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cil in its task. This group, chaired by Dr. Koger Revelle, then science 

 adviser to the Secretary of the Interior, prepared a report on Fed- 

 eral water research, which the Council accepted at its meeting on 

 December 20, 1962. The report was transmitted by the President to 

 Congress, Februar}- 18, 1963. It reviewed Federal research in water, 

 proposed six measures to increase the availability of trained research 

 ]:)ersonnel, seven measures to support outside research, and seven 

 measures to improve the coordination of Federal agencies whose pro- 

 grams overlapped, because of the pervasive nature of water problems. 

 In particular, the report said : 



The task group founcl a need for a continuing independent mechanism, repre- 

 sentative of the views of tlie scientific and engineering- community interested 

 in water resources research, to advise tlie Federal Council in identifying longer 

 range objectives and needs in water resources research and education." 



The need for expanded research, identified by the select committee, 

 the two Academy studies, and the Federal Council, eventually led to a 

 legislative response. This was the ^Vater Resources Research Act of 

 1964.'^- 



This act — 



Provided Federal funding support for State water resources institutes, 

 to plan and conduct, and train personnel to conduct, reseai'ch related to — ■ 



Aspects of the hvdrologic cycle 



Supply and demand for water 



Conservation and best use of available supplies of water 



Methods of increasing such supplies 



Economic, legal, social, engineering, recreational, biological, geo- 

 graphic, ecological, and other aspects of water problems : 

 An expanded program of water research by the Department of the 

 Interior ; 



Coordination and federally supported State research ; 

 Establishment of a water research data center : 



Assignment to the President of continuing management responsibility, 

 Including : 



Continuing review of the adequacy of research ; 



Identification and elimination of duplication and overlap ; 



Identification of technical needs for research : 



Allocation of technical effort among Federal agencies ; 



Review of manpower needs for water research : 



Review of management policies in water research ; and 



Actions to facilitate interagency communication. 



(^ oordiiwted deveJopin^nt of drainage system icater lyrojects 



The main thrust of the select committee report had been a call for 

 planned, coordinated efforts nt a^l levels of government, to apply avail- 

 able technology in a concerted effort to maximize the uses of water for 

 social ])urpos8S in total river basius, to meet changing circumstances 

 and future needs. Legislation proposed in anticipation of this recom- 

 mendation was introduced (as H.R. 3T01-. 86th Cong.) by Chairman 

 Wayne Aspinall of the House Com.mittee on Interior and Insular 

 Aff'airs, January 29. 1959. It called for creatioii of river basin commis- 

 sions, and the adoption of uniform methods of evaluating water prod- 

 ucts, and allocating their costs among functional benefits. Xo action 

 was taken in 1959 or 1960 on the Aspinall proposal. 



"1 T'.S. Cnnprrpss. Sfnat*^. FprTpral Wafpr Rpsonrpp« Rpsparch Aptivitips, ^lemoranfliiin 

 cf tlip Chairman to thp Coniniittpe on Intprinr and Insular Affairs. U.S. Senate, trans- 

 riiittin'T the renort to tlip Prpsideiit on water rpsourcps resparch prppared b.v the Ferleral 

 Coiineil for Scienco and Tpchnolojrv. Committee print. SSth Cong., 1st .sess., Mar 25, 

 1903 (Washincton. U.S. Government Printing Offiep. 19fi?!>. 21.S pp. 



"-Public Law 88-379, 78 Stat. 329, approved July 17, 1964. 



