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A commission is created to be called “The Mississippi River Commission”, to consist of seven members.
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The jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission (established by the Act of June 29, 1879 11 See References in Text note below. ([33 U.S.C. 641](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section641&num=0&edition=prelim))) is extended to include— (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.
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The jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission, established by [section 641 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section641&num=0&edition=prelim), is extended to include— (1) 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; (2) Alexander County, Illinois; and (3) 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.
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Page 165 TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS § 642a Sec. 642. Appointment of commissioners; vacancies; chairman; tenure of office. 642a. Rank, pay, and allowances of Corps of Engi- neers officers serving as President of Mis- sissippi River Commission. 643. Omitted. 644. Secretary of commission. 645. Repealed. 646. Headquarters and meetings of commission. 647. Mississippi River survey. 648. Arkansas River; levee and bank protection. 649. Vicksburg Harbor and Ohio River below Cache River. 650. Mississippi River below Rock Island; levee and bank protection. 651. Tributaries of Mississippi River below Cairo; levee and bank protection. 652. Upper Mississippi River Management. 653. Extension of jurisdiction of Mississippi River Commission. 653a. Extension of jurisdiction of Mississippi River Commission. § 641. Creation of Mississippi River Commission A commission is created to be called ‘‘The Mississippi River Commission’’, to consist of seven members. (June 28, 1879, ch. 43, § 1, 21 Stat. 37.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION This was the first section of an act entitled ‘‘An act to provide for the appointment of a ‘Mississippi River Commission’ for the improvement of said river from the Head of the Passes near its mouth to its head-wa- ters’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries APPROPRIATION FOR SALARIES AND EXPENSES Act June 28, 1879, ch. 43, § 7, 21 Stat. 38, omitted as temporary and executed, provided for the expenditure of an appropriation of $175,000 for salaries of the com- mission and necessary expenses of surveys, examina- tions, etc. MISSOURI RIVER COMMISSION The Missouri River Commission was created by act July 5, 1884, ch. 229, § 1, 23 Stat. 144, and repealed by act July 13, 1902, ch. 1079, § 1, 32 Stat.
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