Front Matter

*Title 1—General Provisions

Title 2—The Congress

*Title 3—The President

*Title 4—Flag And Seal, Seat Of Government, And The States

*Title 5—Government Organization And Employees; and Appendix

Title 6—Domestic Security

Title 7—Agriculture

Title 8—Aliens And Nationality

*Title 9—Arbitration

*Title 10—Armed Forces

*Title 11—Bankruptcy; and Appendix

Title 12—Banks And Banking

*Title 13—Census

*Title 14—Coast Guard

Title 15—Commerce And Trade

Title 16—Conservation

*Title 17—Copyrights

*Title 18—Crimes And Criminal Procedure; and Appendix

Title 19—Customs Duties

Title 20—Education

Title 21—Food And Drugs

Title 22—Foreign Relations And Intercourse

*Title 23—Highways

Title 24—Hospitals And Asylums

Title 25—Indians

Title 26—Internal Revenue Code

Title 27—Intoxicating Liquors

*Title 28—Judiciary And Judicial Procedure; and Appendix

Title 29—Labor

Title 30—Mineral Lands And Mining

*Title 31—Money And Finance

*Title 32—National Guard

SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS (sections 1 to 12)

CHAPTER 2—INTERNATIONAL RULES FOR NAVIGATION AT SEA (sections 61 to 147d)

CHAPTER 3—NAVIGATION RULES FOR HARBORS, RIVERS, AND INLAND WATERS GENERALLY (sections 151 to 159)

CHAPTER 4—NAVIGATION RULES FOR GREAT LAKES AND THEIR CONNECTING AND TRIBUTARY WATERS

CHAPTER 5—NAVIGATION RULES FOR RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AND RIVERS EMPTYING INTO GULF OF MEXICO AND TRIBUTARIES

CHAPTER 5A—EXEMPTION OF NAVY OR COAST GUARD VESSELS FROM CERTAIN NAVIGATION RULES (sections 360 to 360a)

CHAPTER 6—GENERAL DUTIES OF SHIP OFFICERS AND OWNERS AFTER COLLISION OR OTHER ACCIDENT (sections 361 to 368)

CHAPTER 7—REGULATIONS FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY (sections 381 to 387)

CHAPTER 8—SUMMARY TRIALS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES AGAINST NAVIGATION LAWS (sections 391 to 396)

CHAPTER 9—PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY (sections 400 to 467o)

CHAPTER 10—ANCHORAGE GROUNDS AND HARBOR REGULATIONS GENERALLY (sections 471 to 476)

CHAPTER 11—BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE WATERS (sections 491 to 535i)

CHAPTER 12—RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY (sections 540 to 635)

CHAPTER 13—MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION (sections 641 to 653a)

CHAPTER 14—CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION (sections 661 to 687)

CHAPTER 15—FLOOD CONTROL (sections 701 to 709c)

CHAPTER 16—LIGHTHOUSES (sections 711 to 776)

CHAPTER 17—NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (sections 851 to 894f)

CHAPTER 18—LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION (sections 901 to 950)

CHAPTER 19—SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY (sections 981 to 990)

CHAPTER 20—POLLUTION OF THE SEA BY OIL (sections 1001 to 1016)

CHAPTER 21—INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA (sections 1051 to 1094)

CHAPTER 22—SEA GRANT COLLEGES AND MARINE SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT (sections 1101 to 1144)

CHAPTER 23—POLLUTION CONTROL OF NAVIGABLE WATERS (sections 1151 to 1175)

CHAPTER 24—VESSEL BRIDGE-TO-BRIDGE COMMUNICATION (sections 1201 to 1208)

CHAPTER 25—PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY PROGRAM (sections 1221 to 1236)

CHAPTER 26—WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (sections 1251 to 1389)

CHAPTER 27—OCEAN DUMPING (sections 1401 to 1445)

CHAPTER 28—POLLUTION CASUALTIES ON THE HIGH SEAS: UNITED STATES INTERVENTION (sections 1471 to 1487)

CHAPTER 29—DEEPWATER PORTS (sections 1501 to 1524)

CHAPTER 30—INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA (sections 1601 to 1608)

CHAPTER 31—OCEAN POLLUTION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND MONITORING PLANNING (sections 1701 to 1709)

CHAPTER 32—INLAND WATERWAYS TRUST FUND (sections 1801 to 1804)

CHAPTER 33—PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS (sections 1901 to 1915)

CHAPTER 33A—MARINE DEBRIS RESEARCH, PREVENTION, AND REDUCTION (sections 1951 to 1959)

CHAPTER 34—INLAND NAVIGATIONAL RULES (sections 2071 to 2073)

CHAPTER 35—ARTIFICIAL REEFS (sections 2101 to 2106)

CHAPTER 36—WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (sections 2201 to 2357)

CHAPTER 37—ORGANOTIN ANTIFOULING PAINT CONTROL (sections 2401 to 2410)

CHAPTER 38—DUMPING OF MEDICAL WASTE BY PUBLIC VESSELS (sections 2501 to 2504)

CHAPTER 39—SHORE PROTECTION FROM MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE (sections 2601 to 2623)

CHAPTER 40—OIL POLLUTION (sections 2701 to 2762)

CHAPTER 41—NATIONAL COASTAL MONITORING (sections 2801 to 2805)

CHAPTER 42—ESTUARY RESTORATION (sections 2901 to 2909)

CHAPTER 43—NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS (sections 3001 to 3079b)

CHAPTER 44—OCEANS AND HUMAN HEALTH (sections 3101 to 3104)

CHAPTER 45—TSUNAMI WARNING AND EDUCATION (sections 3201 to 3208)

CHAPTER 46—NATIONAL LEVEE SAFETY PROGRAM (sections 3301 to 3307)

CHAPTER 47—OCEAN EXPLORATION (sections 3401 to 3408)

CHAPTER 48—OCEAN AND COASTAL MAPPING INTEGRATION (sections 3501 to 3507)

CHAPTER 49—INTEGRATED COASTAL AND OCEAN OBSERVATION SYSTEM (sections 3601 to 3613)

CHAPTER 50—FEDERAL OCEAN ACIDIFICATION RESEARCH AND MONITORING (sections 3701 to 3708)

CHAPTER 51—CLEAN HULLS (sections 3801 to 3857)

CHAPTER 52—WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION (sections 3901 to 3915)

CHAPTER 53—HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM AND HYPOXIA RESEARCH AND CONTROL (sections 4001 to 4010)

CHAPTER 54—COMMERCIAL ENGAGEMENT THROUGH OCEAN TECHNOLOGY (sections 4101 to 4106)

CHAPTER 55—SAVE OUR SEAS 2.0 (sections 4201 to 4282)

Title 34—Crime Control And Law Enforcement

*Title 35—Patents

*Title 36—Patriotic And National Observances, Ceremonies, And Organizations

*Title 37—Pay And Allowances Of The Uniformed Services

*Title 38—Veterans' Benefits

*Title 39—Postal Service

*Title 40—Public Buildings, Property, And Works

*Title 41—Public Contracts

Title 42—The Public Health And Welfare

Title 43—Public Lands

*Title 44—Public Printing And Documents

Title 45—Railroads

*Title 46—Shipping

Title 47—Telecommunications

Title 48—Territories And Insular Possessions

*Title 49—Transportation

Title 50—War And National Defense; and Appendix

*Title 51—National And Commercial Space Programs

Title 52—Voting And Elections

Title 53—[Reserved]

*Title 54—National Park Service And Related Programs

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