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tions of the personnel who will direct and conduct it, 

 the Importance of the project to the water economy 

 of the Nation, the region, and the State concerned. 

 Its relation to other known research projects there- 

 tofore pursued or currently being pursued, and the 

 extent to which it will provide opportunity for the 

 • training of water resources scientists. No grant 

 shall be made under said subsection (a) except for a 

 project appioved by the Secretaiy, and all grants 

 shall be made upon the basis of the merit of the 

 pi-oject. the need for the knowledge which it is 

 expected to produce when completed, and the op- 

 portunity it provides for the training of water re- 

 sources scientists. iPub. L. 88-379. title I, § 101. 

 July n, 1964, 78 Stat. 330.) 



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

 vouchers; accounting ofiRcers; reports to Secretary 

 of Interior; State replacement of diminished, lost, 

 or misapplied funds. 



Sums available to the States under the tenns of 

 sections 1961a and 1961a-l of this title shall be 

 paid to their designated institutes at such times 

 and in such amounts during each fiscal year as 

 determined by the Secretary, and upon vouchers 

 approved by him. Funds received by an institute 

 pursuant to such payment may be used for any al- 

 lowable costs within the meaning of the Federal pro- 

 curement regulations that establish principles for 

 determining costs applicable to research and de- 

 velopment under grants and contracts with educa- 

 tional institutions (41 CFR 1-15.3) , including future 

 amendments thereto: Provided. That the direct 

 costs of the programs of each State institute, as dis- 

 tinguished from indirect costs, are not less than the 

 amount of the Federal funds made available to such 

 State institute pursuant to section 1961a of this 

 title. Each institute shall have an ofiScer appointed 

 by its governing authority who shall receive and 

 account for all funds paid under the provisions of 

 this chapter and shall make an annual report to 

 the Secretary on or before the 1st day of September 

 of each year, on work accomplished and the status 

 of projects underway, together with a detailed state- 

 ment of the amounts received under any of the pro- 

 visions of this chapter during the preceding fiscal 

 year, and of its disbursement, on schedules pre- 

 scribed by the Secretary. If any of the moneys re- 

 ceived by the authorized receiving ofHcer of any in- 

 stitute imder the provisions cf this chapter shall by 

 any action or contingency be fotmd by the Secre- 

 tary to have been improperly diminished, lost, or 

 misapplied, it shall be replaced by the State con- 

 cerned and imtll so replaced no subsequent appro- 

 priation shall be allotted or paid to any institute of 

 such State. (As amended Pub. L. 92-175, § 4, Dec. 2, 



1971. 85 Stat. 493.) 



Amendments 

 1971 — Pub. L. 92-175 authorized the use of funds for 

 any allowable costs within the meaning of the Federal 

 procurement regulations that establish principles for de- 

 termining costs applicable to research and development 

 under grants and contracts with educational Institutions, 

 with the proviso that direct costs be not less than the 

 amount of Federal funds made available to the State 

 institute pursuant to section 1961a of this title. 



§196Ia-3. Funds for printinp; and publishing results 

 of research, etc., administrative planning and di- 

 rection, and planning, coordinating, and conduct- 

 ing cooperative research. 

 Moneys appropriated pursuant to this chapter, in 

 addition to being available for expenses for research, 

 investigations, experiments, and training conducted 

 under authority of this chapter, shall also be avaU- 

 able for printing and publishing the results thereof 

 and for administrative planning and direction. The 

 institutes are hereby authoiized and encouraged to 

 plan and conduct programs financed under this 

 chapter in cooperation with each other and with 

 such other agencies and individuals as may con- 

 tribute to the solution of the water problems involved, 

 and moneys appropriated pursuant to this chapter 

 shall be available for paying the necessary expenses 

 of planning, coordinating, and conducting such co- 

 operative research. (Pub. L. 88-379, title I, § 103, 

 July 17, 1964, 78 Stat. 330.) 



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

 administration; rules and regulations; other re- 

 sponsibilities. 



The Secretary of the Interior is hereby charged 

 with the responsibility for the proper administration 

 of this chapter and, after full consultation with other 

 interested Federal agencies, shall prescribe such 

 rules and regulations as may bo necessary to carry 

 out its provisions. He shall require a showing that 

 institutes designated to receive funds have, or may 

 reasonably be expected to have, the capability of do- 

 ing effective work. He shall furnish such advice and 

 assistance as will best promote the purposes of this 

 chapter, participate in coordinating research initi- 

 ated under this chapter by the institutes, indicate to 

 them such lines of inquli-y as to him seem most Im- 

 portant, and encourage and assist In the establish- 

 ment and mnlntcnnncc of cooperation by and be- 

 tween the institutes and between them and other 

 research organizations, the United States Depart- 

 ment of the Interior, and other Federal establish- 

 ments. 



On or before the 1st day of July in each year after 

 July 17, 1964, the Secretary shall ascertain whether 

 the requirements of section 1961a-2 of this title have 

 been met as to each State, whether it Is entitled to 

 receive its share of the annual appropriations for 

 water resources research under section 1961a of this 

 title, and the amount which it is entitled to receive. 

 (Pub. L. 88-379, title I, § 104, July 17, 1964, 78 Stat. 

 331; Pub. L. 89-404. § 2, Apr. 19, 1966, 80 Stat. 130.) 

 Amendments 



1966 — Pub. L. 89-404 struck out provisions requiring 

 the Secretary to make an annual report to Congress con- 

 cerning the work of the institutes In all states, Including 

 receipts, expenditures, and any withholding ot available 

 appropriations. See section 1961c-7 of this title. 



§ 1961 a-5. Legal relationship of educational institu- 

 tion and State government; Federal control or 

 direction of education. 

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to im- 

 pair or modify the legal relation existing between 

 any of the colleges or universities under whose di- 

 rection an institute is established and the govern- 

 ment of the State in which it is located, and nothing 

 in this chapter shall in any way be construed to 



