Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Every section of Title 33 of the United States Code, navigation and navigable waters — 1,534 sections, full text, with the cases that cite each one.

• 33 U.S.C. § 1486 — Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
• 33 U.S.C. § 1487 — Effective date
• 33 U.S.C. § 1501 — Congressional declaration of policy
• 33 U.S.C. § 1502 — Definitions
• 33 U.S.C. § 1503 — License for ownership, construction, and operation of deepwater port
• 33 U.S.C. § 1504 — Procedure
• 33 U.S.C. § 1505 — Environmental review criteria
• 33 U.S.C. § 1506 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–324, title V, §506, Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3927
• 33 U.S.C. § 1507 — Common carrier status
• 33 U.S.C. § 1508 — Adjacent coastal States
• 33 U.S.C. § 1509 — Marine environmental protection and navigational safety
• 33 U.S.C. § 1510 — International agreements
• 33 U.S.C. § 1511 — Suspension or termination of licenses
• 33 U.S.C. § 1512 — Recordkeeping and inspection
• 33 U.S.C. § 1513 — Public access to information
• 33 U.S.C. § 1514 — Remedies
• 33 U.S.C. § 1515 — Citizen civil action
• 33 U.S.C. § 1516 — Judicial review; persons aggrieved; jurisdiction of courts of appeal
• 33 U.S.C. § 1517 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–380, title II, §2003(a)(2), Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 507
• 33 U.S.C. § 1518 — Relationship to other laws
• 33 U.S.C. § 1519 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–66, title I, §1121(a), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 724
• 33 U.S.C. § 1520 — Pipeline safety and operation
• 33 U.S.C. § 1521 — Negotiations with Canada and Mexico; report to Congress
• 33 U.S.C. § 1522 — Limitations on export provisions of section 185(u) of title 30 unaffected
• 33 U.S.C. § 1523 — General procedures; issuance and enforcement of orders; scope of authority; evidentiary matters
• 33 U.S.C. § 1524 — Repealed. Pub. L. 118–159, div. C, title XXXV, §3535(k), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2315
• 33 U.S.C. § 1601 — Definitions
• 33 U.S.C. § 1602 — International Regulations
• 33 U.S.C. § 1603 — Vessels subject to International Regulations
• 33 U.S.C. § 1604 — Vessels not subject to International Regulations
• 33 U.S.C. § 1605 — Navy and Coast Guard vessels of special construction or purpose
• 33 U.S.C. § 1606 — Special rules for ships of war, vessels proceeding under convoy, and fishing vessels engaged in fishing as a fleet
• 33 U.S.C. § 1607 — Implementation by rules and regulations; authority to promulgate
• 33 U.S.C. § 1608 — Civil penalties
• 33 U.S.C. § 1701_to_1709 — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–567, title II, §204, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4282
• 33 U.S.C. § 1801,_1802 — Repealed. Pub. L. 99–662, title XIV, §1405(b), Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4271
• 33 U.S.C. § 1803 — Study with respect to inland waterway user taxes and charges
• 33 U.S.C. § 1804 — Inland and intracoastal waterways of the United States
• 33 U.S.C. § 1901 — Definitions
• 33 U.S.C. § 1902 — Ships subject to preventive measures
• 33 U.S.C. § 1902a — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], §8502(a)(1), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4746
• 33 U.S.C. § 1903 — Administration and enforcement
• 33 U.S.C. § 1904 — Certificates
• 33 U.S.C. § 1905 — Pollution reception facilities
• 33 U.S.C. § 1906 — Incidents involving ships
• 33 U.S.C. § 1907 — Violations
• 33 U.S.C. § 1908 — Penalties for violations
• 33 U.S.C. § 1909 — MARPOL Protocol; proposed amendments
• 33 U.S.C. § 1910 — Legal actions
• 33 U.S.C. § 1911 — Effect on other laws
• 33 U.S.C. § 1912 — International law
• 33 U.S.C. § 1913 — Compliance reports
• 33 U.S.C. § 1914 — Transferred
• 33 U.S.C. § 1915 — Repealed. Pub. L. 112–213, title VI, §604(d), Dec. 20, 2012, 126 Stat. 1577
• 33 U.S.C. § 1951 — Purpose
• 33 U.S.C. § 1952 — NOAA Marine Debris Program
• 33 U.S.C. § 1953 — Coast Guard program
• 33 U.S.C. § 1954 — Coordination
• 33 U.S.C. § 1955 — Federal information clearinghouse
• 33 U.S.C. § 1956 — Definitions
• 33 U.S.C. § 1957 — Relationship to Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
• 33 U.S.C. § 1958 — Authorization of appropriations
