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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73not60

§426a Additional Investigations Concerning Erosion of Shores of Coastal and Lake Waters; Payment of Costs; “shores” Defined

Title 33 › Chapter 9— PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › Subchapter I— IN GENERAL › § 426a

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Chief of Engineers must have the Coastal Engineering Research Center study how to stop shore erosion from waves and currents and find the best ways to protect, restore, and develop beaches. The Center must also publish useful information for the public and do this in addition to work with state agencies under section 426. Work under sections 426a to 426d must be paid entirely by the United States. "Shores" means the shorelines of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, Lake Champlain, and the estuaries and bays directly connected to them.

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Title 33, §426a

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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.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Coastal Engineering Research Center has been substituted for Beach Erosion Board pursuant to Pub. L. 88–172, § 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.

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33 U.S.C. § 426a

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60