33 U.S.C. § 426i : US Code - Section 426I: Shore damage prevention or mitigation

Search 33 U.S.C. § 426i : US Code - Section 426I: Shore damage prevention or mitigation

(a) In general
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to investigate, study,
plan, and implement structural and nonstructural measures for the
prevention or mitigation of shore damages attributable to Federal
navigation works and shore damage attributable to the Atlantic
Intracoastal Waterway and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, if a non-
Federal public body agrees to operate and maintain such measures,
and, in the case of interests in real property acquired in
conjunction with nonstructural measures, to operate and maintain
the property for public purposes in accordance with regulations
prescribed by the Secretary.
(b) Cost sharing
The costs of implementing measures under this section shall be
cost-shared in the same proportion as the cost-sharing provisions
applicable to the project causing the shore damage.
(c) Requirement for specific authorization
No such project shall be initiated without specific authorization
by Congress if the Federal first cost exceeds $5,000,000.
(d) Coordination
The Secretary shall -
(1) coordinate the implementation of the measures under this
section with other Federal and non-Federal shore protection
projects in the same geographic area; and
(2) to the extent practicable, combine mitigation projects with
other shore protection projects in the same area into a
comprehensive regional project.