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title: "33 U.S.C. § 558b–1"
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title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
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# 33 U.S.C. § 558b–1 - Application to authorized works of flood control

## Text

Section 558b of this title is made applicable to authorized works of flood control.

(Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 699, § 3, 53 Stat. 1414.)