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[CITE: 42USC10304]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                  CHAPTER 109--WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
 
Sec. 10304. Research concerning water resource-related problems 
        deemed to be in national interest
        

(a) Grants; matching funds

    (1) In addition to the grants authorized by section 10303 of this 
title, the Secretary is authorized to make grants, on a dollar-for-
dollar matching basis, to the institutes established under such section, 
as well as other qualified educational institutions, private 
foundations, private firms, individuals, and agencies of local or State 
government for research concerning any aspect of a water resource-
related problem which the Secretary may deem to be in the national 
interest. Such grants shall be made with such advice and review by peer 
or other expert groups of appropriate interdisciplinary composition as 
the Secretary deems appropriate on the basis of the merits of the 
project and the need for the knowledge such project is expected to 
produce upon completion.
    (2) Research funded under this section should to the extent possible 
utilize the best qualified graduate students so the Nation profits from 
the education and training benefits resulting from the use of the latest 
in technological developments in solving water problems.

(b) Applications for grants

    Each application for a grant under this section shall state the 
nature of the project to be undertaken, the period during which it will 
be pursued, the qualifications of the personnel who will direct and 
conduct it, the importance of the project to the Nation as well as to 
the region and State concerned, its relation to other research projects 
previously or currently being pursued, and the extent to which it will 
provide an opportunity for the training of water resources scientists.

(c) Authorization of appropriations

    There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary the sum of 
$10,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out this section for each of the 
fiscal years ending September 30, 1985, through September 30, 1995, such 
sums to remain available until expended.

(Pub. L. 98-242, title I, Sec. 105, Mar. 22, 1984, 98 Stat. 100; Pub. L. 
101-397, Sec. 1(i), (j), Sept. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 853.)


                               Amendments

    1990--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 101-397, Sec. 1(i), struck out par. 
(3) which read as follows: ``In cases where the Secretary determines, in 
accordance with criteria established by him, that research under this 
section is of a basic nature which would not otherwise be undertaken, 
the Secretary may approve grants under this section with a matching 
requirement other than that specified in paragraph (1) of this 
subsection.''
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-397, Sec. 1(j), substituted ``$10,000,000'' 
for ``$20,000,000'' and ``1995'' for ``1989''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 10305, 10307 of this title.
