PUBLIC LAW 96-400—Oct. 9, 1980
94 STAT. 1691
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to such Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be neces- ^i USC 849. sary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for the Corporation except as hereinafter provided. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $1,460,000 shall be available for administrative expenses which shall be computed on an accrual basis, including not to exceed $3,000 for official entertainment expenses to be expended upon the approval or authority of the Secretary of Transportation: Provided, That Corporation funds shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft, operation and maintenance of aircraft, uniforms or allowances therefor for operation and maintenance personnel, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), and $15,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Research and Special Programs Administration, $31,420,000, of which not to exceed $12,291,000 shall remain available until expended for expenses for conducting research and development and not to exceed $3,082,000 shall remain available until expended for grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety program, as authorized by section 5 of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (49 U.S.C. 1674). COOPERATIVE AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to discharge the functions of a cooperative automotive research program for conducting basic automotive research, $12,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no additional funds shall be expended thereafter, unless authorized by Congress: Provided further. That the amount of funds Report to obligated during the period ending 6 months after the date of Congress. enactment of this section shall not exceed $6,000,000: Provided further, That the Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Energy, report to the Congress within 6 months of enactment of this Act its assessment of current Federal automotive and other surface transportation research and development and its analysis of options for the Federal management structure, areas of research, including applied research, detailed objectives, and funding requirements for a cooperative automotive research program: Provided further. That it is also the intention of the Congress that an authorization bill with positive or negative recommendations be reported out by the appropriate committees within said period.
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