Public Law No. 166, 79th Congress (H.Ri 2032), approved July 31, 1945. "An Act 

 Authorizing general shore-line investigations at Federal expense, and to repeal an Act for the 

 improvement and protection of the beaches/along the shores of the United States, approved 

 June 26, 1936." 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of 

 America in Congress assembled. That in addition to participating in cooperative 

 investigations and studies with agencies to the various States as authorized in section 2 of 

 the River and Harbor Act, approved July 3, 1930, it shall be the duty of the Chief of 

 Engineers, through the Beach Erosion Board, to make general investigations with a view 

 to preventing erosion of the shores of the United States by waves and currents and 

 determining the most suitable methods for the protection, restoration, and development 

 of beaches; and to publish from time to time such useful data and information concerning 

 the erosion and protection of beaches and shore lines as the Board may deem to be of 

 value to the people of the United States. The cost of the general investigations herein 

 authorized shall be borne wholly by the United States. As used in this Act, the word 

 "shores" includes the shore lines of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, 

 the Great Lakes, Lake Champlain, and estuaries and bays directly connected therewith. 



Sec. 2. 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 Beach Erosion Board instead of to the Board 

 of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. 



Sec. 3. The Beach Erosion Board, in making its report on any cooperative 

 investigation and studies under the provisions of section 2 of the River and Harbor Act, 

 approved July 3, 1930, relating to shore protection work shall, in addition to any other 

 matters upon which it may be required to report, state its opinion as to (a) the 

 advisabiUty of adopting the project; (b) what pubUc interest, if any, is involved in the 

 proposed improvement; and (c) what share of the expense, if any, should be borne by the 

 United States. 



Sec. 4. Any expenses incident and necessary in the undertaking of the general 

 investigations authorized herein may be paid from funds hitherto or hereafter 

 appropriated for examinations, surveys, and contingencies for rivers and harbors. 



Sec. 5. The Act of June 26, 1936 (Pubhc, Numbered 834, Seventy-fourth Congress), 

 is hereby repealed. 



Approvedjuly 31, 1945. 



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