Effective July 17, 1964 | Public law 88-379 | |
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Enacted by the 88th United States Congress | ||
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.
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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].
References
Water Resources Research Act Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA