16 U.S.C. § 459h–8 — Authority of Department of Army or Chief of Engineers over navigation or related matters

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Nothing in the group of laws about Gulf Islands National Seashore changes the Department of the Army's or the Chief of Engineers' authority over navigation, except for the specific beach-erosion and hurricane-protection power described in section 459h–5.

Nothing in this group of sections, or in any other law it references, can be read to affect, replace, or change any power the Department of the Army or the Chief of Engineers has over navigation or related matters — except for the specific power described in section 459h–5 of this title, about beach erosion control and hurricane protection.

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No provision of sections 459h to 459h–10 of this title, or of any other Act made applicable thereby, shall be construed to affect, supersede, or modify any authority of the Department of the Army or the Chief of Engineers, with respect to navigation or related matters except as specifically provided in section 459h–5 of this title.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 91–660, § 9, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1969.)

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1971Enacted · Pub. L. 91-660 · 84 Stat. 1969

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