33 USC § 403b - Lighting at docks and boat launching facilities

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s403b"
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title: "33 USC § 403b - Lighting at docks and boat launching facilities"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "403b"
section_name: "Lighting at docks and boat launching facilities"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "IN GENERAL"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–662, title IX, § 946, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4200.)"
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# § 403b. Lighting at docks and boat launching facilities

section 403 of this title

Whenever the Secretary considers a permit application for a dock or a boat launching facility under , the Secretary shall consider the needs of such facility for lighting from sunset to sunrise to make such facility’s presence known within a reasonable distance.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–662, title IX, § 946, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4200.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### “Secretary” Defined

Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see .