33 USC § 1276 - Enhanced aquifer use and recharge

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s1276"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 1276 - Enhanced aquifer use and recharge"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "1276"
section_name: "Enhanced aquifer use and recharge"
chapter_number: 26
chapter_name: "WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "RESEARCH AND RELATED PROGRAMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title I, § 124, as added Pub. L. 117–58, div. E, title II, § 50222, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1181.)"
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# § 1276. Enhanced aquifer use and recharge

**(a)** **In general** Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Administrator shall provide funding to carry out groundwater research on enhanced aquifer use and recharge in support of sole-source aquifers, of which—

**(1)** not less than 50 percent shall be used to provide 1 grant to a State, unit of local government, or Indian Tribe to carry out activities that would directly support that research; and

**(2)** the remainder shall be provided to 1 appropriate research center.

**(b)** **Coordination** As a condition of accepting funds under subsection (a), the State, unit of local government, or Indian Tribe and the appropriate research center that receive funds under that subsection shall establish a formal research relationship for the purpose of coordinating efforts under this section.

**(c)** **Authorization of appropriations** There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.

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**Source Credit**: (June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title I, § 124, as added Pub. L. 117–58, div. E, title II, § 50222, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1181.)