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33 USC § 1287 - Authorization of appropriations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s1287"
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title: "33 USC § 1287 - Authorization of appropriations"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "1287"
section_name: "Authorization of appropriations"
chapter_number: 26
chapter_name: "WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TREATMENT WORKS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title II, § 207, as added Pub. L. 92–500, § 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 839; amended Pub. L. 93–207, § 1(3), Dec. 28, 1973, 87 Stat. 906; Pub. L. 95–217, § 30, Dec. 27, 1977, 91 Stat. 1576; Pub. L. 97–35, title XVIII, § 1801(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 764; Pub. L. 97–117, § 17, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1630; Pub. L. 100–4, title II, § 211, Feb. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 21.)"
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# § 1287. Authorization of appropriations

June 30, 1973June 30, 1974June 30, 1975September 30, 1977September 30, 1978September 30, 1979September 30, 1980September 30, 1981September 30, 1982September 30, 1983September 30, 1984September 30, 1985September 30, 1986September 30, 1987September 30, 1988September 30, 1989September 30, 1990

There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subchapter, other than sections 1286(e), 1288 and 1289 of this title, for the fiscal year ending , not to exceed $5,000,000,000, for the fiscal year ending , not to exceed $6,000,000,000, and for the fiscal year ending , not to exceed $7,000,000,000, and subject to such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts, for the fiscal year ending , $1,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending , $4,500,000,000 and for the fiscal years ending , , not to exceed $5,000,000,000; for the fiscal year ending , not to exceed $2,548,837,000; and for the fiscal years ending , , , and , not to exceed $2,400,000,000 per fiscal year; and for each of the fiscal years ending , , and , not to exceed $2,400,000,000; and for each of the fiscal years ending , and , not to exceed $1,200,000,000.

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**Source Credit**: (June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title II, § 207, as added Pub. L. 92–500, § 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 839; amended Pub. L. 93–207, § 1(3), Dec. 28, 1973, 87 Stat. 906; Pub. L. 95–217, § 30, Dec. 27, 1977, 91 Stat. 1576; Pub. L. 97–35, title XVIII, § 1801(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 764; Pub. L. 97–117, § 17, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1630; Pub. L. 100–4, title II, § 211, Feb. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 21.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1987— inserted “; and for each of the fiscal years ending , , and , not to exceed $2,400,000,000; and for each of the fiscal years ending , and , not to exceed $1,200,000,000” before period at end.

1981— substituted “and for the fiscal years ending , , , and , not to exceed $2,400,000,000 per fiscal year” for “and for the fiscal year ending , 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”.

substituted provisions authorizing not to exceed $2,548,837,000 for fiscal year ending , and not to exceed $0 for the fiscal year ending , 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  and 1982.

1977— inserted “and subject to such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts, for the fiscal year ending , $1,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending , $4,500,000,000 and for the fiscal years ending , , , and , not to exceed $5,000,000,000 per fiscal year”.

1973— inserted reference to .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Additional Authorization of Appropriations

, , , provided for authorization to carry out this subchapter, other than sections 1286, 1288, and 1289, for the fiscal year ending , 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.