Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 33 : Section 653


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 653. Extension of jurisdiction of Mississippi River Commission

      The jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission (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 Mexico,
      insofar as such area is affected by the flood waters of the
      Mississippi River.



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