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[CITE: 22USC2179]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                     CHAPTER 32--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
 
                 SUBCHAPTER I--INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 
                         Part II--Other Programs
 
 subpart ii--american schools and hospitals abroad; prototype desalting 
                                 plants
 
Sec. 2179. Prototype desalting plant


(a) Assistance in development

    In furtherance of the purposes of subchapter I of this chapter and 
for the purpose of improving existing, and developing and advancing new, 
technology and experience in the design, construction, and operation of 
large-scale desalting plants of advanced concepts which will contribute 
materially to low-cost desalination in all countries, including the 
United States, the President, if he determines it to be feasible, is 
authorized to participate in the development of a large-scale water 
treatment and desalting prototype plant and necessary appurtenances to 
be constructed in Israel as an integral part of a dual-purpose power 
generating and desalting project. Such participation shall include 
financial, technical, and such other assistance as the President deems 
appropriate to provide for the study, design, construction, and, for a 
limited demonstration period of not to exceed five years, operation and 
maintenance of the water treatment and desalting facilities of the dual-
purpose project.

(b) Terms and conditions

    Any agreement entered into under subsection (a) of this section 
shall include such terms and conditions as the President deems 
appropriate to insure, among other things, that all information, 
products, uses, processes, patents, and other developments obtained or 
utilized in the development of this prototype plant will be available 
without further cost to the United States for the use and benefit of the 
United States throughout the world, and to insure that the United 
States, its officers, and employees have a permanent right to review 
data and have access to such plant for the purpose of observing its 
operations and improving science and technology in the field of 
desalination.

(c) Contracts

    In carrying out the provisions of this section, the President may 
enter into contracts with public or private agencies and with any person 
without regard to section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31 and section 5 of 
title 41.

(d) Patents

    Nothing in this section shall be construed as intending to deprive 
the owner of any background patent or any right which such owner may 
have under that patent.

(e) Federal agencies

    In carrying out the provisions of this section, the President may 
utilize the personnel, services, and facilities of any Federal agency.

(f) Authorization of appropriations

    The United States costs, other than its administrative costs, for 
the study, design, construction, and operation of a prototype plant 
under this section shall not exceed either 50 per centum of the total 
capital costs of the facilities associated with the production of water, 
and 50 per centum of the operation and maintenance costs for the 
demonstration period, or $20,000,000, whichever is less. There are 
authorized to be appropriated, subject to the limitations of this 
subsection, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of 
this section, including administrative costs thereof. Such sums are 
authorized to remain available until expended.

(g) Restrictions on appropriations

    No funds appropriated for the Office of Water Research and 
Technology pursuant to the appropriation authorized by the Act of July 
11, 1969 (83 Stat. 45, Public Law 91-43), or prior authorization Acts, 
shall be used to carry out the purposes of this section.

(Pub. L. 87-195, pt. I, Sec. 219, as added Pub. L. 91-175, pt. I, 
Sec. 104, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 806.)

                       References in Text

    Act of July 11, 1969, referred to in subsec. (g), is Pub. L. 91-43, 
July 11, 1969, 83 Stat. 45, which is not classified to the Code.


References to Subchapter I Deemed To Include Certain Parts of Subchapter 
                                   II

    References to subchapter I of this chapter are deemed to include 
parts IV (Sec. 2346 et seq.), VI (Sec. 2348 et seq.), and VIII 
(Sec. 2349aa et seq.) of subchapter II of this chapter, and references 
to subchapter II are deemed to exclude such parts. See section 202(b) of 
Pub. L. 92-226, set out as a note under section 2346 of this title, and 
sections 2348c and 2349aa-5 of this title.

                          Codification

    In subsec. (c), ``section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31'' substituted 
for reference to section 3648 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529) on 
authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, 
the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.

                         Change of Name

    Office of Water Research and Technology formed through merger of 
Office of Saline Water and Office of Water Resources Research by order 
of Secretary of the Interior, Ord. No. 2966, July 26, 1974.

                         Delegation of Functions

    For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. 
Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a 
note under section 2381 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 35 section 210.
