---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 353...356"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "353...356"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 96–591, § 8(a), Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3435"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/353...356"
units:
  - "Chapter 5 — Navigation Rules for Red River of the North and Rivers Emptying into Gulf of Mexico and Tributaries"
  - "Subchapter VI — Miscellaneous Provisions"
---

# [§353...356. Repealed. Pub. L. 96–591, § 8(a), Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3435 — repealed]



## Notes

Section 353, R.S. § 4233A, as added May 21, 1948, ch. 328, § 4, 62 Stat. 256; amended Aug. 14, 1958, Pub. L. 85–656, § 2, 72 Stat. 612, related to establishment of special rules.

Section 354, R.S. § 4233B, as added May 21, 1948, ch. 328, § 4, 62 Stat. 256, related to penalties for violations by pilots, engineers, mates, or masters. See section 2072 of this title.

Section 355, R.S. § 4233C, as added May 21, 1948, ch. 328, § 4, 62 Stat. 257, related to penalties for violation of the rules by a vessel. See section 2072 of this title.

Section 356, acts May 21, 1948, ch. 328, § 5, 62 Stat. 257; Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(b)(1), 80 Stat. 938, related to exempted status of Navy and Coast Guard vessels from complying with International Rules of the Road.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Repeal effective Dec. 24, 1981, see section 7 of Pub. L. 96–591, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 1604 of this title.