---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 535g"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "535g"
heading: "Federal navigable waters and commerce jurisdiction unaffected"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/535g"
units:
  - "Chapter 11 — Bridges Over Navigable Waters"
  - "Subchapter IV — International Bridges"
---

# §535g. Federal navigable waters and commerce jurisdiction unaffected


Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to affect, impair, or diminish any right, power, or jurisdiction of the United States over or in regard to any navigable water or any interstate or foreign commerce.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 92–434, § 10, Sept. 26, 1972, 86 Stat. 733.)