Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73not60
§426b Applicability of Existing Laws; Projects Referred to Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors
Title 33 › Chapter 9— PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › Subchapter I— IN GENERAL › § 426b
Summary
River and harbor laws must, when practical, cover shore protection; all shore protection projects must go to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §426b
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
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, § 1. See section 426–3 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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.
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33 U.S.C. § 426b
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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