Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73

§32 Lake George, Mississippi

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 32

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Lake George in Yazoo County, Mississippi, is not treated as a "navigable water of the United States" for the federal laws that protect such waters. Congress keeps the right to change or repeal that decision.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §32

Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Lake George, in Yazoo County, in the State of Mississippi, 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 of Congress to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved.

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Editorial Notes

Codification The two sentences comprising this section are respectively section 1 and 2 of act May 24, 1922, entitled “An act declaring Lake George, Yazoo County, Mississippi, to be a nonnavigable stream”.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 32

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73