Water Resources Research Act

Water Resources Research Act of 1964

Enacted by	the 88th United States Congress
Effective	July 17, 1964
Citations
Public law	88-379
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S.2 Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on {{{signeddate}}}

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