# 33 U.S.C. § 1251: Congressional declaration of goals and policy

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## Section

- **Citation:** 33 U.S.C. § 1251
- **Heading:** Congressional declaration of goals and policy
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** April 17, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS > CHAPTER 26—WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL > SUBCHAPTER I—RESEARCH AND RELATED PROGRAMS

## Text

it is the national goal that the discharge of pollutants into the navigable waters be eliminated by 1985;

( June 30, 1948, ch. 758 , title I, § 101, as added Pub. L. 92–500, § 2 , Oct. 18, 1972 , 86 Stat. 816 ; amended Pub. L. 95–217 , §§ 5(a), 26(b), Dec. 27, 1977 , 91 Stat. 1567 , 1575; Pub. L. 100–4, title III, § 316(b) , Feb. 4, 1987 , 101 Stat. 60 .)

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