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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Chapter 52 — Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation

§ 3902. Authority to provide assistance

Statutory text

(a)

In general

The Secretary and the Administrator may provide financial assistance under this chapter to carry out projects, which shall be selected to ensure a diversity of project types and geographical locations.

(b)

Responsibility

(1)

Secretary

The Secretary shall provide financial assistance to carry out all projects under this chapter that are eligible projects under section 3905(1) of this title.

(2)

Administrator

The Administrator shall provide financial assistance to carry out all projects under this chapter that are eligible projects under paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (9) of section 3905 of this title.

(3)

Other projects

The Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable, may carry out eligible projects under paragraph (8) or (10) of section 3905 of this title.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014

    Pub. L. 113–121 title V § 5023 · 128 Stat. 1193

    Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 3902

    Pub. L. 113–121, title V, § 5023, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1333

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 113–121, title V, § 5023, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1333

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 5023. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. (a) In General.— The Secretary and the Administrator may provide financial assistance under this subtitle to carry out pilot projects, which shall be selected to ensure a diversity of project types and geographical locations. (b) Responsibility.— (1) Secretary.— The Secretary shall carry out all pilot projects under this subtitle that are eligible projects under section 5026(1). (2) Administrator.— The Administrator shall carry out all pilot projects under this subtitle that are eligible projects under paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (8) of section 5026. (3) Other projects.— The Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable, may carry out eligible projects under paragraph (7) or (9) of section 5026.

  2. Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act

    Pub. L. 114–322 § 5008(b)(2)(A)(i) · 130 Stat. 1628

    Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 3902(b)(2)

    Pub. L. 114–322, § 5008(b)(2)(A)(i), substituted “(7), and (9)” for “and (8)”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 114–322, § 5008(b)(2)(A)(i), substituted “(7), and (9)” for “and (8)”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (i) in paragraph (2) by striking “and (8)” and inserting “(7), and (9)”; and

  3. Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act

    Pub. L. 114–322 § 5008(a) · 130 Stat. 1628

    Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 3902(b)(2)

    Pub. L. 114–322, § 5008(a), substituted “provide financial assistance to carry out” for “carry out”

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 114–322, § 5008(a), substituted “provide financial assistance to carry out” for “carry out”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Authority To Provide Assistance.— Section 5023(b)(2) of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 3902(b)(2)) is amended by striking “carry out” and inserting “provide financial assistance to carry out”.

  4. Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act

    Pub. L. 114–322 § 5008(b)(2)(A)(ii) · 130 Stat. 1628

    Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 3902(b)(3)

    Pub. L. 114–322, § 5008(b)(2)(A)(ii), substituted “paragraph (8) or (10)” for “paragraph (7) or (9)”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 114–322, § 5008(b)(2)(A)(ii), substituted “paragraph (8) or (10)” for “paragraph (7) or (9)”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (ii) in paragraph (3) by striking “paragraph (7) or (9)” and inserting “paragraph (8) or (10)”.

  5. America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018

    Pub. L. 115–270 § 4201(a)(1)(A) · 132 Stat. 3765

    Struck · 33 U.S.C. § 3902(a)

    Pub. L. 115–270, § 4201(a)(1)(A), struck out “pilot” before “projects”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–270, § 4201(a)(1)(A), struck out “pilot” before “projects”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (A) by striking “pilot” each place it appears; and

  6. America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018

    Pub. L. 115–270 § 4201(a)(1) · 132 Stat. 3765

    Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 3902(b)(1)

    Pub. L. 115–270, § 4201(a)(1), substituted “provide financial assistance to carry out all projects” for “carry out all pilot projects”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–270, § 4201(a)(1), substituted “provide financial assistance to carry out all projects” for “carry out all pilot projects”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Authority to provide assistance.— Section 5023 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 3902) is amended— (A) by striking “pilot” each place it appears; and (B) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting “provide financial assistance to” before “carry out”.

  7. America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018

    Pub. L. 115–270 § 4201(a)(1)(A) · 132 Stat. 3765

    Struck · 33 U.S.C. § 3902(b)(2)

    Pub. L. 115–270, § 4201(a)(1)(A), struck out “pilot” after “all”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 115–270, § 4201(a)(1)(A), struck out “pilot” after “all”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (A) by striking “pilot” each place it appears; and

7 of 7 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments2016–2018 · 2 rounds

2018

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–270, § 4201(a)(1)(A), struck out “pilot” before “projects”.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–270, § 4201(a)(1), substituted “provide financial assistance to carry out all projects” for “carry out all pilot projects”.

Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 115–270, § 4201(a)(1)(A), struck out “pilot” after “all”.

2016

Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 114–322, § 5008(b)(2)(A)(i), substituted “(7), and (9)” for “and (8)”.

Pub. L. 114–322, § 5008(a), substituted “provide financial assistance to carry out” for “carry out”.

Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 114–322, § 5008(b)(2)(A)(ii), substituted “paragraph (8) or (10)” for “paragraph (7) or (9)”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Rulemaking Process

Pub. L. 119–74, div. B, title I, , 140 Stat. 66, provided in part: “That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act [], the Secretary [of the Army] shall begin a rulemaking process to establish the process to provide financial assistance for projects to construct, maintain, upgrade, and repair levees and ancillary features with a primary owner type of State, municipal, county, private, or other non-Federal entity”.

“Secretary” Defined

Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L. 113–121, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.

Credits

2014–2018 · 3 acts
  1. 2014Pub. L. 113–121, title V, § 5023, , 128 Stat. 1333
  2. 2016Pub. L. 114–322, title IV, § 5008(a), (b)(2)(A), , 130 Stat. 1896, 1897
  3. 2018Pub. L. 115–270, title IV, § 4201(a)(1), , 132 Stat. 3877.
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(Pub. L. 113–121, title V, § 5023, , 128 Stat. 1333; Pub. L. 114–322, title IV, § 5008(a), (b)(2)(A), , 130 Stat. 1896, 1897; Pub. L. 115–270, title IV, § 4201(a)(1), , 132 Stat. 3877.)

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