US Code · Through Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)

33 U.S.C. § 152: Regulation of length of towlines

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Title 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 3—NAVIGATION RULES FOR HARBORS, RIVERS, AND INLAND WATERS GENERALLY

The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall prepare regulations limiting the length of hawsers between towing vessels and seagoing barges in tow and the length of such tows within any of the inland waters of the United States designated and defined from time to time pursuant to section 151 of this title, and such regulations shall have the force of law.

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