Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102

§23 Bear Creek, Mississippi

Title 33 › CHAPTER 1 — NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER II — WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 23

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Bear Creek in Humphreys, Leflore and Sunflower, Mississippi, is treated as nonnavigable under U.S. law; Congress may change or repeal that.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §23

Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Bear Creek in Humphreys, Leflore, and Sunflower Counties, in the State of Mississippi, is declared to be a nonnavigable stream within the meaning of the Constitution and the laws of the United States. The right of Congress to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification The first sentence hereof is section 1 and the last sentence section 2 of act Mar. 3, 1923, entitled “An Act declaring Bear Creek in Humphreys, Leflore, and Sunflower counties, Mississippi, to be a nonnavigable stream”.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 23

Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102