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S 2297 106th Congress Senate Water Resources Development Authorization Department of the Interior Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to research Federal aid to water resources development Government Operations and Politics Interstate relations Regional planning Research Research centers Science, Technology, Communications

A bill to reauthorize the Water Resources Research Act of 1984.

Introduced: March 27, 2000 Introduced by: Crapo, Mike Republican · Idaho See on congress.gov
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Aug 25, 2000
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 746.
Aug 25, 2000
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Smith, of NH under authority of the order of the Senate of 07/26/2000 without amendment. With written report No. 369.
Apr 13, 2000
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Mar 27, 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Mar 27, 2000
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to authorize appropriations through FY 2005 for: (1) carrying out certain provisions relating to water resources research and technology institutes; and (2) for reimbursement of the direct cost expenses of additional research or synthesis of research by the institutes which focuses on water problems and issues of a regional or interstate nature beyond those of concern only to a single State and which relate to specific program priorities identified jointly by the Secretary of the Interior and the institutes.
What's happening now August 25, 2000

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 746.

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