PUBLIC LAW 95-434—OCT. 10, 1978
92 STAT. 1049
Public Law 95-434 95th Congress An Act To authorize the appropriation of specified dollar amounts for each of the National Science Foundation's major program areas (and certain subprograms), and to provide requirements relating to periods of availability and transfers of the authorized funds.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress ossembled, That this Act may be cited as the "National Science Foundation Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1979-'. SEC. 2. (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for the fiscal year 1979 for the following cato-gories: (1) Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Engineering, $265,700,000. (2) Astronomical, Atmospheric, Earth, and Ocean Sciences, $224,700,000. (3) United States Antarctic Program, $51,200,000. (4) Biological, Behavioral, and Social Sciences, $157,000,000. (5) Science Education Programs, $84,800,000. (6) Applied Science and Kesearch Applications, $69,700,000. (7) Scientific, Technological, and International Affairs, $23,500,000. (8) Program Development and Management, $53,300,000. (b) Ot the total amount authorized under subsection (a)(6) — (1) $2,000,000 is authorized for a "Handicapped Research Program"; (2) $200,000 is authorized for the design of a program in Appropriate Technology; and (3) not less than 12.5 per centum shall be expended to small business concerns. SEC. 3. Appropriations made under the authority provided in sections 2 and 5 shall remain available for obligation, for expenditure, or for obligation and expenditure for periods specified in the Acts making the appropriations. SEC. 4. From appropriations made under this Act, not more than $5,000 may be used for official consultation, representation, or other extraordinary expenses upon the determination of the Director of the National Science Foundation, and his determination shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government, SEC. 5. In addition to the sums authorized by section 2, not more than $4,500,000 is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1979 for expenses of the National Science Foundation incurred outside the United States, to be paid for in foreign currencies that the Treasury Department determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States. SEC. 6. Funds may be transferred among the categories listed in section 2(a), but neither the total funds transferred from any category nor the total funds transferred to any category may exceed 10 per centum of the amount authorized for that category in section 2, unless^(1) thirty legislative days have passed after the Director of the National Science Foundation or his designee has transmitted to
Oct. 10, 1978 [H.R. 11400]
National Science Foundation Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1979.
Limitation.
Transfer of funds.
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