• 33 U.S.C. § 1959 — Prioritization of marine debris in existing innovation and entrepreneurship programs
• 33 U.S.C. § 2001_to_2038 — Repealed. Pub. L. 108–293, title III, §303(a), (c), Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat. 1042
• 33 U.S.C. § 2071 — Inland navigation rules
• 33 U.S.C. § 2072 — Violations of Inland Navigational Rules
• 33 U.S.C. § 2073 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–282, title VI, §601(c)(5), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4290
• 33 U.S.C. § 2101 — Congressional statement of findings and purpose
• 33 U.S.C. § 2102 — Establishment of standards
• 33 U.S.C. § 2103 — National artificial reef plan
• 33 U.S.C. § 2104 — Permits for construction and management of artificial reefs
• 33 U.S.C. § 2105 — Definitions
• 33 U.S.C. § 2106 — Savings clauses
• 33 U.S.C. § 2201 — "Secretary" defined
• 33 U.S.C. § 2202 — Non-Federal engagement and review
• 33 U.S.C. § 2203 — Review of contracting policies
• 33 U.S.C. § 2211 — Harbors
• 33 U.S.C. § 2211a — Preserving United States harbors
• 33 U.S.C. § 2212 — Inland waterway transportation
• 33 U.S.C. § 2213 — Flood control and other purposes
• 33 U.S.C. § 2213a — Treatment of certain benefits and costs
• 33 U.S.C. § 2214 — General credit for flood control
• 33 U.S.C. § 2215 — Feasibility studies; planning, engineering, and design
• 33 U.S.C. § 2216 — Rate of interest
• 33 U.S.C. § 2217 — Limitation on applicability of certain provisions in reports
• 33 U.S.C. § 2218 — General applicability of cost sharing
• 33 U.S.C. § 2219 — Definitions
• 33 U.S.C. § 2220 — Rivers and harbors and other waterways projects for benefit of navigation, flood control, hurricane protection, beach erosion control, and other purposes
• 33 U.S.C. § 2221 — Cost limitations on projects
• 33 U.S.C. § 2222 — Use of other Federal funds
• 33 U.S.C. § 2223 — Transfer of excess credit
• 33 U.S.C. § 2224 — Crediting authority for federally authorized navigation projects
• 33 U.S.C. § 2225 — Credit or reimbursement
• 33 U.S.C. § 2226 — Water resources projects on Federal land
• 33 U.S.C. § 2227 — Clarification of impacts to other Federal facilities
• 33 U.S.C. § 2231 — Study of water resources development projects by non-Federal interests
• 33 U.S.C. § 2232 — Construction of water resources development projects by non-Federal interests
• 33 U.S.C. § 2233 — Coordination and scheduling of Federal, State, and local actions
• 33 U.S.C. § 2234 — Nonapplicability to Saint Lawrence Seaway
• 33 U.S.C. § 2235 — Construction in usable increments
• 33 U.S.C. § 2236 — Port or harbor dues
• 33 U.S.C. § 2237 — Information for national security
• 33 U.S.C. § 2238 — Authorization of appropriations
• 33 U.S.C. § 2238a — Estimate of harbor maintenance needs
• 33 U.S.C. § 2238b — Funding for harbor maintenance programs
• 33 U.S.C. § 2238b-1 — Budgetary treatment expansion and adjustment for the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund
• 33 U.S.C. § 2238c — Additional measures at donor ports and energy transfer ports
• 33 U.S.C. § 2238d — Maintenance of harbors of refuge
• 33 U.S.C. § 2238e — Additional projects for underserved community harbors
• 33 U.S.C. § 2239 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–640, title IV, §412(f), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4650
• 33 U.S.C. § 2240 — Emergency response services
• 33 U.S.C. § 2241 — Definitions
• 33 U.S.C. § 2242 — Remote and subsistence harbors
• 33 U.S.C. § 2243 — Arctic deep draft port development partnerships
• 33 U.S.C. § 2251 — Inland Waterways Users Board
• 33 U.S.C. § 2252 — Project delivery process reforms
• 33 U.S.C. § 2253 — Annual financial review
• 33 U.S.C. § 2254 — Assessment of operation and maintenance needs of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
• 33 U.S.C. § 2255 — Inland waterways riverbank stabilization
• 33 U.S.C. § 2255a — High water-low water preparedness
• 33 U.S.C. § 2261 — Territories development study
• 33 U.S.C. § 2262 — Survey of potential for use of certain facilities as hydroelectric facilities
• 33 U.S.C. § 2263 — Study of Corps capability to conserve fish and wildlife
• 33 U.S.C. § 2263a — Aquatic invasive species research
• 33 U.S.C. § 2264 — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–260, div. AA, title III, §360(a), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2732
