16 U.S.C. § 731 — Effect on other laws

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This chapter preserves federal laws protecting and improving the navigable Mississippi River and does not authorize interference with Army projects for the river.

Nothing in this chapter exempts any part of the Mississippi River from federal laws for improving, preserving, or protecting navigable waters. Nothing authorizes interference with Department of the Army operations on any project adopted now or later to improve the river.

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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as exempting any portion of the Mississippi River from the provisions of Federal laws for the improvement, preservation, and protection of navigable waters, nor as authorizing any interference with the operations of the Department of the Army in carrying out any project now or hereafter adopted for the improvement of said river.

Source credit: (June 7, 1924, ch. 346, § 13, 43 Stat. 652; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)

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1924Enacted · Act of June 7, 1924, ch. 346 · 43 Stat. 652
1947Amended · Act of July 26, 1947, ch. 343 · 61 Stat. 501

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 346 on 1924-06-07.

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