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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part E · Chapter 163 — Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation

§ 19065. Clean water research and technology acceleration

Statutory text

The Director shall make awards on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis to institutions of higher education or non-profit organizations (or consortia of such institutions or organizations) to—

(1)

support transdisciplinary research to significantly advance our understanding of water availability, quality, and dynamics and the impact of human activity and a changing climate on urban and rural water and wastewater systems, including in low-income, underserved, and disadvantaged communities;

(2)

develop, pilot, and deploy innovative technologies, systems, and other approaches to identifying and addressing challenges that affect water availability, quality, and security, including through direct engagement with affected communities and partnerships with the private sector, State, territorial, Tribal, and local governments, non-profit organizations and water management professionals; and

(3)

grow the scientific workforce capable of studying and managing water and wastewater systems and of conducting wastewater surveillance, through education, training, and other professional development.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act

    Pub. L. 117–167 div. B title III § 10356 · 136 Stat. 1366

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 19065

    (Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10356, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1563.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10356, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1563.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 10356. CLEAN WATER RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATION.   The Director shall make awards on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis to institutions of higher education or non-profit organizations (or consortia of such institutions or organizations) to— (1) support transdisciplinary research to significantly advance our understanding of water availability, quality, and dynamics and the impact of human activity and a changing climate on urban and rural water and wastewater systems, including in low-income, underserved, and disadvantaged communities; (2) develop, pilot, and deploy innovative technologies, systems, and other approaches to identifying and addressing challenges that affect water availability, quality, and security, including through direct engagement with affected communities and partnerships with the private sector, State, territorial, Tribal, and local governments, non-profit organizations and water management professionals; and (3) grow the scientific workforce capable of studying and managing water and wastewater systems and of conducting wastewater surveillance, through education, training, and other professional development.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10356, , 136 Stat. 1563.)

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