Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§653 Extension of jurisdiction of Mississippi River Commission
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 13— - MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION › § 653
Summary
Gives the Mississippi River Commission responsibility for flood-related work in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. It also covers the land between the East Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee, the Mississippi River Levee, and Bayou Lafourche from Morganza, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico, but only where that land is affected by Mississippi River floodwaters.
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Title 33, §653
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission (established by the Act of June 29, 1879 11 See References in Text note below. (33 U.S.C. 641)) is extended to include—
(1)Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana; and
(2)the area bounded by the East Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee, the Mississippi River Levee, and Bayou Lafourche and extending from Morganza, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico, insofar as such area is affected by the flood waters of the Mississippi River.
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33 U.S.C. § 653
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73