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[CITE: 33USC653]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
                CHAPTER 13--MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION
 
Sec. 653. Extension of jurisdiction of Mississippi River 
        Commission
        
    The jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission (established by 
the Act of June 29, 1879 \1\ (33 U.S.C. 641)) is extended to include--
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        (1) Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana; and
        (2) the area bounded by the East Atchafalaya Basin Protection 
    Levee, the Mississippi River Levee, and Bayou Lafourche and 
    extending from Morganza, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico, insofar 
    as such area is affected by the flood waters of the Mississippi 
    River.

(Pub. L. 102-580, title III, Sec. 301, Oct. 31, 1992, 106 Stat. 4838.)

                       References in Text

    Act of June 29, 1879 (33 U.S.C. 641), referred to in text, probably 
means the act of June 28, 1879, ch. 43, 21 Stat. 37, which enacted 
sections 641 to 644, 646, and 647 of this title.
