A bill to promote a more comprehensive national program of water resources research and technology development to reorganize certain functions in the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes.
Water Resources Research and Technology Development Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, under the Water Resources Research Act, to make grants and finance contracts with institutions, local, State, and Federal agencies, and individuals to research water resource problems.
Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a water resources technology development program to develop methods and techniques which can be adopted for practical application to problems of national interest.
Enumerates the activities in which the Secretary may participate in order to carry out the water resources research and technology development programs.
Authorizes to be appropriated sums to carry out this Act.
Directs the Secretary to make generally available information concerning water related research accomplishments and to take such other actions as are necessary to assure that programs under this Act are not duplicated.
Repeals the Saline Water Conservsion Act.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
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