---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 426g–1"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "426g–1"
heading: "State and regional plans"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/426g-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 9 — Protection of Navigable Waters and of Harbor and River Improvements Generally"
  - "Subchapter I — In General"
---

# §426g–1. State and regional plans


The [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) may—

- (1) cooperate with any State in the preparation of a comprehensive State or regional plan for the conservation of coastal resources located within the boundaries of the State;
- (2) encourage State participation in the implementation of the plan; and
- (3) submit to Congress reports and recommendations with respect to appropriate Federal participation in carrying out the plan.

## Source credit

(Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 960, § 4, as added Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 227(d)(2), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3700.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 4 of act Aug. 13, 1946, was renumbered section 5 of that act, and was classified to section 426h of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–303.