Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73

§21 Bayou Cocodrie, Louisiana

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 21

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Bayou Cocodrie, from its source to where it meets Bayou Chicot in Louisiana, is not treated as a navigable water of the United States for federal water-protection laws. Congress keeps the right to change or repeal that statement.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §21

Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Bayou Cocodrie, from its source to its junction with Bayou Chicot, in the State of Louisiana, is declared to be not a navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the laws enacted by the Congress for the preservation and protection of such waters. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved.

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Editorial Notes

Codification The first sentence hereof is section 1 and the second sentence section 2 of act Feb. 25, 1921, entitled “An Act to declare Bayou Cocodrie nonnavigable from its source to its junction with Bayou Chicot”.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 21

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73