2019 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 9 - Protection of Navigable Waters and of Harbor and River Improvements Generally
Subchapter I - In General
Sec. 426h-1 - Definitions

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Citation 33 U.S.C. § 426h-1 (2019)
Section Name §426h–1. Definitions
Section Text

In sections 426e and 426f to 426h–1 of this title, the following definitions apply:

(1) Erosion control program

The term "erosion control program" means the national shoreline erosion control development and demonstration program established under this section.

(2) Secretary

The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Army.

(3) Separable element

The term "separable element" has the meaning provided by section 2213(f) of this title.

(4) Shore

The term "shore" includes each shoreline of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, and lakes, estuaries, and bays directly connected therewith.

(5) Shore protection project

The term "shore protection project" includes a project for beach nourishment, including the replacement of sand.

Source Credit

(Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 960, §6, as added Pub. L. 104–303, title II, §227(e)(1), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3702.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 9 - PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I - IN GENERAL
Sec. 426h-1 - Definitions
Contains section 426h-1
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 110 Stat. 3702
Public Law References Public Law 104-303
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