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§1287 Authorization of Appropriations

Title 33 › Chapter 26— WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter II— GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TREATMENT WORKS › § 1287

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Summary

Allows money to be appropriated to carry out this part of the law, except for sections 1286(e), 1288, and 1289. The maximum amounts allowed are: for the year ending June 30, 1973 — $5,000,000,000; June 30, 1974 — $6,000,000,000; June 30, 1975 — $7,000,000,000. If money is provided by appropriation laws, the later limits are: Sept. 30, 1977 — $1,000,000,000; Sept. 30, 1978 — $4,500,000,000; Sept. 30, 1979 and Sept. 30, 1980 — up to $5,000,000,000 each; Sept. 30, 1981 — $2,548,837,000; Sept. 30, 1982 through Sept. 30, 1985 — up to $2,400,000,000 each year; Sept. 30, 1986 through Sept. 30, 1988 — up to $2,400,000,000 each year; and Sept. 30, 1989 and Sept. 30, 1990 — up to $1,200,000,000 each.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §1287

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There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subchapter, other than section 1286(e), 1288 and 1289 of this title, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, not to exceed $5,000,000,000, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, not to exceed $6,000,000,000, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, not to exceed $7,000,000,000, and subject to such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, $1,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, $4,500,000,000 and for the fiscal years ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, not to exceed $5,000,000,000; for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, not to exceed $2,548,837,000; and for the fiscal years ending September 30, 1982, September 30, 1983, September 30, 1984, and September 30, 1985, not to exceed $2,400,000,000 per fiscal year; and for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1986, September 30, 1987, and September 30, 1988, not to exceed $2,400,000,000; and for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1989, and September 30, 1990, not to exceed $1,200,000,000.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1987—Pub. L. 100–4 inserted “; and for each of the fiscal years ending
September 30, 1986,
September 30, 1987, and
September 30, 1988, not to exceed $2,400,000,000; and for each of the fiscal years ending
September 30, 1989, and
September 30, 1990, not to exceed $1,200,000,000” before period at end. 1981—Pub. L. 97–117 substituted “and for the fiscal years ending
September 30, 1982,
September 30, 1983,
September 30, 1984, and
September 30, 1985, not to exceed $2,400,000,000 per fiscal year” for “and for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1982, not to exceed $0, unless there is enacted legislation establishing an allotment formula for fiscal year 1982

Construction

grant funds and otherwise reforming the municipal sewage treatment

Construction

grant program under this subchapter, in which case the authorization for fiscal year 1982 shall be an amount not to exceed $2,400,000,000”. Pub. L. 97–35 substituted provisions authorizing not to exceed $2,548,837,000 for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1981, and not to exceed $0 for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1982, unless an allotment formula is enacted, in which case the authorization is not to exceed $2,400,000,000, for provisions authorizing not to exceed $5,000,000,000 for fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 1981 and 1982. 1977—Pub. L. 95–217 inserted “and subject to such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts, for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1977, $1,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1978, $4,500,000,000 and for the fiscal years ending
September 30, 1979,
September 30, 1980,
September 30, 1981, and
September 30, 1982, not to exceed $5,000,000,000 per fiscal year”. 1973—Pub. L. 93–207 inserted reference to section 1286(e) of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Additional Authorization of Appropriations Pub. L. 94–369, title III, § 301, July 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 1011, provided for authorization to carry out this subchapter, other than section 1286, 1288, and 1289, for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1977, not to exceed $700,000,000, which sum (subject to amounts provided in appropriation Acts) was to be allotted to each State listed in column 1 of table IV contained in House Public Works and Transportation Committee Print numbered 94–25 in accordance with the percentages provided for such State (if any) in column 5 of such table, and such sum to be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any funds otherwise authorized and to be available until expended.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 1287

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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