§ 426b. — Applicability of existing laws; projects referred to Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 33USC426b]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 9--PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER
IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I--IN GENERAL
Sec. 426b. Applicability of existing laws; projects referred to
Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors
All provisions of existing law relating to examinations and surveys
and to works of improvement of rivers and harbors shall apply, insofar
as practicable, to examinations and surveys and to works of improvement
relating to shore protection; except that all projects having to do with
shore protection shall be referred for consideration and recommendation
to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors.
(July 31, 1945, ch. 334, Sec. 2, 59 Stat. 508; Pub. L. 88-172, Sec. 1,
Nov. 7, 1963, 77 Stat. 304.)
Codification
Provision for the referral of projects having to do with shore
protection for consideration and recommendation to the Beach Erosion
Board have been omitted as obsolete in view of the abolition of the
Beach Erosion Board and the transfer of its review function to the Board
of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors by Pub. L. 88-172, Sec. 1. See
section 426-3 of this title.
Termination of Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors and
Reassignment of Duties and Responsibilities
For termination of Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors 180
days after Oct. 31, 1992, and reassignment of duties and
responsibilities by Secretary of Army, see section 223 of Pub. L. 102-
580, set out as a note under section 541 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 426a, 426d of this title.
