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US CodeTitle 33
33

Navigation and Navigable Waters

Title 33 of the United States Code

46 chapters
1,342 sections

Chapters

Chapter 1

NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY

105 sections

Chapter 10

ANCHORAGE GROUNDS AND HARBOR REGULATIONS GENERALLY

2 sections

Chapter 11

BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE WATERS

44 sections

Chapter 12

RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY

107 sections

Chapter 13

MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION

13 sections

Chapter 14

CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION

26 sections

Chapter 15

FLOOD CONTROL

98 sections

Chapter 16

LIGHTHOUSES

1 section

Chapter 17

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

59 sections

Chapter 18

LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

48 sections

Chapter 19

SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY

12 sections

Chapter 22

SEA GRANT COLLEGES AND MARINE SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT

18 sections

Chapter 24

VESSEL BRIDGE-TO-BRIDGE COMMUNICATION

8 sections

Chapter 26

WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL

122 sections

Chapter 27

OCEAN DUMPING

21 sections

Chapter 28

POLLUTION CASUALTIES ON THE HIGH SEAS: UNITED STATES INTERVENTION

17 sections

Chapter 29

DEEPWATER PORTS

20 sections

Chapter 3

NAVIGATION RULES FOR HARBORS, RIVERS, AND INLAND WATERS GENERALLY

3 sections

Chapter 30

INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA

8 sections

Chapter 32

INLAND WATERWAYS TRUST FUND

2 sections

Chapter 33

PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS

13 sections

Chapter 33A

MARINE DEBRIS RESEARCH, PREVENTION, AND REDUCTION

29 sections

Chapter 34

INLAND NAVIGATIONAL RULES

2 sections

Chapter 35

ARTIFICIAL REEFS

6 sections

Chapter 36

WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

200 sections

Chapter 38

DUMPING OF MEDICAL WASTE BY PUBLIC VESSELS

4 sections

Chapter 39

SHORE PROTECTION FROM MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE

12 sections

Chapter 40

OIL POLLUTION

33 sections

Chapter 41

NATIONAL COASTAL MONITORING

6 sections

Chapter 42

ESTUARY RESTORATION

9 sections

Chapter 43

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS

51 sections

Chapter 44

OCEANS AND HUMAN HEALTH

4 sections

Chapter 45

TSUNAMI WARNING AND EDUCATION

9 sections

Chapter 46

NATIONAL LEVEE SAFETY PROGRAM

9 sections

Chapter 47

OCEAN EXPLORATION

8 sections

Chapter 48

OCEAN AND COASTAL MAPPING INTEGRATION

9 sections

Chapter 49

INTEGRATED COASTAL AND OCEAN OBSERVATION SYSTEM

12 sections

Chapter 50

FEDERAL OCEAN ACIDIFICATION RESEARCH AND MONITORING

8 sections

Chapter 51

CLEAN HULLS

22 sections

Chapter 52

WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION

15 sections

Chapter 53

HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM AND HYPOXIA RESEARCH AND CONTROL

12 sections

Chapter 54

COMMERCIAL ENGAGEMENT THROUGH OCEAN TECHNOLOGY

6 sections

Chapter 55

SAVE OUR SEAS 2.0

25 sections

Chapter 7

REGULATIONS FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY

7 sections

Chapter 8

SUMMARY TRIALS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES AGAINST NAVIGATION LAWS

6 sections

Chapter 9

PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY

91 sections