Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§2299 Acquisition of beach fill
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 36— - WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 2299
Summary
The Secretary may buy or get sand or other material from foreign sources and use it to stop beach erosion or add sand to beaches when an approved water project allows using that material. This can be done even if other laws say otherwise, but only when no U.S. source can provide the material for environmental or cost reasons.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §2299
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any case in which the use of fill material for beach erosion and beach nourishment is authorized as a purpose of an authorized water resources project, the Secretary is authorized to acquire by purchase, exchange, or otherwise from nondomestic sources and utilize such material for such purposes if such materials are not available from domestic sources for environmental or economic reasons.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 2299
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73