2016 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 52 - Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation
Sec. 3909 - Program administration
| 33 U.S.C. § 3909 (2016) |
| §3909. Program administration |
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(a) Requirement
The Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable, shall establish a uniform system to service the Federal credit instruments made available under this chapter. (b) Fees (1) In generalThe Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable, may collect and spend fees, contingent on authority being provided in appropriations Acts, at a level that is sufficient to cover— (A) the costs of services of expert firms retained pursuant to subsection (d); and (B) all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing the Federal credit instruments provided under this chapter. The Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable, may appoint a financial entity to assist the Secretary or the Administrator in servicing the Federal credit instruments provided under this chapter. A servicer appointed under paragraph (1) shall act as the agent for the Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable. A servicer appointed under paragraph (1) shall receive a servicing fee, subject to approval by the Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable. The Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable, may retain the services, including counsel, of organizations and entities with expertise in the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments provided under this chapter. (e) Applicability of other lawsSection 513 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1372) applies to the construction of a project carried out, in whole or in part, with assistance made available through a Federal credit instrument under this chapter in the same manner that section applies to a treatment works for which a grant is made available under that Act [33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.]. |
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(Pub. L. 113–121, title V, §5030, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1341.) |
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, referred to in subsec. (e), is act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, as amended generally by Pub. L. 92–500, §2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816, which is classified generally to chapter 26 (§1251 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1251 of this title and Tables. "SECRETARY" DEFINEDSecretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L. 113–121, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
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| Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 52 - WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION Sec. 3909 - Program administration |
| section 3909 |
| 2016 |
| January 6, 2017 |
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| standard |
| 86 Stat. 816 128 Stat. 1341 |
| Public Law 92-500, Public Law 113-121 |
