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any river basin commission under the provisions of 

 section 1962b— 3(3) of tliis title, the Council shall 

 review the plan or revision with special regard to — 



(1) the efficacy of such plan or revision in 

 achieving optimum use of the water and related 

 land resources in the area involved ; 



(2) the effect of the plan on the achievement 

 of other programs for the development of agricul- 

 tural, urban, energy, industrial, recreational, fish 

 and wildlife, and other resources of the entire 

 Nation; and 



(3) the contributions which such plan or re- 

 vision will make in obtaining the Nation's eco- 

 nomic and social goals. 



Based on such review the Council shall — 



(a) formulate such recommendations as It 

 deems desirable in the national interest; and 



(b) transmit its recommendations, together 

 with the plan or revision of the river basin com- 

 mission and the views, comments, and recom- 

 mendations with respect to such plan or revision 

 submitted by any Federal agency, Governor, 

 interstate commission, or United States section of 

 an international commission, to the President for 

 his review and transmittal to the Congress with 

 his recommendations in regard to authorization 

 of Federal projects. 



(Pub. L. 89-80, title I, § 104. July 22, 1965, 79 Stat. 



245.) 

 Ex. Ord. No. 11747. Delegation of Presidential Punctions 



Ex. Ord. No. 11747, Nov. 7. 1973, 38 F.R. 30993, provided: 



By virtue of the authority vested In me by section 301 

 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of 

 the United States. It Is hereby ordered as follows: 



Section 1. The Director of the Office of Management 

 and Budget Is designated and empowered to exercise, with- 

 out the approval, ratification, or other action of the 

 President, the functions vested in the President by (1) 

 sections 104(b) and 204(3) of the Water Resources Plan- 

 ning Act. as amended (42 U.S.C. 1962a-3(b) and 1962b-3 

 (3), respectively), with respect to reviewing plans, or re- 

 visions thereof, of river basin commissions established 

 pursuant to that act and transmitting those plans or 

 revlsleji's tViereto to the Congress with ajppro^rlaie'recoAl- 

 mendatlons; and (2) section 301(b) of the same act 

 (42 U.S.C. 1962c(b) ) with respect to approving rules, pro- 

 cedures, arrangements, and provisions relating to coordi- 

 nation of Federal planning assistance programs and uti- 

 lization of Federal agencies administering related pro- 

 grams. 



Sec. 2. The Chairman of ihe Wate'r Hfesources Council 

 Is designated and empowered to exercise, without the 

 approval, ratification, or o'ther acttdn bf the President, 

 the approval function lor slahdaStJs and procedures 

 vested in the President Wy Sec'tlbR 10^ «f the Water Re- 

 sources Planning Act, as amended (42 U.S.6. 1962a-2). 



^YckARD NlXON. 



34. Water Resources Research Act of 1964 



42 U.S.C. 1961-1961C-8 



GENERAL PROVISIONS 



Sec. 



1961. Declaration of purpose. 



SUBCHAPTER I.— STATE WATER RESOURCES 

 RESEARCH INSTITUTES 



1961a. Water resources research institutes. 



(a) Appropriations: establishment; number; 



designation of institution; interstate or 

 regional Institutes; participation of edu- 

 cational institutions in institute work. 



(b) Duties of institutes; scope of activities. 

 1961a-I, Specific water resources research projects. In- 

 cluding regional projects. 



(a) Appropriations; matching funds. 

 (b| Applications for grants; contents; ap- 

 proval of projects; basis of grants. 



1961a-2. Payments to institutes; time; amount; vouchers; 

 accounting officers; reports to Secretary of In- 

 terior; State replacement of diminished, lost, 

 or misapplied funds. 



1961a-3. Funds for printing and publishing results of re- 

 search, etc.. administrative planning and di- 

 rection, and planning, coordinating, and 

 conducting cooperative research. 



1961a-4. Powers and duties of Secretary of Interior; ad- 

 ministration; rules and regulations; other 

 responsibilities. 



1961a-5! Legal relationship of educational institution and 

 State government; Federal control or direc- 

 tion of education. 



SUBCHAPTER II. — ADDITIONAL WATER RESOURCES 



RESEARCH PROGRAMS 

 1961b. Research Into water problems related to the mis- 

 sion of the Department of the Interior. 



(a) Authorization of appropriations 



(b) Submission to Congress of grant, contract, 



or arrangement 



SUBCHAPTER III —MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 



1961c. Cooperation of Federal. State, and private agencies; 

 availability of information. 



1961C-1. Authority of Secretary of Interior over water re- 

 sources research of other Federal agencies; 

 existing authorities and responsibilities of Fed- 

 eral agencies unaffected 



1961C-2. Advance payments of initial expenses. 



1961C-3. Availability to public of resulting information 

 and developments a condition for expenditure 

 of funds for scientific or technological research 

 or development activity; background patent 

 owners' rights. 



1961C-4. Cataloging center. 



1961C-5. Interagency coordination of water resources re- 

 search. 



1961C-6. "State" defined. 



1961C-7. Annual report by the Secretary of the Interior 

 to the President and the Congress 



1961C-8. Excess personal property; conveyance to cooper- 

 ating institutes, educational Institutions, an* 

 nonprofit organizations [New]. 



GENERAL PROVISIONS 

 § 1961. Declaration of purpose. 



In order to assist in assuring t"he Nation at all 

 times of a supply of water sufficient in quantity and 

 quality to meet the requirements of its expanding 

 population, it is the pui-pose of the Congress, by this 

 chapter, to stimulate, sponsor, provide for, and sup- 

 plement present programs for the conduct of re- 

 search, investigations, experiments, and the training 

 of scientists in the fields of water and of resources 

 which affect water. (Pub. L. 88-379, § Kb) , July 17, 

 1964. 78 Stat. 329.) 



