Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§59w Norton Basin and Jamaica Bay, New York
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 59w
Summary
Two Norton Basin/Jamaica Bay areas (Committee Print 99–58) are made nonnavigable under the navigation servitude.
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Title 33, §59w
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The two portions of Norton Basin and Jamaica Bay, New York, that are particularly described in Committee Print 99–58 of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives are hereby declared to be nonnavigable waters of the United States for purposes of the navigation servitude.
Legislative History
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Change of Name
Committee on Public Works and Transportation of House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 59w
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73