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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 426. Investigations concerning erosion of shores of coastal and lake waters
The Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, under the
direction of the Secretary of the Army, is authorized and directed
to cause investigations and studies to be made in cooperation with
the appropriate agencies of the various States on the Atlantic,
Pacific, and gulf coasts and on the Great Lakes, and of the States
of Alaska and Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the
possessions of the United States, with a view to devising effective
means of preventing erosion of the shores of coastal and lake
waters by waves and currents; and any expenses incident and
necessary thereto may be paid from funds appropriated for General
Investigations, Civil Functions, Department of the Army: Provided,
That the Department of the Army may release to the appropriate
cooperating agencies information obtained by these investigations
and studies prior to the formal transmission of reports to
Congress: Provided further, That no money shall be expended under
authority of this section in any State which does not provide for
cooperation with the agents of the United States and contribute to
the project such funds or services as the Secretary of the Army may
deem appropriate and require; that there shall be organized under
the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, a Board of seven
members, of whom four shall be officers of the Corps of Engineers
and three shall be civilian engineers selected by the Chief of
Engineers with regard to their special fitness in the field of
beach erosion and shore protection. The Board will furnish such
technical assistance as may be directed by the Chief of Engineers
in the conduct of such studies as may be undertaken and will review
the reports of the investigations made. In the consideration of
such studies as may be referred to the Board by the Chief of
Engineers, the Board shall, when it considers it necessary and with
the sanction of the Chief of Engineers, make, as a board or through
its members, personal examination of localities under
investigation: Provided further, That the civilian members of the
Board may be paid at rates not to exceed $100 a day for each day of
attendance at Board meetings, not to exceed thirty days per annum,
in addition to the traveling and other necessary expenses connected
with their duties on the Board in accordance with the provisions of
section 5703 of title 5.
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