33 U.S.C. § 21 (2024)
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Bayou Cocodrie, Louisiana
Official statutory text
Bayou Cocodrie, from its source to its junction with Bayou Chicot, in the State of Louisiana, is declared to be not a navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the laws enacted by the Congress for the preservation and protection of such waters.
The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved.
(Feb. 25, 1921, ch. 71, §§1, 2, 41 Stat. 1145.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
The first sentence hereof is section 1 and the second sentence section 2 of act Feb. 25, 1921, entitled "An Act to declare Bayou Cocodrie nonnavigable from its source to its junction with Bayou Chicot".
The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved.
(Feb. 25, 1921, ch. 71, §§1, 2, 41 Stat. 1145.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
The first sentence hereof is section 1 and the second sentence section 2 of act Feb. 25, 1921, entitled "An Act to declare Bayou Cocodrie nonnavigable from its source to its junction with Bayou Chicot".
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