33 USC § 1289 - Basin planning

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s1289"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 1289 - Basin planning"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "1289"
section_name: "Basin planning"
chapter_number: 26
chapter_name: "WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TREATMENT WORKS"
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 II, § 209, as added Pub. L. 92–500, § 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 843.)"
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# § 1289. Basin planning

**(a)** **Preparation of Level B plans** 42 U.S.C. 1962January 1, 1980section 1288 of this title

The President, acting through the Water Resources Council, shall, as soon as practicable, prepare a Level B plan under the Water Resources Planning Act [ et seq.] for all basins in the United States. All such plans shall be completed not later than , except that priority in the preparation of such plans shall be given to those basins and portions thereof which are within those areas designated under paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a) of .

**(b)** **Reporting requirements** January 31, 1973

The President, acting through the Water Resources Council, shall report annually to Congress on progress being made in carrying out this section. The first such report shall be submitted not later than .

**(c)** **Authorization of appropriations** There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section not to exceed $200,000,000.

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**Source Credit**: (June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title II, § 209, as added Pub. L. 92–500, § 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 843.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Water Resources Planning Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is , , , which is classified generally to chapter 19B (§ 1962 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.