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<6) the relationship of any short-term under- 

 takings and expenditures to long-range goals. 



(c) Satisfaction of requirements for reports relating 

 to development of energy sources. 

 The reports required by subsections fa) and (b) 

 of this section will satisfy the rejxjrtlng requirements 

 of section 5877<a) of this title insofar as is concerned 

 activities, goals, priorities, and plans of the Energy 

 Research and Development Administration pertain- 

 ing to nonnuclear energy. (Pub. L. 93-577, § 15, Dec. 

 31, 1974. 88 Stat. 1894.) 



§ 5915. Authorization of appropriations. 



(a) There may be appropriated to the Adminis- 

 trator to carry out the purposes of this chapter such 

 sums as may be authorized in annual authorization 

 Acts. 



(b) Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to sub- 

 section (a) of this section — 



(1) $500,000 armually shall be made available 

 by fund transfer to the Council on Environmental 

 Quality for the purposes authorized by section 

 5910 of this tiUe; and 



(2) not to exceed $1,000,000 annually shall be 

 made available by fund transfer to the Water Re- 

 sources Council for the purposes authorized by 

 section 5912 of this title. 



(c> There also may be appropriated to the Admin- 

 istrator by separate Acts such amounts as are re- 

 quired for demonstration projects for which the 

 total Federal contribution to construction costs ex- 

 ceeds $50,000,000. (Pub. L. 93-577, 5 16, Dec. 31, 1974, 

 88 Stat. 1894.) 



49. Research Contracts, Department of Interior 

 42 U.S.C. 1900-1900b 



§ 1900. Interior Department programs. 



(a) Authorization for research contracts. 



The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to en- 

 ter into contracts with educational institutions, pub- 

 lic or private agencies or organizations, or persons 

 for the conduct of scientific or technological research 

 Into any aspect of the problems related to the pro- 

 grams of the Department of the Interior which are 

 authorized by statute. 



(b) Capabilities of prospective contractors; advice 

 and assistance, coordination of research, lines of 

 inquiry, and cooperation. 



The Secretary shall require a showing that the 

 institutions, agencies, organizations, or persons with 

 which he expects to enter into contracts pursuant to 

 this section have the capability of doing effective 

 work. He shall furnish such advice and assistance 

 as he believes will best carry out the mission of the 

 Department of the Interior, participate in coordinat- 

 ing all research initiated under this section, indicate 

 the lines of inquiry which seem to him most impor- 

 tant, and encourage and assist in the establishment 

 and maintenance of cooperation by and between the 

 institutions, agencies, organizations, or persons and 

 between them and other research organizations, the 

 United States Department of the Interior, and other 

 Federal agencies. 



(c) Research reports or publications. 



The Secretary may from time to time disseminate 



In the form of reports or publications to public or 

 private agencies or organizations, or individuals such 

 information as he deems desirable on the research 

 carried out pursuant to this section. 



(d) Limitation; submission to Congress. 



No contract Involving more than $25,000 shall be 

 executed under subsection (a) of this section prior 

 to thirty calendar days from the date the same is 

 submitted to the President of the Senate and the 

 Speaker of the House of Representatives and said 

 thirty calendar days shall not include days on which 

 either the Senate or the House of Representatives 

 is not in session because of an adjournment of more 

 than three calendar days to a day certain or an ad- 

 journment sine die. (Pub. L. 89-672, § 1, Oct. 15, 

 1966, 80 Stat. 951.) 



§ 1900a. Rules and regulations. 



The Secretary shall prescribe such rules and regu- 

 lations as he deems necessary to carry out the pro- 

 visions of this chapter. (Pub. L. 89-672. § 2, Oct. 15, 

 1966, 80 Stat. 951.) 



§ 1900b. .Amendment, modification, or repeal of authori- 

 zations for execution of contracts for research. 



Nothing contained in this chapter Is Intended to 

 amend, modify, or repeal any provisions of law 

 administered by the Secretary of the Interior which 

 authorize the making of contracts for research. 

 (Pub. L. 89-672, § 3, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 951.) 



50. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 

 (Solid Waste Disposal) 



P.L. 94-580 (90 Stat. 2795) 



To provide technical and financial assistance for the 

 development of management plans and facilities for 

 the recovery of energy and other resources from dis- 

 carded materials and for the safe disposal of discarded 



materials, and to regulate the management of hazard- 

 ous waste. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- 

 resentatives of the United States of America in 

 Congress asseiribled. 



