609 — Sluices and other work in dams for development of water power
• § 61 to 63 — Repealed. Oct. 11, 1951, ch. 495, § 5 , 65 Stat. 407
• § 610 — Control of aquatic plant growths and invasive species
• § 621 — By what methods river and harbor work may be authorized to be prosecuted
• § 622 — Contracts, etc., with private industry for implementation of projects for improvements and dredging; reduction of federally owned fleet
• § 623 — Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 1(57) , 65 Stat. 703
• § 624 — Limitation on improvement work by private contract
• § 625 — Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 1(58) , 65 Stat. 703
• § 626 — Prosecution of work when appropriation in­sufficient
• § 627 — Application of appropriation when separate works are included therein
• § 628 — Expenditure for dredging within harbor lines
• § 629 — Contract for hire of dredging plant
• § 630 — Limitation on expenditure for purchase of dredges
• § 631 — Transfer of property between projects
• § 632 — Omitted
• § 633 — Protection, alteration, reconstruction, relocation, or replacement of structures and facilities; contract standards; reasonable costs
• § 634 — Assistance relating to water supply
• § 635 — Coast Guard anchorages
• § 641 — Creation of Mississippi River Commission
• § 642 — Appointment of commissioners; vacancies; chairman; tenure of office
• § 642a — Rank, pay, and allowances of Corps of Engineers officers serving as President of Mississippi River Commission
• § 643 — Omitted
• § 644 — Secretary of commission
• § 645 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 642
• § 646 — Headquarters and meetings of commission