§ 651. — Tributaries of Mississippi River below Cairo; 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: 33USC651]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 13--MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION
Sec. 651. Tributaries of Mississippi River below Cairo; levee
and bank protection
The jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission is extended,
for the purposes of levee protection and bank protection, to the
tributaries and outlets of the Mississippi River between Cairo,
Illinois, and the Head of the Passes, in so far as these tributaries and
outlets are affected by the flood waters of the Mississippi River.
(Sept. 22, 1922, ch. 427, Sec. 13, 42 Stat. 1047.)
Codification
Section is from the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act for the
year 1922.
