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(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, 

 in the event of conflict with or inconsistency be- 

 tween this Act and the Acts of August 28, 1937 

 (50 Stat. 874; 43 U.S.C. 1181a-1181j) , and May 24, 

 1939 (53 Stat. 753) , insofar as they relate to man- 

 agement of timber resources, and disposition of 

 revenues from lands and resources, the latter Acts 

 shall prevail. 



(c) All withdrawals, reservations, classifications, 

 and designations in effect as of the date of ap- 

 proval of this Act shall remain in full force and 

 effect until modified under the provisions of this 

 Act or other applicable law. 



(d) Nothing in this Act, or in any amendments 

 made by this Act, shall be construed as permitting 

 any person to place, or allow to be placed, spent oil 

 shale, overburden, or byproducts from the recovery 

 of other minerals found with oil shale, on any Fed- 

 eral land other than Federal land which has been 

 leased for the recovery of shale oil under the Act 

 of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437, as amended; 

 30 U.S.C. 181 etseq.). 



(e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 

 modifying, revoking, or changing any provision of 

 the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 

 688, as amended; 43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 



(f ) Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to repeal 

 any existing law by implication. 



(g) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 

 limiting or restricting the power and authority of 

 the United States or — 



(1) as affecting in any way any law governing 

 appropriation or use of, or Federal right to, 

 water on public lands ; 



(2) as expanding or diminishing Federal or 

 State jurisdiction, responsibility, interests, or 

 rights in water resources development or control; 



(3) as displacing, superseding, limiting, or 

 modifying any interstate compact or the juris- 

 diction or responsibility of any legally estab- 

 lished joint or common agency of two or more 



States or of two or more States and the Federal 

 Government; 



(4) as superseding, modifying, or repealing, 

 except as specifically set forth in this Act, exist- 

 ing laws applicable to the various Federal agen- 

 cies which are authorized to develop or par- 

 ticipate In the development of water resources or 

 to exercise licensing or regulatory functions in 

 relation thereto; 



(5) as modifying the terms of any interstate 

 compact ; 



(6) as a limitation upon any State criminal 

 statute or upon the police power of the respective 

 States, or as derogating the authority of a local 

 police ofHcer in the performance of his duties, or 

 as depriving any State or political subdivision 

 thereof of any right it may have to exercise civil 

 and criminal jurisdiction on the national re- 

 source lands; or as amending, limiting, or in- 

 fringing the existing laws providing grants of 

 lands to the States. 



(h) All actions by the Secretary concerned under 

 this Act shall be subject to valid existing rights. 



(i) The adequacy of reports required by this Act 

 to be submitted to the Congress or its committees 

 shall not be subject to judicial review. 



(j) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as af- 

 fecting the distribution of livestock grazing rev- 

 enues to local governments under the Granger- 

 Thye Act (64 Stat. 85, 16 U.S.C. 580h) , under the 

 Act of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260, as amended; 16 

 U.S.C. 500), under the Act of March 4, 1913 (37 

 Stat. 843, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 501), and under 

 the Act of June 20, 1910 (36 Stat. 557). 



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SEVERABILITY 



Sec 707. If any provision of this Act or the ap- 

 plication thereof is held invalid, the remainder of 

 the Act and the application thereof shall not be 

 affected thereby. 



26. Grants for Basic Research 

 42 U.S.C. 1891-1893 



§ 1891. Authorization to make grants. 



The head of each agency of the Federal Govern- 

 ment, authorized to enter into contracts for basic 

 scientific research at nonprofit institutions of high- 

 er education, or at nonprofit organizations whose 

 primary purpose is the conduct of scientific re- 

 search, is authorized, where it is deemed to be in 

 furtherance of the objectives of the agency, to 

 make grants to such institutions or organizations 

 for the support of such basic scientific research. 

 (Pub. L. 85-934. § 1, Sept. 6, 1958, 72 Stat. 1793.) 



Section Referred to in Other Sections 

 This section Is referred to In section 1893 of this title; 

 title 7 section 1623a. 



§ 1892. Same; title to equipment. 

 Authority to make grants or contracts for the 



conduct of bsisic or applied scientific research at 

 nonprofit institutions of higher education, or at 

 nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is 

 the conduct of scientific research, shall include 

 discretionary authority, where it is deemed to be in 

 furtherance of the objectives of the agency, to vest 

 in such institutions or organizations, without fur- 

 ther obligation to the Government, or on such other 

 terms and conditions as the agency deems appro- 

 priate, title to equipment purchased with such 

 grant or contract funds. (Pub. L. 85-934, § 2, Sept. 

 6, 1958. 72 Stat. 1793.) 



Section Referred to in Other Sections 

 This section Is referred to In title 7 section 1623a 



§ 1893. Repealed. Pub. L. 93-608, § 1(1), Jan. 2, 1975, 

 88 Stat. 1967. 



