---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 426i–2"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "426i–2"
heading: "National coastal data bank"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/426i-2"
units:
  - "Chapter 9 — Protection of Navigable Waters and of Harbor and River Improvements Generally"
  - "Subchapter I — In General"
---

# §426i–2. National coastal data bank

- (1) **Establishment of data bank—** Not later than 2 years after August 17, 1999, the [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) shall establish a national coastal data bank containing data on the geophysical and climatological characteristics of the [shores](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=4) of the United States.
- (2) **Content—** To the extent practicable, the national coastal data bank shall include data regarding current and predicted [shore](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=4) positions, information on federally authorized [shore protection projects](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=5), and data on the movement of sand along the [shores](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=4) of the United States, including impediments to such movement caused by natural and manmade features.
- (3) **Access—** The national coastal data bank shall be made readily accessible to the public.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–53, title II, § 215(d), Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 293.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### “Secretary” Defined

Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L. 106–53, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.