A bill to establish a Water Research Foundation, to include a Water Research Planning Center and a Water Information Clearinghouse, to promote water research and to disseminate information relating to water resources.
Water Research Foundation Act of 1985 - Establishes the Water Research Foundation to: (1) promote and support water research; (2) assist in the determination of long term national priorities for the preservation and use of the Nation's water resources; (3) support scientific and social research; (4) foster the interchange of water resource information; and (5) encourage the establishment of non-governmental water research programs.
Establishes within the Foundation a Water Research Planning Center to: (1) support studies in cooperation with other institutions, universities, and Federal and non-Federal agencies; (2) correlate water-related studies; (3) determine additional research needs; (4) recommend long term research priorities; and (5) provide funding for research and related efforts approved by the Board.
Establishes within the Foundation a Water Information Clearinghouse to: (1) provide information to user groups; (2) analyze water resources information; (3) develop an information retrieval system; and (4) support educational programs and activities about water.
Requires the Foundation to report to the Congress five years after the appointment of the Board.
Authorizes appropriations through FY 1990.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-149.
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