33 USC § 1381 - Grants to States for establishment of revolving funds

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s1381"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 1381 - Grants to States for establishment of revolving funds"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "1381"
section_name: "Grants to States for establishment of revolving funds"
chapter_number: 26
chapter_name: "WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING FUNDS"
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 VI, § 601, as added Pub. L. 100–4, title II, § 212(a), Feb. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 22; amended Pub. L. 113–121, title V, § 5001, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1322.)"
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# § 1381. Grants to States for establishment of revolving funds

**(a)** **General authority** section 1383(c) of this title

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 .

**(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.

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**Source Credit**: (June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title VI, § 601, as added Pub. L. 100–4, title II, § 212(a), Feb. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 22; amended Pub. L. 113–121, title V, § 5001, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1322.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014—Subsec. (a).  substituted “to accomplish the objectives, goals, and policies of this chapter by providing assistance for projects and activities identified in .” for “for providing assistance (1) for construction of treatment works (as defined in ) which are publicly owned, (2) for implementing a management program under , and (3) for developing and implementing a conservation and management plan under .”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2014 Amendment

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