42 U.S.C. § 7871 to 7883

Pub. L. 95–467, title IV, § 400Oct. 17, 197892 Stat. 1313 Section 7871, , , , enumerated powers of Secretary of the Interior in carrying out this chapter.

Pub. L. 95–467, title IV, § 401Oct. 17, 197892 Stat. 1313 Pub. L. 96–457Oct. 15, 198094 Stat. 2032 Section 7872, , , ; , §§ 1, 2(a), , , authorized appropriation of funds for programs under sections 7811(a) and (c), 7815(a) and (b), and 7819 of this title.

Pub. L. 95–467, title IV, § 402Oct. 17, 197892 Stat. 1314 Pub. L. 96–457, § 2(b)(1)Oct. 15, 198094 Stat. 2032 Section 7873, , , ; , , , authorized appropriation of funds for research, development, and demonstration plants.

Pub. L. 95–467, title IV, § 403Oct. 17, 197892 Stat. 1314 Pub. L. 96–457, § 2(b)(2)Oct. 15, 198094 Stat. 2032 Section 7874, , , ; , , , authorized appropriation of funds for programs conducted under this chapter for which there were no specific appropriations.

Pub. L. 95–467, title IV, § 404Oct. 17, 197892 Stat. 1314 Section 7875, , , , related to grant applications, approval of applications by the Secretary, and the basis of approvals.

Pub. L. 95–467, title IV, § 405Oct. 17, 197892 Stat. 1315 Section 7876, , , , related to payments to institutes and accounting for such payments.

Pub. L. 95–467, title IV, § 406Oct. 17, 197892 Stat. 1315 Section 7877, , , , related to cooperation in research programs between Federal agencies, State and local governments, private institutions, and individuals.

Pub. L. 95–467, title IV, § 407Oct. 17, 197892 Stat. 1316 Section 7878, , , , authorized conveyance of property acquired by the Secretary to a cooperating institute, educational institution, or cooperating nonprofit organization, and empowered the Secretary to dispose of water and byproducts resulting from operations under this chapter.

Pub. L. 95–467, title IV, § 408Oct. 17, 197892 Stat. 1316 Section 7879, , , , set out policy under this chapter with regard to patents.

Pub. L. 95–467, title IV, § 409Oct. 17, 197892 Stat. 1316 Section 7880, , , , provided for annual reports to the Secretary by various water research institutes.

Pub. L. 95–467, title IV, § 410Oct. 17, 197892 Stat. 1316 Section 7881, , , , provided that the chapter was not intended to repeal, supersede, or diminish existing authorities of agencies concerning water resources, or to be construed to alter existing law with respect to ownership and control of water.

Pub. L. 95–467, title IV, § 411Oct. 17, 197892 Stat. 1317 Pub. L. 96–457, § 2(b)(3)Oct. 15, 198094 Stat. 2032 Section 7882, , , , , , , provided for transmittal of rules, regulations, etc., to the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate.

Pub. L. 95–467, title IV, § 412Oct. 17, 197892 Stat. 1317 Section 7883, , , , provided that authority to enter into contracts or cooperative agreements and to make payments under this chapter was effective only to the extent or in such amounts as were provided in advance in appropriations acts.

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Limitations on Authorization of Appropriations for Fiscal Years 1982 to 1984

Pub. L. 97–35, title XVIII, § 1807(b)Aug. 13, 197995 Stat. 765 September 30, 1982September 30, 1983September 30, 1984, , , provided that no funds were authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior for the purposes of water resources research and development, saline water research, development, and demonstration, and associated activities in excess of $23,650,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending , , and .