---
type: "LegalText"
title: "33 U.S.C. § 426–3"
description: "Transfer of functions of Beach Erosion Board"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
chapter_number: "9"
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"
section: "426–3"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 426–3"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc33@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s426–3"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-33/usc33.xml"
source_hash: "c178d87c452341561901610409bd8aacf089d6b317e3bd013baf07bb9a4f24b7"
raw_snapshot_hash: "de3d130b31eae77f8c0fc593f61b7287899297718d678d500eea123559828523"
text_hash: "b986a50418210d89eb51cbb9703d2e091753b3c6c60e6bce21cd2839b79c4062"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---

# 33 U.S.C. § 426–3 - Transfer of functions of Beach Erosion Board

## Text

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 541 of this title, referred to as the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors.

(Pub. L. 88–172, § 3, Nov. 7, 1963, 77 Stat. 305.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors and Reassignment of Duties and Responsibilities For termination of Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors 180 days after Oct. 31, 1992, and reassignment of duties and responsibilities by Secretary of Army, see section 223 of Pub. L. 102–580, set out as a note under section 541 of this title.

Abolition of Beach Erosion Board Section 1 of Pub. L. 88–172 abolished Beach Erosion Board, and is set out as a note under section 426 of this title. For transfer of certain functions of Board to Coastal Engineering Research Center, see section 426–1 of this title.