33 USC § 3902 - Authority to provide assistance

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s3902"
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title: "33 USC § 3902 - Authority to provide assistance"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "3902"
section_name: "Authority to provide assistance"
chapter_number: 52
chapter_name: "WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 113–121, title V, § 5023, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1333; Pub. L. 114–322, title IV, § 5008(a), (b)(2)(A), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1896, 1897; Pub. L. 115–270, title IV, § 4201(a)(1), Oct. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 3877.)"
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# § 3902. Authority to provide assistance

**(a)** **In general** The Secretary and the Administrator may provide financial assistance under this chapter to carry out projects, which shall be selected to ensure a diversity of project types and geographical locations.

**(b)** **Responsibility**

**(1)** **Secretary** section 3905(1) of this title

The Secretary shall provide financial assistance to carry out all projects under this chapter that are eligible projects under .

**(2)** **Administrator** section 3905 of this title

The Administrator shall provide financial assistance to carry out all projects under this chapter that are eligible projects under paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (9) of .

**(3)** **Other projects** section 3905 of this title

The Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable, may carry out eligible projects under paragraph (8) or (10) of .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–121, title V, § 5023, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1333; Pub. L. 114–322, title IV, § 5008(a), (b)(2)(A), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1896, 1897; Pub. L. 115–270, title IV, § 4201(a)(1), Oct. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 3877.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Subsec. (a). , struck out “pilot” before “projects”.

Subsec. (b)(1). , substituted “provide financial assistance to carry out all projects” for “carry out all pilot projects”.

Subsec. (b)(2). , struck out “pilot” after “all”.

2016—Subsec. (b)(2). , substituted “(7), and (9)” for “and (8)”.

, substituted “provide financial assistance to carry out” for “carry out”.

Subsec. (b)(3). , substituted “paragraph (8) or (10)” for “paragraph (7) or (9)”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Rulemaking Process

> “That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act [
> 
> ], the Secretary [of the Army] shall begin a rulemaking process to establish the process to provide financial assistance for projects to construct, maintain, upgrade, and repair levees and ancillary features with a primary owner type of State, municipal, county, private, or other non-Federal entity”.

, , , provided in part:

### “Secretary” Defined

Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see , set out as a note under .