Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§453 Regulations for Navigation of Ambrose Channel; Exclusion of Tows and Sailing Vessels
Title 33 › CHAPTER 9 — PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER III — NEW YORK HARBOR, HARBOR OF HAMPTON ROADS, AND HARBOR OF BALTIMORE › § 453
Summary
The Secretary of the Army can set rules to keep Ambrose Channel safe for self-powered vessels and may bar tows and sailing vessels.
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Title 33, §453
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to make such rules and regulations for the navigation of Ambrose Channel as he may deem necessary or expedient to insure its safe use in all kinds of weather, night and day, for all vessels under control and running under their own power, and to this end he may, in his discretion, forbid its use to tows of every description and to sailing vessels.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was not enacted as part of act June 29, 1888, ch. 496, 25 Stat. 209, which comprises this subchapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act
July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. section 205(a) of act
July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
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33 U.S.C. § 453
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102