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33 USC § 426b - Applicability of existing laws; projects referred to Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s426b"
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title: "33 USC § 426b - Applicability of existing laws; projects referred to Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "426b"
section_name: "Applicability of existing laws; projects referred to Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "IN GENERAL"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 31, 1945, ch. 334, § 2, 59 Stat. 508; Pub. L. 88–172, § 1, Nov. 7, 1963, 77 Stat. 304.)"
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# § 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.

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**Source Credit**: (July 31, 1945, ch. 334, § 2, 59 Stat. 508; Pub. L. 88–172, § 1, Nov. 7, 1963, 77 Stat. 304.)

## 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 . See .

## 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 , and reassignment of duties and responsibilities by Secretary of Army, see , set out as a note under .