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TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 1—NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY (§§ 1 – 59ll)
CHAPTER 2—INTERNATIONAL RULES FOR NAVIGATION AT SEA (§§ 61 – 147)
CHAPTER 3—NAVIGATION RULES FOR HARBORS, RIVERS, AND INLAND WATERS GENERALLY (§§ 151 – 232)
CHAPTER 4—NAVIGATION RULES FOR GREAT LAKES AND THEIR CONNECTING AND TRIBUTARY WATERS (§§ 241 – 295)
CHAPTER 5—NAVIGATION RULES FOR RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AND RIVERS EMPTYING INTO GULF OF MEXICO AND TRIBUTARIES (§§ 301 – 353)
CHAPTER 5A—EXEMPTION OF NAVY OR COAST GUARD VESSELS FROM CERTAIN NAVIGATION RULES (§ 360)
CHAPTER 6—GENERAL DUTIES OF SHIP OFFICERS AND OWNERS AFTER COLLISION OR OTHER ACCIDENT (§ 361)
CHAPTER 7—REGULATIONS FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY (§§ 381 – 387)
CHAPTER 8—SUMMARY TRIALS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES AGAINST NAVIGATION LAWS (§§ 391 – 396)
CHAPTER 9—PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY (§§ 400 – 467n)
CHAPTER 10—ANCHORAGE GROUNDS AND HARBOR REGULATIONS GENERALLY (§§ 471 – 476)
CHAPTER 11—BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE WATERS (§§ 491 – 535i)
CHAPTER 12—RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY (§§ 540 – 634)
CHAPTER 13—MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION (§§ 641 – 653a)
CHAPTER 14—CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION (§§ 661 – 687)
CHAPTER 15—FLOOD CONTROL (§§ 701 – 709c)
CHAPTER 16—LIGHTHOUSES (§§ 711 – 776)
CHAPTER 17—NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (§§ 851 – 894f)
CHAPTER 18—LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION (§§ 901 – 950)
CHAPTER 19—SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY (§§ 981 – 990)
CHAPTER 20—POLLUTION OF THE SEA BY OIL (§§ 1001 – 1013)
CHAPTER 21—INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA (§ 1051)
CHAPTER 22—SEA GRANT COLLEGES AND MARINE SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT (§§ 1101 – 1131)
CHAPTER 23—POLLUTION CONTROL OF NAVIGABLE WATERS (§§ 1151 – 1166)
CHAPTER 24—VESSEL BRIDGE-TO-BRIDGE COMMUNICATION (§§ 1201 – 1208)
CHAPTER 25—PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY PROGRAM (§§ 1221 – 1233)
CHAPTER 26—WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (§§ 1251 – 1388)
CHAPTER 27—OCEAN DUMPING (§§ 1401 – 1445)
CHAPTER 28—POLLUTION CASUALTIES ON THE HIGH SEAS: UNITED STATES INTERVENTION (§§ 1471 – 1487)
CHAPTER 29—DEEPWATER PORTS (§§ 1501 – 1524)
CHAPTER 30—INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA (§§ 1601 – 1608)
CHAPTER 31—OCEAN POLLUTION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND MONITORING PLANNING (§ 1701)
CHAPTER 32—INLAND WATERWAYS TRUST FUND (§§ 1801 – 1804)
CHAPTER 33—PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS (§§ 1901 – 1915)
CHAPTER 33A—MARINE DEBRIS RESEARCH, PREVENTION, AND REDUCTION (§§ 1951 – 1958)
CHAPTER 34—INLAND NAVIGATIONAL RULES (§§ 2001 – 2073)
CHAPTER 35—ARTIFICIAL REEFS (§§ 2101 – 2106)
CHAPTER 36—WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (§§ 2201 – 2355)
CHAPTER 37—ORGANOTIN ANTIFOULING PAINT CONTROL (§ 2401)
CHAPTER 38—DUMPING OF MEDICAL WASTE BY PUBLIC VESSELS (§§ 2501 – 2504)
CHAPTER 39—SHORE PROTECTION FROM MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE (§§ 2601 – 2623)
CHAPTER 40—OIL POLLUTION (§§ 2701 – 2762)
CHAPTER 41—NATIONAL COASTAL MONITORING (§§ 2801 – 2805)
CHAPTER 42—ESTUARY RESTORATION (§§ 2901 – 2909)
CHAPTER 43—NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS (§§ 3001 – 3076)
CHAPTER 44—OCEANS AND HUMAN HEALTH (§§ 3101 – 3104)
CHAPTER 45—TSUNAMI WARNING AND EDUCATION (§§ 3201 – 3208)
CHAPTER 46—NATIONAL LEVEE SAFETY PROGRAM (§§ 3301 – 3306)
CHAPTER 47—OCEAN EXPLORATION (§§ 3401 – 3426)
CHAPTER 48—OCEAN AND COASTAL MAPPING INTEGRATION (§§ 3501 – 3507)
CHAPTER 49—INTEGRATED COASTAL AND OCEAN OBSERVATION SYSTEM (§§ 3601 – 3611)
CHAPTER 50—FEDERAL OCEAN ACIDIFICATION RESEARCH AND MONITORING (§§ 3701 – 3708)
CHAPTER 51—CLEAN HULLS (§§ 3801 – 3857)
CHAPTER 52—WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION (§§ 3901 – 3914)
CHAPTER 53—HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM AND HYPOXIA RESEARCH AND CONTROL (§§ 4001 – 4010)
CHAPTER 54—COMMERCIAL ENGAGEMENT THROUGH OCEAN TECHNOLOGY (§§ 4101 – 4106)