---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 5607a"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "5607a"
heading: "Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/5607a"
units:
  - "Chapter 66 — Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation"
---

# §5607a. Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund

- (a) **Establishment—** There is established in the Treasury of the United States an [Environmental Dispute](/usc/20/5602.md?p=5) Resolution Fund to be administered by the [Foundation](/usc/20/5602.md?p=6). The Fund shall consist of amounts appropriated to the Fund under [section 5609(b) of this title](/usc/20/5609.md?p=b) and amounts paid into the Fund under [section 5607b of this title](/usc/20/5607b.md).
- (b) **Expenditures—** The [Foundation](/usc/20/5602.md?p=6) shall expend from the Fund such sums as the [Board](/usc/20/5602.md?p=1) determines are necessary to establish and operate the [National Center](/usc/20/5602.md?p=8), including such amounts as are necessary for salaries, administration, the provision of mediation and other services, and such other expenses as the [Board](/usc/20/5602.md?p=1) determines are necessary, including not to exceed $1,000 annually for official reception and representation expenses.
- (c) **Distinction from Trust Fund—** The Fund shall be maintained separately from the [Trust Fund](/usc/20/5602.md?p=12) established under [section 5606 of this title](/usc/20/5606.md).
- (d) **Investment of amounts—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/20/1221.md?p=c-4) of the Treasury shall invest such portion of the Fund as is not, in the judgment of the [Secretary](/usc/20/1221.md?p=c-4), required to meet current withdrawals.
  - (2) **Interest-bearing obligations—** Investments may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States.
  - (3) **Acquisition of obligations—** For the purpose of investments under [paragraph (1)](#d-1), obligations may be acquired—
    - (A) on original issue at the issue price; or
    - (B) by purchase of outstanding obligations at the market price.
  - (4) **Sale of obligations—** Any obligation acquired by the Fund may be sold by the [Secretary](/usc/20/1221.md?p=c-4) of the Treasury at the market price.
  - (5) **Credits to Fund—** The interest on, and the proceeds from the sale or redemption of, any obligations held in the Fund shall be credited to and form a part of the Fund.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–259, § 10, as added Pub. L. 105–156, § 6(b), Feb. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 10; amended Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(h) [title V, § 517(c)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–480, 2681–512; Pub. L. 116–94, div. P, title III, § 306, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3190.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 10 of Pub. L. 102–259 was renumbered section 12 and is classified to section 5608 of this title.

### Amendments

2019—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–94 substituted “National Center” for “Institute”.

1998—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–277 inserted before period at end “, including not to exceed $1,000 annually for official reception and representation expenses”.