Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73not60

§653 Extension of Jurisdiction of Mississippi River Commission

Title 33 › Chapter 13— MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION › § 653

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Add Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, to the areas the Mississippi River Commission must oversee. Also add the land between the East Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee, the Mississippi River Levee, and Bayou Lafourche from Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico, only where those places are affected by Mississippi River floodwaters.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §653

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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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References in Text

Act of

June 29, 1879 (33 U.S.C. 641), referred to in text, probably means the act of

June 28, 1879, ch. 43, 21 Stat. 37, which enacted sections 641 to 644, 646, and 647 of this title.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 653

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60