# 33 U.S.C. § 1254: Research, investigations, training, and information

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## Section

- **Citation:** 33 U.S.C. § 1254
- **Heading:** Research, investigations, training, and information
- **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

in cooperation with other Federal, State, and local agencies, conduct and promote the coordination and acceleration of, research, investigations, experiments, training, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects, extent, prevention, reduction, and elimination of pollution;

( June 30, 1948, ch. 758 , title I, § 104, as added Pub. L. 92–500, § 2 , Oct. 18, 1972 , 86 Stat. 819 ; amended Pub. L. 93–207, § 1(1) , Dec. 28, 1973 , 87 Stat. 906 ; Pub. L. 93–592, § 1 , Jan. 2, 1975 , 88 Stat. 1924 ; Pub. L. 95–217 , §§ 4(a), (b), 6, 7, Dec. 27, 1977 , 91 Stat. 1566 , 1567; Pub. L. 95–576, § 1(a) , Nov. 2, 1978 , 92 Stat. 2467 ; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b) , Oct. 17, 1979 , 93 Stat. 695 ; Pub. L. 96–483, § 1(a) , Oct. 21, 1980 , 94 Stat. 2360 ; Pub. L. 100–4, title I , §§ 101(a), 102, Feb. 4, 1987 , 101 Stat. 8 , 9; Pub. L. 102–154, title I , Nov. 13, 1991 , 105 Stat. 1000 ; Pub. L. 105–362, title V, § 501(a)(1) , (d)(2)(A), Nov. 10, 1998 , 112 Stat. 3283 ; Pub. L. 106–284, § 3(a) , Oct. 10, 2000 , 114 Stat. 871 ; Pub. L. 107–303, title III, § 302(b)(1) , Nov. 27, 2002 , 116 Stat. 2361 ; Pub. L. 115–270, title IV, § 4103 , Oct. 23, 2018 , 132 Stat. 3872 ; Pub. L. 117–58, div. E, title II , §§ 50201(a), 50210(a)(2), Nov. 15, 2021 , 135 Stat. 1158 , 1169.)

## Nearby sections

- [33 U.S.C. § 1251 Congressional declaration of goals and policy](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t33_s1251.md)
- [33 U.S.C. § 1252 Comprehensive programs for water pollution control](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t33_s1252.md)
- [33 U.S.C. § 1252a Reservoir projects, water storage; modification; storage for other than for water quality, opinion of Federal agency, committee resolutions of approval; provisions inapplicable to projects with certain prescribed water quality benefits in relation to total project benefits](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t33_s1252a.md)
- [33 U.S.C. § 1253 Interstate cooperation and uniform laws](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t33_s1253.md)
- [33 U.S.C. § 1254 Research, investigations, training, and information](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t33_s1254.md)
- [33 U.S.C. § 1254a Research on effects of pollutants](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t33_s1254a.md)
- [33 U.S.C. § 1255 Grants for research and development](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t33_s1255.md)
- [33 U.S.C. § 1256 Grants for pollution control programs](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t33_s1256.md)
- [33 U.S.C. § 1257 Mine water pollution control demonstrations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t33_s1257.md)
- [33 U.S.C. § 1257a State demonstration programs for cleanup of abandoned mines for use as waste disposal sites; authorization of appropriations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t33_s1257a.md)
- [33 U.S.C. § 1258 Pollution control in the Great Lakes](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t33_s1258.md)
- [33 U.S.C. § 1259 Training grants and contracts](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t33_s1259.md)
- [33 U.S.C. § 1260 Applications; allocation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t33_s1260.md)
- [33 U.S.C. § 1261 Scholarships](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t33_s1261.md)

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