33 USC § 21 - Bayou Cocodrie, Louisiana

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s21"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 21 - Bayou Cocodrie, Louisiana"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "21"
section_name: "Bayou Cocodrie, Louisiana"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Feb. 25, 1921, ch. 71, §§ 1, 2, 41 Stat. 1145.)"
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# § 21. Bayou Cocodrie, Louisiana

Bayou Cocodrie, from its source to its junction with Bayou Chicot, in the State of Louisiana, is declared to be not a navigable water of the United States within the meaning of the laws enacted by the Congress for the preservation and protection of such waters.

The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved.

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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 25, 1921, ch. 71, §§ 1, 2, 41 Stat. 1145.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

The first sentence hereof is section 1 and the second sentence section 2 of act , entitled “An Act to declare Bayou Cocodrie nonnavigable from its source to its junction with Bayou Chicot”.