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Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-110

§1381 Grants to States for Establishment of Revolving Funds

Title 33 › CHAPTER 26 — WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL › SUBCHAPTER VI — STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING FUNDS › § 1381

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must give each State a capitalization grant so the State can set up a water pollution control revolving fund. The grants must be used to help pay for the projects and activities listed in section 1383(c). The Administrator and each State must agree on a payment schedule based on the State’s intended use plan in section 1386(c). Payments must come every quarter and be finished no later than the earlier of 8 quarters after the State obligated the funds or 12 quarters after the funds were allotted.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §1381

Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)General authority
Subject to the provisions of this subchapter, the Administrator shall make capitalization grants to each State for the purpose of establishing a water pollution control revolving fund to accomplish the objectives, goals, and policies of this chapter by providing assistance for projects and activities identified in section 1383(c) of this title.
(b)Schedule of grant payments
The Administrator and each State shall jointly establish a schedule of payments under which the Administrator will pay to the State the amount of each grant to be made to the State under this subchapter. Such schedule shall be based on the State’s intended use plan under section 1386(c) of this title, except that—
(1)such payments shall be made in quarterly installments, and
(2)such payments shall be made as expeditiously as possible, but in no event later than the earlier of—
(A)8 quarters after the date such funds were obligated by the State, or
(B)12 quarters after the date such funds were allotted to the State.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–121 substituted “to accomplish the objectives, goals, and policies of this chapter by providing assistance for projects and activities identified in section 1383(c) of this title.” for “for providing assistance (1) for

Construction

of treatment works (as defined in section 1292 of this title) which are publicly owned, (2) for implementing a management program under section 1329 of this title, and (3) for developing and implementing a conservation and management plan under section 1330 of this title.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2014 Amendment Pub. L. 113–121, title V, § 5006, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1327, provided that: “This subtitle [subtitle A (§§ 5001–5006) of title V of Pub. L. 113–121, enacting section 1388 of this title and amending this section and section 1382 and 1383 of this title], including any

Amendments

made by the subtitle, shall take effect on October 1, 2014.”

Reference

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 1381

Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110