Public Law 119-83 (04/13/2026)
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Browse 57 chapters and 0 top-level sections in Title 33 of the United States Code.
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Chapter 1
Navigable Waters Generally
Chapter 2
International Rules for Navigation at SEA
Chapter 3
Navigation Rules for Harbors, Rivers, and Inland Waters Generally
Chapter 4
Navigation Rules for Great Lakes and Their Connecting and Tributary Waters
Chapter 5
Navigation Rules for RED River of the North and Rivers Emptying INTO GULF of Mexico and Tributaries
Chapter 5A
Exemption of NAVY or Coast Guard Vessels FROM Certain Navigation Rules
Chapter 6
General Duties of SHIP Officers and Owners After Collision or Other Accident
Chapter 7
Regulations for the Suppression of Piracy
Chapter 8
Summary Trials for Certain Offenses Against Navigation LAWS
Chapter 9
Protection of Navigable Waters and of Harbor and River Improvements Generally
Chapter 10
Anchorage Grounds and Harbor Regulations Generally
Chapter 11
Bridges OVER Navigable Waters
Chapter 12
River and Harbor Improvements Generally
Chapter 13
Mississippi River Commission
Chapter 14
California Debris Commission
Chapter 15
Flood Control
Chapter 16
Lighthouses
Chapter 17
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Chapter 18
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation
Chapter 19
Saint Lawrence Seaway
Chapter 20
Pollution of the SEA by OIL
Chapter 21
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at SEA
Chapter 22
SEA Grant Colleges and Marine Science Development
Chapter 23
Pollution Control of Navigable Waters
Chapter 24
Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Communication
Chapter 25
Ports and Waterways Safety Program
Chapter 26
Water Pollution Prevention and Control
Chapter 27
Ocean Dumping
Chapter 28
Pollution Casualties on the HIGH Seas: United States Intervention
Chapter 29
Deepwater Ports
Chapter 30
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at SEA
Chapter 31
Ocean Pollution Research and Development and Monitoring Planning
Chapter 32
Inland Waterways Trust FUND
Chapter 33
Prevention of Pollution FROM Ships
Chapter 33A
Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction
Chapter 34
Inland Navigational Rules
Chapter 35
Artificial Reefs
Chapter 36
Water Resources Development
Chapter 37
Organotin Antifouling Paint Control
Chapter 38
Dumping of Medical Waste by Public Vessels
Chapter 39
Shore Protection FROM Municipal or Commercial Waste
Chapter 40
OIL Pollution
Chapter 41
National Coastal Monitoring
Chapter 42
Estuary Restoration
Chapter 43
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps
Chapter 44
Oceans and Human Health
Chapter 45
Tsunami Warning and Education
Chapter 46
National Levee Safety Program
Chapter 47
Ocean Exploration
Chapter 48
Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration
Chapter 49
Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System
Chapter 50
Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring
Chapter 51
Clean Hulls
Chapter 52
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation
Chapter 53
Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control
Chapter 54
Commercial Engagement Through Ocean Technology
Chapter 55
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