• 33 U.S.C. § 2265 — Columbia River/Arkansas River Basin transfers
• 33 U.S.C. § 2266 — Canadian tidal power study
• 33 U.S.C. § 2267 — New York Bight study
• 33 U.S.C. § 2267a — Watershed and river basin assessments
• 33 U.S.C. § 2267b — Post-disaster watershed assessments
• 33 U.S.C. § 2268 — Marine technology review
• 33 U.S.C. § 2269 — Tribal partnership program
• 33 U.S.C. § 2270 — Subsurface drain systems research and development
• 33 U.S.C. § 2280 — Maximum cost of projects
• 33 U.S.C. § 2281 — Matters to be addressed in planning
• 33 U.S.C. § 2281a — Tribal Liaison
• 33 U.S.C. § 2281b — Corps of Engineers support for underserved communities; outreach
• 33 U.S.C. § 2281c — Continuing authority programs
• 33 U.S.C. § 2281d — Declaration of policy
• 33 U.S.C. § 2282 — Feasibility reports
• 33 U.S.C. § 2282a — Planning
• 33 U.S.C. § 2282b — Submission of reports to Congress
• 33 U.S.C. § 2282c — Vertical integration and acceleration of studies
• 33 U.S.C. § 2282d — Annual report to Congress
• 33 U.S.C. § 2282d-1 — Report to Congress on authorized studies and projects
• 33 U.S.C. § 2282e — Post-authorization change reports
• 33 U.S.C. § 2282f — Review of resiliency assessments
• 33 U.S.C. § 2282g — Scope of feasibility studies
• 33 U.S.C. § 2282h — Economic, hydraulic, and hydrologic modeling
• 33 U.S.C. § 2283 — Fish and wildlife mitigation
• 33 U.S.C. § 2283a — Status report
• 33 U.S.C. § 2283b — Clarification of mitigation authority
• 33 U.S.C. § 2283c — Technical assistance
• 33 U.S.C. § 2284 — Benefits and costs attributable to environmental measures
• 33 U.S.C. § 2284a — Benefits to navigation
• 33 U.S.C. § 2284b — Scenic and aesthetic considerations
• 33 U.S.C. § 2285 — Environmental Protection and Mitigation Fund
• 33 U.S.C. § 2286 — Acceptance of certain funds for mitigation
• 33 U.S.C. § 2287 — Continued planning and investigations
• 33 U.S.C. § 2288 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–121, title I, §1004, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1199
• 33 U.S.C. § 2289 — Urban and rural flood control frequency
• 33 U.S.C. § 2289a — Consideration of measures
• 33 U.S.C. § 2289b — Stormwater management projects
• 33 U.S.C. § 2290 — Flood control in Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
• 33 U.S.C. § 2291 — Federal Project Repayment District
• 33 U.S.C. § 2292 — Surveying and mapping
• 33 U.S.C. § 2292a — National coastal mapping program
• 33 U.S.C. § 2293 — Reprogramming during national emergencies
• 33 U.S.C. § 2293a — Reprogramming of funds for projects by Corps of Engineers
• 33 U.S.C. § 2294 — Office of Environmental Policy
• 33 U.S.C. § 2295 — Compilation of laws; annual reports
• 33 U.S.C. § 2295a — Policy and technical standards
• 33 U.S.C. § 2296 — Acquisition of recreation lands
• 33 U.S.C. § 2297 — Operation and maintenance on recreation lands
• 33 U.S.C. § 2298 — Impact of proposed projects on existing recreation facilities
• 33 U.S.C. § 2298a — Databases of Corps recreational sites
• 33 U.S.C. § 2299 — Acquisition of beach fill
• 33 U.S.C. § 2300 — Study of Corps capabilities
• 33 U.S.C. § 2303 — Historical properties
• 33 U.S.C. § 2304 — Separability
• 33 U.S.C. § 2305 — Use of FMHA funds
• 33 U.S.C. § 2306 — Reports
• 33 U.S.C. § 2307 — Control of ice
• 33 U.S.C. § 2308 — Campgrounds for senior citizens
• 33 U.S.C. § 2309 — Great Lakes Commodities Marketing Board
• 33 U.S.C. § 2309a — Project modifications for improvement of environment or drought resiliency
• 33 U.S.C. § 2310 — Cost sharing for Territories and Indian tribes
• 33 U.S.C. § 2311 — Report to Congress covering proposals for water impoundment facilities
• 33 U.S.C. § 2312 — Comments on certain changes in operations of reservoirs
• 33 U.S.C. § 2313 — Research and development
• 33 U.S.C. § 2313a — Engineering and environmental innovations of national significance
• 33 U.S.C. § 2313b — Support of Army civil works program
• 33 U.S.C. § 2314 — Innovative technology
• 33 U.S.C. § 2314a — Technical assistance program
• 33 U.S.C. § 2314b — Advanced modeling technologies
• 33 U.S.C. § 2315 — Periodic statements
• 33 U.S.C. § 2315a — Transparency in accounting and administrative expenses
• 33 U.S.C. § 2315b — Transparency and accountability in cost sharing for water resources development projects
• 33 U.S.C. § 2316 — Environmental protection mission
• 33 U.S.C. § 2317 — Wetlands