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 PUBLIC LAW 111-JUNE 29, 1955

Short title.

Saline water re> search.

42 USC 1952(a).

42 USC 1953.

Appropriation. 42 USC 1958.

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accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any appropriation or fund contained in this Act shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above penalty clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law. SEC. 211. This Act may oe cited as the "General Government Matters Appropriation Act, 1956". Approved June 29, 1955. Public Law 111

June 29, 1955 [H. R. S126]

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AN ACT To amend the Act of July 3, 1952, relating to research in the development and utilization of saline waters. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Jiepresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of July 3, 1952 (66 Stat. 328; 4 2 U.S.C. secs. 1951 ff.), is hereby amended as follows: (1) By modifying subsection (a) of section 2 of said Act so as to read: "by means of research grants and contracts as set forth in subsection (d) of this section and by use of the facilities of existing Federal scientific laboratories within the monetary limits set forth in section 8 of this Act, to conduct research and technical development work, to make careful engineering studies to ascertain the lowest investment and operating costs, and to determine the best plant designs and conditions of operation". (2) By modifying section 3 of said Act to add the following: "Similarly, the fullest cooperation by and with the Atomic Energy Commission and the Civil Defense Administration in research shall be carried out in the interest of achieving the objectives of the program.". (3) By modifying section 8 of said Act so as to read: "There are authorized to be appropriated such sums, but not more than $10,000,000 in all, as may be required (a) to carry out the provisions of this Act during the fiscal years 1953 to 1963, inclusive, (b) to finance for not more than two years beyond the end of said period such grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and studies as may theretofore have been undertaken pursuant to this Act, and (c) during the same additional period plus one more year, to correlate, coordinate, and round out the results of studies and research undertaken pursuant to this Act. Departmental expenses for direction of the program authorized by this Act and for the correlation and coordination of information as provided in subsection (d) of its section 2 shall not exceed $2,000,000, and not more than $2,500,000 shall be expended for research and development in Federal laboratories. Both of said sums shall be scheduled for expenditure in equal annual amounts insofar as is practicable: Provided, That not to exceed 10 per centum of the funds available in any one year for research and development may be expended in cooperation with public or private agencies in foreign countries in the development of processes useful to the program in the United States: And provided further, That contracts or agreements made in pursuance of this proviso shall provide that the results or information developed in connection therewith shall be available without cost to the program in the United States herein authorized." Approved June 29, 1955.

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