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authorize Federal control or direction of education 

 at any college or university. (Pub. L. 88-379, title I, 

 § 105, July 17, 1964, 78 Stat. 331.) 



SUBCHAPTER II.— ADDITIONAL WATER RE- 

 SOURCES RESEARCH PROGRAMS 



§ 1961b. Research into water problems related to the 

 mission of the Department of the Interior. 



(a) Authorization of appropriations. 



There are authorized to be appropriated to the 

 Secretary of the Interior $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 

 1967, $6,000,000 for the fiscal year 1968, $7,000,000 for 

 the fiscal year 1969, $8,000,000 for the fiscal year 1970, 

 $9,000,000 for the fiscal year 1971, and $10,000,000 for 

 each of the fiscal years 1972-1976, inclusive, from 

 which appropriations the Secretary may make grants 

 to and finance contracts and matching or other ar- 

 rangements with educational institutions, private 

 foundations or other institutions, with private firms 

 and individuals whose training, experience, and 

 qualifications are, in his judgment, adequate for the 

 conduct of water research projects, and with local. 

 State, and Federal Government agencies, to under- 

 take research into any aspects of water problems re- 

 lated to the mission of the Department of the In- 

 terior which he may deem desirable and which are 

 not otherwise being studied. 



(b) Submission to Congress of grant, contract, or 

 arrangement. 



No grant shall be made, no contract shall be ex- 

 ecuted, and no matching or other arrangement shall 

 be entered into under subsection (a) of this section 

 prior to sixty 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 

 sixty 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. 

 (c) Annual report to the President and Congress. 



In addition to other reqtiirements of this chapter, 

 the Secretary's annual report to the President and 

 Congress as required by section 1961c-7 of this title 

 shall specifically Identify each contract and grant 

 award approved under subsection (a) of this section 

 In the preceding fiscal year, including the title of 

 each research project, name of performing orga- 

 nization, and the amount of each grant or contract. 

 (As amended Pub. L. 92-175, § 5, Dec. 2, 1971, 85 

 Stat. 493; Pub. L. 93-608, § 1(17), Jan. 2, 1974, 88 

 Stat. 1970.) 



Amendments 

 1975 — Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-608 repealed subsec. (b) 

 which required the submission to the President of the 

 Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives of a 

 copy of each grant, etc., sixty days prior to the award of 

 any such grant, etc., under provisions of section. 

 1971 — Sutosec. (c). Pulj. L. 92-176 added subsec. (c). 



SUBCHAPTER III.— MISCELLANEOUS 

 PROVISIONS 



§ 1961c. Cooperation of Federal, State, and private 

 agencies; availability of information. 



The Secretary of the Interior shall obtain the con- 



tinuing advice and cooperation of all agencies of the 

 Federal Government concerned with water problems, 

 of State and local governments, and of private Insti- 

 tutions and individuals, to assure that the programs 

 authorized in this chapter will supplement and not 

 duplicate established water research programs, to 

 stimulate research in otherwise neglected areas, and 

 to contribute to a comprehensive, nationwide pro- 

 gram of water and related resources research. He 

 shall make generally available information and re- 

 ports on projects completed, in progress, or planned 

 under the provisions of this chapter, in addition to 

 any direct publication of information by the insti- 

 tutes themselves. (Pub. L. 88-379, title III, § 300, 

 July 17, 1964, 78 Stat. 332.) 



§ 1961C-1. Authority of Secretary of Interior over 

 water resources research of other Federal 

 agencies; existing authorities and responsibilities 

 of Federal agencies unaffected. 



Nothing in this chapter is intended to give or shall 

 be construed as giving the Secretary of the Interior 

 any authority or surveillance over water resources 

 research conducted by any other agency of the Fed- 

 eral Government, or as repealing, superseding, or 

 diminishing existing authorities or responsibilities of 

 any agency of the Federal Government to plan and 

 conduct, contract for, or assist in research in its 

 areas of responsibility and concern with water re- 

 sources. (Pub. L. 88-379, title III. § 301, July 17, 

 1964, 78 Stat. 332.) 



§ 1961C-2. Advance payments of initial expenses. 



Contracts or other arrangements for water re- 

 sources work authorized under this chapter with an 

 institute, educational institution, or non-profit orga- 

 nization may be undertaken without regard to the 

 provisions of section 529 of Title 31 when, in the 

 judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, advance 

 payments of initial expense are necessary to facil- 

 itate such work. (Pub. L. 88-379, title III, § 302. 

 July 17. 1964, 78 Stnt. 332.) 



§ I96IC-3. Avail.abijity to public of resulting informa- 

 tion and dcvclcipmcnls a condition for expenditure 

 of funds for scientinc or li-chnological research 

 or devclopmfiit activity; background patent 

 owners' rights. 



No part of any appropriated funds may be ex- 

 pended pursuant to authorization given by this 

 chapter for any scientific or technological research 

 or development activity unless such expenditure is 

 conditioned upon provisions determined by the Sec- 

 retary of the Interior, with the approval of the At- 

 torney General, to be effective to Insure that all 

 information, uses, products, processes, patents, and 

 other developments resulting from that activity will 

 (with such exceptions and limitations as the Secre- 

 tary may determine, after consultation with the Sec- 

 retary of Defense, to be necessary in the interest of 

 the national defense) be made freely and fully avail- 

 able to the general public. Nothing contained in 

 this section shall deprive the owner of any back- 

 ground patent relating to any such activity of any 

 rights which that owner may have under that patent. 

 (Pub. L. 88-379, tiUe III, § 303, July 17, 1964, 78 Stat 

 332.) 



