96 STAT. 186
95 Stat. 1426; 94 Stat. 3054. Space Shuttle launch pad.
PUBLIC LAW 97-216—JULY 18, 1982 made available for the purposes specified: $31,200,000 for expendable launch vehicles; $323,500,000 for physics and astronomy (including $40,000,000 for Shuttle-Spacelab payloads); $205,000,000 for planetary exploration (including $1,700,000 for the midlevel facility in Hawaii); $39,500,000 for life sciences; $328,200,000 for space applications (including $2,300,000 for the search and rescue program, $5,000,000 for technology transfer, $6,000,000 for upper atmospheric research satellite experiments, $16,200,000 for Shuttle-Spacelab payloads, and $15,400,000 for a 30/20 gigahertz test satellite); $8,000,000 for technology utilization; $264,800,000 for aeronautical research and technology; $111,000,000 for space research and technology; and $402,100,000 for tracking and data acquisition: Provided, That of the funds available for the Space Shuttle, including space flight operations, not less than $80,000,000 shall be made available for design, development and procurement of liquid hydrogen-liquid oxygen (Centaur) upper stages for use in launching the Galileo and Solar Polar spacecraft in 1986: Provided further. That no funds may be obligated for other upper stages, including kick stages, for the Galileo and Solar Polar spacecraft after the enactment of this Act except for work performed prior to the effective date of this Act, together with liability for termination: Provided further. That no funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be obligated for a Solar Maximum repair/retrieval mission until the Secretary of the Air Force enters into an agreement with the Administrator to reimburse the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 50 per centum of the costs of such mission (exclusive of the costs attributable solely to equipment for the Solar Maximum spacecraft and to equipment capable of reuse): Provided further. That upon request by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and approval by the Committees on Appropriations not to exceed $50,000,000 from the unobligated balances of funds appropriated under the heading "National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Construction of facilities" or "National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Research and program management" in Public Law 97-101 and Public Law 96-526 shall be available for the Space Shuttle, including space flight operations: Provided further, That the Administrator makes sufficient funds available to assure that a second Space Shuttle launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, is operational by January 1, 1986. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
Limitations. 95 Stat. 1440.
Limitations in section 501(40) of title V of the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982, are amended as follows: The limitations on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Relations are increased from 26 full-time permanent positions and 27 staff years to 31 full-time permanent positions and 33.5 staff years, the limitation on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Office of the Comptroller is increased from 150 full-time permanent positions to 161 full-time permanent positions, the limitation on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Office of External Relations is increased from 120 full-time permanent positions to 125 full-time permanent positions, excluding those positions allocated for Technology Utilization activities, and the limitation on the
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