33 U.S.C. § 653a — Extension of jurisdiction of Mississippi River Commission
submitted 30 years ago by Pub. L. 104-303 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 111 words · no verdicts yet
This section expands the Mississippi River Commission’s jurisdiction to specified areas in Louisiana and Illinois. The Illinois areas are included to the extent they are affected by Mississippi River floodwaters.
(1) The Commission’s jurisdiction includes all land between the east side of the Bayou Lafourche Ridge, from Donaldsonville, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico, and the Mississippi River’s west guide levee over that same distance. (2) It includes Alexander County, Illinois. (3) It includes the Illinois area from the meeting point of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers north to about Mississippi River mile 39.5, including the Len Small Drainage and Levee District, to the extent Mississippi River floodwaters affect that area.
The jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission, established by section 641 of this title, is extended to include—
all of the area between the eastern side of the Bayou Lafourche Ridge from Donaldsonville, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico and the west guide levee of the Mississippi River from Donaldsonville, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico;
Alexander County, Illinois; and
the area in the State of Illinois from the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers northward to the vicinity of Mississippi River mile 39.5, including the Len Small Drainage and Levee District, insofar as such area is affected by the flood waters of the Mississippi River.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 104–303, title V, § 517, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3764.)
- 1996Enacted · Pub. L. 104-303 · 110 Stat. 3764
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 104-303 on 1996-10-12.
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