Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§50 Turtle Bay and Turtle Bayou, Texas
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 50
Summary
Turtle Bay and Turtle Bayou in Chambers County, Texas, are declared not navigable under U.S. law. The Turtle Bayou project authorized June 25, 1910, is abandoned, and Congress may change or repeal this.
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Title 33, §50
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Turtle Bay and Turtle Bayou, in Chambers County, in the State of Texas, are declared to be nonnavigable waterways within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States of America. The existing project for Turtle Bayou, Texas, authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act approved June 25, 1910 (Act June 25, 1910, ch. 382, 36 Stat. 630), is abandoned. The right of Congress to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved.
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The Rivers and Harbors Act approved
June 25, 1910, referred to in text, is act
June 25, 1910, ch. 382, 36 Stat. 630, which is classified to section 546, 564, and 643 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
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33 U.S.C. § 50
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73