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PUBLIC LAW 92-60-JULY 29, 1971

SEC. 6. N'one of the funds distributed per capita under the provisions of this Act shall be subject to Federal or State income taxes. SEC. 7. Sums payable to adult living enrollees or to adult heirs or legatees of deceased enrollees shall be paid directly to such persons. Sums payable to enrollees or their heirs or legatees who are less than twenty-one years of age or who are under legal disability shall be paid in accordance with such procedures, including the establishment of trusts, as the Secretary of the Interior determines appropriate to protect the best interests of such persons. SEC. 8. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations to effect the provisions of this Act, including the establishment of deadlines. Approved July 29, 1971.

159 Tax exemption. Payment.

Rules and regulations.

Public Law 92-60 AN ACT

To expand and extend the desalting program being conducted by the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.

July 29, 1971 [s. 991]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the The Saline United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may Water Conversion be cited as "The Saline Water Conversion Act of 1971". Act of 1971. SEC. 2. The Congress in consideration of the Federal responsibility for water resource conservation by means of comprehensive planning, planning and construction of water resource development projects, administration of the navigable waterways, and maintenance of water quality standards finds that the technology for the conversion of saline and other chemically contaminated waters is vital to all these areas of responsibility. I t is the policy of the Congress, therefore, to provide for the development and demonstration of practicable means to convert saline and other chemically contaminated water to a quality suitable for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and other beneficial uses. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to— s t Research udies. (a) conduct, encourage, and promote basic scientific research and fundamental studies to deveLop effective and economical processes and equipment for the purpose of converting saline and other chemically contaminated water into water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses; (b) pursue the findings of research and studies authorized by this Act having potential practical applications to matters other than water treatment to the stage that such findings can be published in an effective form for utilization by others; (c) conduct engineering and technical work including the design, construction, and testing of pilot plants, test beds, and modules to develop desalting processes and plant design concepts to the point of demonstration on a practical scale; (d) study methods for the recovery and marketing of byproducts resulting from the desalination of water to offset the costs of treatment and to reduce impact on the environment from the discharge of brines into lakes, streams, and other waters; and (e) undertake economic studies and surveys to determine present and prospective costs of producing water for beneficial consumptive purposes in various parts of the United States by the

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