33 USC § 424a - Modification of harbor lines in Newport Harbor, California

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s424a"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 424a - Modification of harbor lines in Newport Harbor, California"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "424a"
section_name: "Modification of harbor lines in Newport Harbor, California"
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: "(Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 467, § 10, 43 Stat. 1197; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)"
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# § 424a. Modification of harbor lines in Newport Harbor, California

section 424 of this title*Provided*

The Secretary of the Army is authorized to modify from time to time, the harbor lines at Newport Harbor, California, established in pursuance of : , That in his opinion such modification will not injuriously affect the interests of navigation.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 467, § 10, 43 Stat. 1197; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of , . Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of , . Section 1 of act , enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.

### Transfer of Functions

Functions, powers, and duties of Secretary of the Army and other offices and officers of Department of the Army under  to extent that they relate generally to location and clearances of bridges and causeways in navigable waters of United States transferred to and vested in Secretary of Transportation by , , , which created Department of Transportation.  amended  to reflect transfer made by , and repealed section 6(g)(6)(A).