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• United States Code
• TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
• CHAPTER 9 - PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
• SUBCHAPTER III - NEW YORK HARBOR, HARBOR OF HAMPTON ROADS, AND HARBOR OF BALTIMORE

      For the purposes of this subchapter - 
      (1) The term "harbor of New York" means the tidal waters of the
    harbor of New York, its adjacent and tributary waters, and those of
    Long Island Sound.
      (2) The term "harbor of Hampton Roads" means the tidal waters of
    the harbors of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton Roads,
    and their adjacent and tributary waters, so much of the Chesapeake
    Bay and its tributaries as lies within the State of Virginia, and
    so much of the Atlantic Ocean and its tributaries as lies within
    the jurisdiction of the United States within or to the east of the
    State of Virginia.
      (3) The term "harbor of Baltimore" means the tidal waters of the
    harbor of Baltimore and its adjacent and tributary waters, and so
    much of Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries as lies within the State
    of Maryland.