Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 426 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 426 : US Code - Notes

(July 3, 1930, ch. 847, Sec. 2, 46 Stat. 945; Pub. L. 86-645, title
I, Sec. 103, July 14, 1960, 74 Stat. 484.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Board, referred to in text, means the Beach Erosion Board,
which was abolished by Pub. L. 88-172, Sec. 1, Nov. 7, 1963, 77
Stat. 304. See note set out below.
CODIFICATION
"Section 5703 of title 5" substituted in text for "section 5 of
the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 73b-
2)", on authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80
Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees.
AMENDMENTS
1960 - Pub. L. 86-645, among other changes, substituted
provisions requiring the three civilian members of the Board to be
civilian engineers selected by the Chief of Engineers with regard
to their special fitness in the field of beach erosion and shore
protection for provisions which required the civilian members to be
selected with regard to their special fitness from among the State
agencies cooperating with the Department of the Army, and
provisions authorizing payment of civilian members at rates not to
exceed $100 a day, for not more than 30 days per annum, for
provisions which required the States to pay the salaries of the
civilian members.
ABOLITION OF BEACH EROSION BOARD
Pub. L. 88-172, Sec. 1, Nov. 7, 1963, 77 Stat. 304, provided in
part: "That the Board established by section 2 of the River and
Harbor Act approved July 3, 1930, as amended (33 U.S.C. 426),
referred to as the Beach Erosion Board, is hereby abolished." For
the transfer of functions of the Beach Erosion Board to the Coastal
Engineering Research Center and the Board of Engineers for Rivers
and Harbors, see sections 426-1 and 426-3 of this title. 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.
GREAT LAKES LEVELS STUDY
Pub. L. 99-662, title VII, Sec. 706, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat.
4158, authorized Secretary of the Army, in cooperation with
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, International Joint Commission, and other
appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies and the private
sector, to conduct a study of shoreline protection and beach
erosion control policy and related projects of the Secretary, in
view of the current situation and long-term expected increases in
levels of the Great Lakes and directed Secretary, within three
years after Nov. 17, 1986, to transmit the study, together with
supporting documentation and recommendations to Congress.
STUDY OF RISING OCEANS
Pub. L. 99-662, title VII, Sec. 731, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat.
4165, authorized Secretary of the Army, in cooperation with
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, and other appropriate Federal, State, and local
agencies and the private sector, to conduct a study of shoreline
protection and beach erosion control policy and related projects of
the Secretary, in view of the prospect for long-term increases in
levels of the ocean and directed Secretary, within three years
after Nov. 17, 1986, to transmit the study, together with
supporting documentation and recommendations to Congress.
APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAW TO SURVEYS RELATING TO SHORE PROTECTION
Pub. L. 87-874, Sec. 103(b), Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1179,
provided that: "All provisions of existing law relating to surveys
of rivers and harbors shall apply to surveys relating to shore
protection and section 2 of the River and Harbor Act approved July
3, 1930, as amended (33 U.S.C. 426), is modified to the extent
inconsistent herewith."