Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73not60

§59b Bayous Terrebonne and Lecarpe, Louisiana

Title 33 › Chapter 1— NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › Subchapter II— WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 59b

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Parts of Bayou Terrebonne (west of Barrow Street) and Bayou LeCarpe (west of the Intracoastal Waterway) in Houma, Louisiana, are not treated as navigable waters of the United States. Congress keeps the power to change or cancel that ruling.

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Title 33, §59b

Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Bayou Terrebonne west of Barrow Street and Bayou LeCarpe west of the Intracoastal Waterway in the city of Houma, State of Louisiana, are declared to be not navigable waters of the United States within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 59b

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60