§ 648. — Arkansas River; levee and bank protection.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC648]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 13--MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION
Sec. 648. Arkansas River; levee and bank protection
The jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission is extended so
as to include that part of the Arkansas River between its mouth and the
intersection thereof with the division line between Lincoln and
Jefferson Counties, and any funds which are appropriated by Congress for
improving the Mississippi River between Head of Passes and the mouth of
the Ohio River, and which may be allotted to levees and bank revetment,
may be expended within the limits of said extended jurisdiction under
the direction of the Secretary of the Army, in accordance with the
plans, specifications, and recommendations of the Mississippi River
Commission, as approved by the Chief of Engineers, and upon like terms
and conditions for levees and bank revetment upon any part of the
Mississippi River now under the jurisdiction of said commission, and in
such manner as will best promote and accomplish the purposes for which
commission was created, in so far as the territory hereby added to its
said jurisdiction may be involved.
(July 27, 1916, ch. 260, Sec. 1, 39 Stat. 402; July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
Codification
Section is from part of section 1 of the Rivers and Harbors
Appropriation Act of 1916.
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act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch.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.
