{"data":{"id":"us/30-cfr-401.3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"30 CFR 401.3","heading":"Definitions.","body":"Act means the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (Pub. L. 98-242, 98 Stat. 97).\nFiscal year means a 12-month period ending on September 30.\nDirector means the Director of the USGS or a designee.\nGrant means the funds made available to an institute in a particular fiscal year pursuant to section 104 of the Act and the regulations in this chapter.\nGrantee means the college or university at which an institute is established.\nGranting agency means the USGS.\nInstitute means a water resources research institute, center, or equivalent agency established in accordance with Title I of the Act.\nRegion means any grouping of two or more institutes mutually chosen by themselves to reflect a commonality of water-resources problems.\nScientists means individuals engaged in any professional discipline, including the life, physical or social sciences, and engineers.\nSecretary means the Secretary of the Interior or a designee.\nState means each of the 50 States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia.","path":["Title 30—Mineral Resources","CHAPTER IV—GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","PART 401—STATE WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE PROGRAM","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-30.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:24Z","sha256":"d5a00326f13e76a7ec8eef999cd9cc82617349ca66fa6b55574c1721e27f8d5d","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/30-cfr-401.2","next":"us/30-cfr-401.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}