U.S. Code > Title 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER 36—WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (§§ 2201—2348) > SUBCHAPTER II—HARBOR DEVELOPMENT (§§ 2231—2242) > § 2238. Authorization of appropriations

§ 2238. Authorization of appropriations

(a) Trust fund
There are authorized to be appropriated out of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, established by section 9505 of title 26, for each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to pay—
(1) 100 percent of the eligible operations and maintenance costs of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation for such fiscal year; and
(2) up to 100 percent of the eligible operations and maintenance costs assigned to commercial navigation of all harbors and inland harbors within the United States.
(b) General fund
There are authorized to be appropriated out of the general fund of the Treasury of the United States for each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to pay the balance of all eligible operations and maintenance costs not provided by payments from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund under this section.