33 USC § 3903 - Applications

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s3903"
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title: "33 USC § 3903 - Applications"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "3903"
section_name: "Applications"
chapter_number: 52
chapter_name: "WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 113–121, title V, § 5024, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1333; Pub. L. 114–322, title IV, § 5008(b)(2)(B), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1897.)"
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# § 3903. Applications

**(a)** **In general** To receive assistance under this chapter, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable, an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary or the Administrator may require.

**(b)** **Combined projects** section 3905 of this title

In the case of an eligible project described in paragraph (9) or (10) of , the Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable, shall require the eligible entity to submit a single application for the combined group of projects.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–121, title V, § 5024, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1333; Pub. L. 114–322, title IV, § 5008(b)(2)(B), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1897.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2016—Subsec. (b).  substituted “paragraph (9) or (10)” for “paragraph (8) or (9)”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### “Secretary” Defined

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