33 U.S.C. § 49 — Bayou Saint John in New Orleans

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Congress declares that Bayou Saint John in New Orleans, Louisiana, is not a "navigable water of the United States" under federal water-protection laws. That means the usual federal navigable-waters protections don't apply to it. Congress keeps the right to change or cancel this law later.

This law is about Bayou Saint John, a waterway in New Orleans, Louisiana. Congress says that, for the purpose of federal laws that protect and preserve "navigable waters of the United States," Bayou Saint John does not count as one. That means the special federal rules that normally protect navigable waters don't apply to this bayou. The law also says Congress keeps the right to change, add to, or completely cancel this rule whenever it wants.

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Bayou Saint John, in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, is declared to be not a navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the laws enacted by Congress for the preservation and protection of such waters.

The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved.

Source credit: (June 5, 1936, ch. 530, §§ 1, 2, 49 Stat. 1484.)

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1936Enacted · Act of June 5, 1936, ch. 530 · 49 Stat. 1484

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 530 on 1936-06-05.

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