---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 4363"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "4363"
heading: "Continuing and long-term environmental research and development"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/4363"
units:
  - "Chapter 55 — National Environmental Policy"
  - "Subchapter III — Miscellaneous Provisions"
---

# §4363. Continuing and long-term environmental research and development


The [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) of the Environmental Protection [Agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) shall establish a separately identified program of continuing, long-term environmental research and development for each activity listed in [section 2(a)](/usc/42/2.md) of this Act. Unless otherwise specified by law, at least 15 per centum of funds appropriated to the [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) for environmental research and development for each activity listed in [section 2(a)](/usc/42/2.md) of this Act shall be obligated and expended for such long-term environmental research and development under this section.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–569, § 2(f), Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3337.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 2(a) of this Act, referred to in text, is section 2(a) of Pub. L. 96–569, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3335, which is not classified to the Code.

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1981, and not as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which comprises this chapter.

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior authorization acts:

1980—Pub. L. 96–229, § 2(e), Apr. 7, 1980, 94 Stat. 327.

1977—Pub. L. 95–155, § 6, Nov. 8, 1977, 91 Stat. 1259.