Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73not60

§1295 Requirements for American Materials

Title 33 › Chapter 26— WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter II— GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TREATMENT WORKS › § 1295

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Grants applied for after February 1, 1978 for treatment works must use raw items that were extracted or grown in the United States and finished goods built in the United States mostly from U.S. parts. The Administrator may waive this if it hurts the public interest (including agreements with other governments about buying goods), if it is too costly, or if suitable U.S. items are not available in the needed quantity or quality.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §1295

Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no grant for which application is made after February 1, 1978, shall be made under this subchapter for any treatment works unless only such unmanufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been mined or produced in the United States, and only such manufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been manufactured in the United States, substantially all from articles, materials, or supplies mined, produced, or manufactured, as the case may be, in the United States will be used in such treatment works. This section shall not apply in any case where the Administrator determines, based upon those factors the Administrator deems relevant, including the available resources of the agency, it to be inconsistent with the public interest (including multilateral government procurement agreements) or the cost to be unreasonable, or if articles, materials, or supplies of the class or kind to be used or the articles, materials, or supplies from which they are manufactured are not mined, produced, or manufactured, as the case may be, in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of a satisfactory quality.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 1295

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60