{"data":{"id":"us/33-u.s.c.-426-1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"33 U.S.C. § 426–1","heading":"Coastal Engineering Research Center; establishment; powers and functions","body":"There shall be established under the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, a Coastal Engineering Research Center which, except as hereinafter provided in section 426–3 of this title, shall be vested with all the functions of the Beach Erosion Board, including the authority to make general investigations as provided in section 426a of this title, and such additional functions as the Chief of Engineers may assign.","path":["Title 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS","CHAPTER 9—PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc33@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:09Z","sha256":"7a705d65cd7f8316e17307e7e030ea4339377b8fb917e9625e4143b34b171bc9","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/33-u.s.c.-426","next":"us/33-u.s.c.-426-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}