---
kind: "title"
title: "33"
heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33"
sections_count: 1569
---

# Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

## Contents

- [Chapter 1 — Navigable Waters Generally](/usc/33/ch1.md)
- [Chapter 2 — International Rules for Navigation at Sea](/usc/33/ch2.md)
- [Chapter 3 — Navigation Rules for Harbors, Rivers, and Inland Waters Generally](/usc/33/ch3.md)
- [Chapter 4 — Navigation Rules for Great Lakes and Their Connecting and Tributary Waters](/usc/33/ch4.md)
- [Chapter 5 — Navigation Rules for Red River of the North and Rivers Emptying into Gulf of Mexico and Tributaries](/usc/33/ch5.md)
- [Chapter 5A — Exemption of Navy or Coast Guard Vessels from Certain Navigation Rules](/usc/33/ch5A.md)
- [Chapter 6 — General Duties of Ship Officers and Owners After Collision or Other Accident](/usc/33/ch6.md)
- [Chapter 7 — Regulations for the Suppression of Piracy](/usc/33/ch7.md)
- [Chapter 8 — Summary Trials for Certain Offenses Against Navigation Laws](/usc/33/ch8.md)
- [Chapter 9 — Protection of Navigable Waters and of Harbor and River Improvements Generally](/usc/33/ch9.md)
- [Chapter 10 — Anchorage Grounds and Harbor Regulations Generally](/usc/33/ch10.md)
- [Chapter 11 — Bridges Over Navigable Waters](/usc/33/ch11.md)
- [Chapter 12 — River and Harbor Improvements Generally](/usc/33/ch12.md)
- [Chapter 13 — Mississippi River Commission](/usc/33/ch13.md)
- [Chapter 14 — California Debris Commission](/usc/33/ch14.md)
- [Chapter 15 — Flood Control](/usc/33/ch15.md)
- [Chapter 16 — Lighthouses](/usc/33/ch16.md)
- [Chapter 17 — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration](/usc/33/ch17.md)
- [Chapter 18 — Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation](/usc/33/ch18.md)
- [Chapter 19 — Saint Lawrence Seaway](/usc/33/ch19.md)
- [Chapter 20 — Pollution of the Sea by Oil](/usc/33/ch20.md)
- [Chapter 21 — International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea](/usc/33/ch21.md)
- [Chapter 22 — Sea Grant Colleges and Marine Science Development](/usc/33/ch22.md)
- [Chapter 23 — Pollution Control of Navigable Waters](/usc/33/ch23.md)
- [Chapter 24 — Vessel Bridge-To-Bridge Communication](/usc/33/ch24.md)
- [Chapter 25 — Ports and Waterways Safety Program](/usc/33/ch25.md)
- [Chapter 26 — Water Pollution Prevention and Control](/usc/33/ch26.md)
- [Chapter 27 — Ocean Dumping](/usc/33/ch27.md)
- [Chapter 28 — Pollution Casualties on the High Seas: United States Intervention](/usc/33/ch28.md)
- [Chapter 29 — Deepwater Ports](/usc/33/ch29.md)
- [Chapter 30 — International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea](/usc/33/ch30.md)
- [Chapter 31 — Ocean Pollution Research and Development and Monitoring Planning](/usc/33/ch31.md)
- [Chapter 32 — Inland Waterways Trust Fund](/usc/33/ch32.md)
- [Chapter 33 — Prevention of Pollution from Ships](/usc/33/ch33.md)
- [Chapter 33A — Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction](/usc/33/ch33A.md)
- [Chapter 34 — Inland Navigational Rules](/usc/33/ch34.md)
- [Chapter 35 — Artificial Reefs](/usc/33/ch35.md)
- [Chapter 36 — Water Resources Development](/usc/33/ch36.md)
- [Chapter 37 — Organotin Antifouling Paint Control](/usc/33/ch37.md)
- [Chapter 38 — Dumping of Medical Waste by Public Vessels](/usc/33/ch38.md)
- [Chapter 39 — Shore Protection from Municipal or Commercial Waste](/usc/33/ch39.md)
- [Chapter 40 — Oil Pollution](/usc/33/ch40.md)
- [Chapter 41 — National Coastal Monitoring](/usc/33/ch41.md)
- [Chapter 42 — Estuary Restoration](/usc/33/ch42.md)
- [Chapter 43 — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps](/usc/33/ch43.md)
- [Chapter 44 — Oceans and Human Health](/usc/33/ch44.md)
- [Chapter 45 — Tsunami Warning and Education](/usc/33/ch45.md)
- [Chapter 46 — National Levee Safety Program](/usc/33/ch46.md)
- [Chapter 47 — Ocean Exploration](/usc/33/ch47.md)
- [Chapter 48 — Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration](/usc/33/ch48.md)
- [Chapter 49 — Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System](/usc/33/ch49.md)
- [Chapter 50 — Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring](/usc/33/ch50.md)
- [Chapter 51 — Clean Hulls](/usc/33/ch51.md)
- [Chapter 52 — Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation](/usc/33/ch52.md)
- [Chapter 53 — Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control](/usc/33/ch53.md)
- [Chapter 54 — Commercial Engagement Through Ocean Technology](/usc/33/ch54.md)
- [Chapter 55 — Save Our Seas 2.0](/usc/33/ch55.md)