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section of this Act, to (1) make grants-in-aid to State and local government air pollution control agencies, and other public and private agencies and institutions, and to individuals, for research, training, and demonstration projects, and (2) enter into contracts with public and private agencies and institutions and individuals for research, training, and demonstration projects. Such grants-in-aid and contracts may be made without regard to sections 3648 and 3709 of the Revised Statutes. Sums appropriated for such grants-in-aid and contracts shall remain available until expended, and shall be allotted by the Surgeon General in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. SEC. 6. When used in this Act— (a) The term "State air pollution control agency" means the State health authority, except that in the case of any State in which there is a single State agency other than the State health authority charged with responsibility for enforcing State laws relating to the abatement of air pollution, it means such other State agency; (b) The term "local government air pollution control agency" means a city, county, or other local government health authority, except that in the case of any city, county, or other local government in which there is a single agency other than the health authority charged with responsibility for enforcing ordinances or laws relating to the abatement of air pollution, it means such other agency; and (c) The term "State" means a State or the District of Columbia. SEC. 7. Nothing contained in this Act shall limit the authority of any department or agency of the United States to conduct or make grants-in-aid or contracts for research and experiments relating to air pollution under the authority of any other law. Approved July 14, 1955.
Public Law 160
Grants-in-aid and contracts.
60 Stat. 809. 31 USC 529; 41 u s e 5.
Definitions.
CHAPTER 367
JOINT RESOLUTION To modify the authorized project for Ferrells Bridge Reservoir, Texas, and to provide for the local cash contribution for the water supply feature of that reservoir.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the general plan for flood control on Red River below Denison Dam, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1946 (Public Law 526, Seventy-ninth Congress) is hereby modified to include in Ferrells Bridge Reservoir approximately two hundred and fifty thousand acre-feet of increased storage for water supply: Provided, That local interests shall contribute the increased cost, including appropriate interest charges, of planning, constructing, operating, and maintaining such added storage as determined by the Chief of Engineers: Provided further, That this contribution may be made on a percentage basis as construction of the project progresses or in a lump sum as soon as a reasonably certain date of completion can be given: And provided further, That payment of such contribution, irrespective of the method selected, shall be made no later than at such time as may be determined by the Chief of Engineers that will assure orderly construction to proceed to completion without interruption or delay. Approved July 15, 1955.
July 15, 1955 [S. J. Res. 77]
Ferrells Bridge Reservoir, Tex. 60 Stat. 647.
Local contribution.
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