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title: "42 U.S.C. § 10369"
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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 10369 - Research agreement authority

## Text

The Secretary may enter into contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for periods not to exceed 5 years, to carry out research within the Bureau of Reclamation.

(Pub. L. 111–11, title IX, § 9509, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1346.)