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PUBLIC LAW 88-379-JULY 17, 1964

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SEC. 104. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby charged with the i^^^"^^^^'^^°[^l, responsibility for the proper administration of this Act and, after full biuty. ' ^ ^ ° " ^ ' consultation with other interested Federal agencies, shall prescribe such rules and regulations as may be 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 doing effective work. H e shall furnish such advice and assistance as will best promote the purposes of this Act, participate in coordinating research initiated under this Act by the institutes, indicate to them such lines of inquiry as to him seem most important, and encourage and assist in the establishment and maintenance of cooperation by and between the institutes and between them and other research organizations, the United States Department of the Interior, and other Federal establishments. On or before the 1st day of July in each year after the passage of this Act, the Secretary shall ascertain whether the requirements of section 102 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 100 of this Act, and the amount which it is entitled to receive. Report The Secretary shall make an annual report to the Congress of the Congress.to receipts and expenditures and work of the institutes in all States under the provisions of this Act. His report shall indicate whether any portion of an appropriation available for allotment to any State has been withheld and, if so, the reasons therefor. SEC. 105. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair or modify the legal relation existing between any of the colleges or universities under whose direction an institute is established and the government of the State in which it is located, and nothing in this Act shall in any way be construed to authorize Federal control or direction of education at any college or university. TITLE II—ADDITIONAL WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH PROGRAMS SEC. 200. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior $1,000,000 in fiscal year 1965 and $1,000,000 in each of the nine fiscal years thereafter from which he may make ^ a n t s, contracts, matching, or other arrangements with educational institutions (other than those establishing institutes under title I of this Act), private foundations or other institutions; with private firms and individuals; and with local. State and Federal Government agencies, to undertake research into any aspects of water problems related to the mission of the Department of the Interior, which may be deemed desirable and are not otherwise being studied. The Secretary shall submit each such proposed grant, contract, or other arrangement to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and no appropriation shall be made to finance the same until 60 calendar days (which 60 days, however, shall not include days on which either the House of Representatives or the Senate is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three calendar days) after such submission and then only if, within said 60 days, neither the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives nor the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate disapproves the same.

Proposed grants, etc. Transmitt al to Congress

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