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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
[Document affected by Public Law 106-457 Section 903]
[CITE: 33USC1263a]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
           CHAPTER 26--WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 
               SUBCHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND RELATED PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 1263a. Grants to Alaska to improve sanitation in rural and 
        Native villages
        

(a) In general

    The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may make 
grants to the State of Alaska for the benefit of rural and Native 
villages in Alaska to pay the Federal share of the cost of--
        (1) the development and construction of public water systems and 
    wastewater systems to improve the health and sanitation conditions 
    in the villages; and
        (2) training, technical assistance, and educational programs 
    relating to the operation and management of sanitation services in 
    rural and Native villages.

(b) Federal share

    The Federal share of the cost of the activities described in 
subsection (a) of this section shall be 50 percent.

(c) Administrative expenses

    The State of Alaska may use an amount not to exceed 4 percent of any 
grant made available under this subsection \1\ for administrative 
expenses necessary to carry out the activities described in subsection 
(a) of this section.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``section''.
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(d) Consultation with State of Alaska

    The Administrator shall consult with the State of Alaska on a method 
of prioritizing the allocation of grants under subsection (a) of this 
section according to the needs of, and relative health and sanitation 
conditions in, each eligible village.

(e) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

(Pub. L. 104-182, title III, Sec. 303, Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1683; 
Pub. L. 106-457, title IX, Sec. 903, Nov. 7, 2000, 114 Stat. 1982.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
Amendments of 1996, and not as part of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act which comprises this chapter.


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106-457 substituted ``to carry out this 
section $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005'' for 
``$15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1997 through 2000 to carry 
out this section''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 16 section 1166.
