§ 426a. — Additional investigations concerning erosion of shores of coastal and lake waters; payment of costs; "shores" defined.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 33USC426a]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 9--PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER
IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I--IN GENERAL
Sec. 426a. Additional investigations concerning erosion of
shores of coastal and lake waters; payment of costs; ``shores''
defined
In addition to participating in cooperative investigations and
studies with agencies of the various States as authorized in section 426
of this title, it shall be the duty of the Chief of Engineers, through
the Coastal Engineering Research Center, to make general investigations
with a view to preventing erosion of the shores of the United States by
waves and currents and determining the most suitable methods for the
protection, restoration, and development of beaches; and to publish from
time to time such useful data and information concerning the erosion and
protection of beaches and shore lines as the Center may deem to be of
value to the people of the United States. The cost of the general
investigations authorized by sections 426a to 426d of this title shall
be borne wholly by the United States. As used in said sections, the word
``shores'' includes the shore lines of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans,
the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, Lake Champlain, and estuaries and
bays directly connected therewith.
(July 31, 1945, ch. 334, Sec. 1, 59 Stat. 508; Pub. L. 88-172, Sec. 1,
Nov. 7, 1963, 77 Stat. 304.)
Codification
Coastal Engineering Research Center has been substituted for Beach
Erosion Board pursuant to Pub. L. 88-172, Sec. 1, providing in part for
the abolition of the Beach Erosion Board, which is set out as a note
under section 426 of this title. For transfer of investigatory functions
of the Beach Erosion Board to the Coastal Engineering Research Center,
see section 426-1 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 426-1, 426d of this title.
