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 PUBLIC LAW 95-467—OCT. 17, 1978

92 STAT. 1309

ment agencies to undertake researdi and development concerning any aspect of water-related problems which he may deem desirable in the national interest. SEC. 106. W a t e r resources research and development programs carried out in accordance with this title may include, without being limited to water use conservation and efficiencies; water and related p l a n n i n g; saline water conversion; water reuse; management and operations; legal systems; protection and enhancement of the waterbased environment; institutional arrangements; salinity management; and economic, social, and environmental impact assessment. Due consideration shall be given to priority problems identified by water and related land resources planning, data acquisition, and like studies conducted by other agencies and organizations. SEC. 107. As used in this title, the term " State " includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the T r u s t Territory of the Pacific Islands. SEC. 108. Contracts or other arrangements for water resource work authorized under this title with an institute, educational institution, or nonprofit organization may be undertaken without regard to the provisions of section 3648 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529) when, in the judgment of the Secretary, advance payments of initial expenses are necessary to facilitate such work. SEC. 109. (a) The Secretary is authorized to study, design, implement, operate, and maintain water resources programs and activities demonstrating the technical and economic viability of processes, systems, or techniques for the purpose of improving the water or waterrelated environment and to demonstrate the application of water resources research and development results and technology for- beneficial purposes. (b)(1) Funds appropriated pursuant to the authority provided by sections 401(d) and 403 for use under this section may not be expended until t h i r t y calendar days (including days on which either the House of Representatives or the Senate are not in session because of an adjournment of more than three calendar days to a day certain) have elapsed following transmittal of a report to the chairman of the Committee on Interior and I n s u l a r Affairs and the chairman of the Comittee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the United States Senate. (2) Such report shall present information that includes, but is not limited to, the location of the demonstration activities, the characteristics of the water and water-related problem, the processes or concepts to be demonstrated, the estimated initial investment cost of the demonstration, the estimated annual operating cost of the demonstration, the source of energy for the demonstration and its cost, environmental consequences of the demonstrations; and the estimated costs associated with the demonstration considering the amortization of all components of the demonstration. (3) Such report shall also be accompanied by a proposed contract or agreement between the Secretary and a duly authorized Federal or non-Federal public or private entity, in which such entity shall agree to share cost to the extent deemed i m p o r t a n t to the purposes of the activity as determined by the Secretary. Such proposed contract or agreement may provide that either the contractual entity or the United States will develop the activity described in the report and that the

42 USC 7816.

"State." 42 USC 7817. 42 USC 7818.

42 USC 7819.

Report to congressional committees.

Proposed contract or agreement.

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