---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 7801"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "7801"
heading: "Repealed. [Pub. L. 98–242, title I, § 110(a)](/us/pl/98/242/tI/s110/a), Mar. 22, 1984, [98 Stat. 101](/us/stat/98/101)"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/7801"
units:
  - "Chapter 87 — Water Research and Development"
---

# [§7801. Repealed. [Pub. L. 98–242, title I, § 110(a)](/us/pl/98/242/tI/s110/a), Mar. 22, 1984, [98 Stat. 101](/us/stat/98/101) — repealed]



## Notes

Section 7801, Pub. L. 95–467, § 2, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1305, set out Congressional findings and declarations for a water research and development program.

Section 7802, Pub. L. 95–467, § 3, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1305, set out Congressional statement of purpose.

For similar provisions, see section 10301 et seq. of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Savings Provision

Pub. L. 98–242, title I, § 110(b), Mar. 22, 1984, 98 Stat. 101, provided that: “Rules and regulations issued prior to the date of enactment of this Act [Mar. 22, 1984] under the authority of Public Law 95–467 [this chapter] shall remain in full force and effect under this Act [repealing this chapter and enacting chapter 109 (§ 10301 et seq.) of this title] until superseded by new rules and regulations promulgated under this Act.”

### Short Title

Pub. L. 95–467, § 1, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1305, which provided that Pub. L. 95–467 was to be cited as the “Water Research and Development Act of 1978”, was repealed by section 110(a) of Pub. L. 98–242.