Public Law 645, 86th Congress, (H.R. 7634), approved July 14, 1960. "An Act Authorizing 

 the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors for 

 navigation, flood control, and for other purposes." 



Sec. 102. That the Secretary of the Army is hereby authorized to reimburse local 

 interests for such work done by them, on the beach erosion projects authorized in section 

 101, subsequent to the initiation of the cooperative studies which form the basis for the 

 projects: Provided, That the work which may have been done on these projects is 

 approved by the Chief of Engineers as being in accordance with the projects hereby 

 adopted: Provided further, That such reimbursement shall be subject to appropriations 

 applicable thereto or funds available therefor and shall not take precedence over other 

 pending projects of higher priority for improvements. 



Sec. 103. That the last paragraph of section 2 of the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 

 1930 (46 Stat. 933 at 945) pertaining to cooperative shore erosion studies and to the 

 Beach Erosion Board, is hereby amended to read as follows: 



"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 

 civihan 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 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 73b-2)." 



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