CONTRACTS OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH NATIONAL LABORATORIESContracts or Cooperative Agreements • October 4th, 2019
‘‘(a) The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Adminis- trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is au- thorized to enter into contracts or cooperative agree- ments, as the Secretary deems appropriate, with na- tional laboratories (including Los Alamos National Laboratory) to carry out water resources research, de- velopment, and demonstration projects within the au- thorities of Public Law 98–242 [42 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.] (including the effects of potential climate changes on surface and ground water quality and quantity and the elimination of contamination of ground water aqui- fers).
