{"data":{"id":"us/33-u.s.c.-426b","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"33 U.S.C. § 426b","heading":"Applicability of existing laws; projects referred to Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors","body":"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 Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors.","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":"79c6258d8925c77b987a3aef2a255835d9ed794ea2c60f58ac6790bda7814b8b","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/33-u.s.c.-426a","next":"us/33-u.s.c.-426c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}