Water Resources Research Act
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Enacted by | the 88th United States Congress |
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Effective | July 17, 1964 |
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Public law | 88-379 |
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The Water Resources Research Act of 1964 (WRRA) undertakes "... a coordinated scientific research program in water [supply reference] ...", which constitutes "... the greatest resource problem facing the West and the Nation ..." The WRRA's principal result was establishment of the National Institutes for Water Resources.
Legislative background
[explain origins in Eisenhower administration, eventual fulfillment in 88th Congress with unusual federal governance and explicitly enumerated research goals]
Distinctions
One of the earliest research grants of the WRRA happened to go to eventual Nobel Memorial Prize-laureate Elinor Ostrom at the beginning of her career [needs reference].
External links
- Water Resources Research Act, as amended in 2006
- Statement of President Lyndon B. Johnston on the occasion of the approval of the Water Resources Research Act of 1964, July 17, 1964
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