§ 401.3 Definitions.

Act means the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (Pub. L. 98-242, 98 Stat. 97). Fiscal year means a 12-month period ending on September 30. Director means the Director of the USGS or a designee. Grant 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. Grantee means the college or university at which an institute is established. Granting agency means the USGS. Institute means a water resources research institute, center, or equivalent agency established in accordance with Title I of the Act. Region means any grouping of two or more institutes mutually chosen by themselves to reflect a commonality of water-resources problems. Scientists means individuals engaged in any professional discipline, including the life, physical or social sciences, and engineers. Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior or a designee. State 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.