§ 451b. — Waters included within subchapter.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC451b]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 9--PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER
IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER III--NEW YORK HARBOR, HARBOR OF HAMPTON ROADS, AND HARBOR OF
BALTIMORE
Sec. 451b. Waters included within subchapter
For the purposes of this subchapter--
(1) The term ``harbor of New York'' means the tidal waters of the
harbor of New York, its adjacent and tributary waters, and those of Long
Island Sound.
(2) The term ``harbor of Hampton Roads'' means the tidal waters of
the harbors of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton Roads, and
their adjacent and tributary waters, so much of the Chesapeake Bay and
its tributaries as lies within the State of Virginia, and so much of the
Atlantic Ocean and its tributaries as lies within the jurisdiction of
the United States within or to the east of the State of Virginia.
(3) The term ``harbor of Baltimore'' means the tidal waters of the
harbor of Baltimore and its adjacent and tributary waters, and so much
of Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries as lies within the State of
Maryland.
(June 29, 1888, ch. 496, Sec. 7, as added Pub. L. 85-802, Sec. 1(8),
Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 970.)
Effective Date
Section effective on sixtieth day after Aug. 28, 1958, see section 2
of Pub. L. 85-802, set out as an Effective Date of 1958 Amendment note
under section 441 of this title.
