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title: "33 U.S.C. § 721"
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title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
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# 33 U.S.C. § 721 - Repealed. Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXVIII, § 11808(a)(2), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4165

## Notes

Section, acts June 17, 1910, ch. 301, § 4, 36 Stat. 537; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; Aug. 16, 1937, ch. 665, § 4, 50 Stat. 667, gave Commissioner of Lighthouses the power to settle damage claims up to $500.