§ 1263. — Alaska village demonstration projects.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC1263]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 26--WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Sec. 1263. Alaska village demonstration projects
(a) Central community facilities for safe water; elimination or control
of pollution
The Administrator is authorized to enter into agreements with the
State of Alaska to carry out one or more projects to demonstrate methods
to provide for central community facilities for safe water and eliminate
or control of pollution in those native villages of Alaska without such
facilities. Such project shall include provisions for community safe
water supply systems, toilets, bathing and laundry facilities, sewage
disposal facilities, and other similar facilities, and educational and
informational facilities and programs relating to health and hygiene.
Such demonstration projects shall be for the further purpose of
developing preliminary plans for providing such safe water and such
elimination or control of pollution for all native villages in such
State.
(b) Utilization of personnel and facilities of Department of Health and
Human Services
In carrying out this section the Administrator shall cooperate with
the Secretary of Health and Human Services for the purpose of utilizing
such of the personnel and facilities of that Department as may be
appropriate.
(c) Omitted
(d) Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $2,000,000 to
carry out this section. In addition, there is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section not to exceed $200,000 for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and $220,000 for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1979.
(e) Study to develop comprehensive program for achieving sanitation
services; report to Congress
The Administrator is authorized to coordinate with the Secretary of
the Department of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of the
Department of the Interior, the Secretary of the Department of
Agriculture, and the heads of any other departments or agencies he may
deem appropriate to conduct a joint study with representatives of the
State of Alaska and the appropriate Native organizations (as defined in
Public Law 92-203) to develop a comprehensive program for achieving
adequate sanitation services in Alaska villages. This study shall be
coordinated with the programs and projects authorized by sections
1254(q) and 1255(e)(2) of this title. The Administrator shall submit a
report of the results of the study, together with appropriate supporting
data and such recommendations as he deems desirable, to the Committee on
Environment and Public Works of the Senate and to the Committee on
Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives not
later than December 31, 1979. The Administrator shall also submit
recommended administrative actions, procedures, and any proposed
legislation necessary to implement the recommendations of the study no
later than June 30, 1980.
(f) Technical, financial, and management assistance
The Administrator is authorized to provide technical, financial and
management assistance for operation and maintenance of the demonstration
projects constructed under this section, until such time as the
recommendations of subsection (e) of this section are implemented.
(g) ``Village'' and ``sanitation services'' defined
For the purpose of this section, the term ``village'' shall mean an
incorporated or unincorporated community with a population of ten to six
hundred people living within a two-mile radius. The term ``sanitation
services'' shall mean water supply, sewage disposal, solid waste
disposal and other services necessary to maintain generally accepted
standards of personal hygiene and public health.
(June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title I, Sec. 113, as added Pub. L. 92-500,
Sec. 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 832; amended Pub. L. 95-217, Sec. 11,
Dec. 27, 1977, 91 Stat. 1568; Pub. L. 96-88, title V, Sec. 509(b), Oct.
17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)
References in Text
Public Law 92-203, referred to in subsec. (e), is Pub. L. 92-203,
Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 688, as amended, known as the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act, which is classified generally to chapter 33
(Sec. 1601 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out
under section 1601 of Title 43 and Tables.
Codification
Subsec. (c) authorized the Administrator to report to Congress the
results of the demonstration project accompanied by his recommendations
for the establishment of a statewide project not later than July 1,
1973.
Amendments
1977--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95-217, Sec. 11(b), authorized additional
appropriations of not to exceed $200,000 for the fiscal year ending
Sept. 30, 1978, and $220,000, for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1979,
to carry out this section.
Subsecs. (e) to (g). Pub. L. 95-217, Sec. 11(a), added subsecs. (e),
(f), and (g).
Change of Name
``Secretary of Health and Human Services'' substituted for
``Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare'' in subsec. (b), and
``Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services'' substituted
for ``Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare'' in
subsec. (e), pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88 which is
classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
Committee on Public Works and Transportation of House of
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L.
104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
Corps Capability Study, Alaska
Pub. L. 104-303, title IV, Sec. 401, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3740,
provided that: ``Not later than 18 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act [Oct. 12, 1996], the Secretary shall report to
Congress on the advisability and capability of the Corps of Engineers to
implement rural sanitation projects for rural and Native villages in
Alaska.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1255, 1376 of this title.
