Public Law 172, 88th Congress, (S. 1523), approved November 7, 1963. "An Act To make 

 certain changes in the functions of tlie Beach Erosion Board and the Board of Engineers for 

 Rivers and Harbors, and for other purposes." 



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

 America in Congress assembled. That the Board estabUshed 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. There shall be established under the Chief of 

 Engineers, United States Army, a Coastal Engineering Research Center which, except as 

 hereinafter provided in section 3 hereof, shall be vested with all the functions of the 

 Beach Erosion Board, including tlie authority to make general investigations as provided 

 in section 1 of the Act approved July 31, 1945 (59 Stat. 508), and such additional 

 functions as the Chief of Engineers may assign. 



Sec. 2. The functions of the Coastal Engineering Research Center established by 

 section 1 of this Act, shall be conducted with the guidance and advice of a Board on 

 Coastal Engineering Research, constituted by the Chief of Engineers in the same manner 

 as the present Beach Erosion Board. 



Sec. 3. All functions of the Beach Erosion Board pertaining to review of reports of 

 investigations made concerning erosion of the shores of coastal and lake waters, and the 

 protection of such shores, are hereby transferred to the Board established by section 3 of 

 the River and Harbor Act approved June 13, 1902, as amended (33 U.S.C. 541), referred 

 to as the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. 



Approved November 7, 1963. 



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