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33 U.S.C. § 653 — Extension of jurisdiction of Mississippi River Commission
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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 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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A commission is created to be called “The Mississippi River Commission”, to consist of seven members.
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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Repealed.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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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 653
1 See References in Text note below.
‘‘(2) make maximum use of data in existence on the
date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 17, 1999] and ongo-
ing programs and efforts of Federal agencies and
States in developing the plan under subsection (a).
‘‘(d) COST SHARING.—
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—Development of the plan under
subsection (a) shall be at Federal expense.
‘‘(2) FEASIBILITY
STUDIES.—Feasibility studies re-
sulting from development of the plan shall be subject
to cost sharing under section 105 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2215).
‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the first
date on which funds are appropriated to carry out this
section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Environment
and Public Works of the Senate a report that includes
the plan under subsection (a).’’
‘‘SECRETARY’’ DEFINED
Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see sec-
tion 2201 of this title.
§ 653. Extension of jurisdiction of Mississippi
River Commission
The jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Com-
mission (established by the Act of June 29, 1879 1
(33 U.S.C. 641)) 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 Mex-
ico, insofar as such area is affected by the
flood waters of the Mississippi River.
(Pub. L. 102–580, title III, § 301, Oct. 31, 1992, 106
Stat. 4838.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Act of June 29, 1879 (33 U.S.C. 641), referred to in text,
probably means the act of June 28,
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