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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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Calendar No. 139
109TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 109-90
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH ACT
AMENDMENTS OF 2005
JUNE 27, 2005.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. INHOFE, from the Committee on Environment and Public
Works, submitted the following
REPORT
[to accompany S. 1017]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was
referred a bill (S. 1017) to reauthorize grants for the water re-
sources research and technology institutes established under the
Water Resources Research Act of 1984, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon and recommends that the bill do
pass.
GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND
The Water Resources Research Act (42 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.) was
originally enacted in 1964. The Act authorizes a program of water-
related research and training of scientists and engineers to enter
fields of water research and management. The program is adminis-
tered by Institutes at each of the 54 land grant colleges in each of
the 50 States, and in the Virgin Islands, Guam, the District of Co-
lumbia, and Puerto Rico. The program is under the general guid-
ance of the Secretary of the Interior. These Institutes award grant
funds for research projects. The strength of the Institutes is their
location within the university community, where a multitude of dis-
ciplines can be concentrated on water problems, offering new and
innovative approaches. Funds are distributed to the Institutes in
every State, assuring the widest possible geographic search for new
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