Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§59e Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana
Title 33 › CHAPTER 1 — NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER II — WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 59e
Summary
Bayou Lafourche, from Canal Boulevard in Thibodaux to the Mississippi at Donaldsonville, is declared not a navigable U.S. waterway. The federal project authorized August 30, 1935 and July 14, 1960 is canceled there; Congress may change it.
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Title 33, §59e
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Bayou Lafourche, in the State of Louisiana, between Canal Boulevard, city of Thibodaux, Parish of Lafourche, State of Louisiana, and the head of the bayou at its junction with the Mississippi River levee at the city of Donaldsonville, Parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana, is hereby declared to be a nonnavigable waterway of the United States within the meaning of the laws of the United States. The existing project for Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, authorized by the Acts of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1028) and July 14, 1960 (74 Stat. 480) is hereby deauthorized in the reach of Bayou Lafourche herein declared nonnavigable. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is hereby expressly reserved.
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The provisions of the Acts of
August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1028) and
July 14, 1960 (74 Stat. 480), referred to in text, authorizing the Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, project, are not classified to the Code.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Portion of Bayou Lafourche Declared To Be Navigable Waterway Pub. L. 101–595, title III, § 314, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2987, provided that: “Bayou Lafourche, in the State of Louisiana, between the Percy Brown Road (Hwy 648), city of Thibodaux, parish of Lafourche, and the Southern Pacific Railroad bridge crossing the bayou, city of Thibodaux, parish of Lafourche, is declared to be navigable waterway of the United States under chapter 11 of title 33, United States Code.”
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33 U.S.C. § 59e
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102