NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY.

SEC. 104. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY. (a) Fiscal Year 1992.—(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, to carry out the intramural scientific and technical research and services activities of the Institute, $210,000,000 for fiscal year 1992, which shall be available for the following line items: (A) Electronics and Electrical Measurements, $33,700,000. (B) Manufacturing Engineering, $13,500,000. (C) Chemical Science and Technology, $22,000,000. (D) Physics, $27,000,000. (E) Materials Science and Engineering, $30,000,000. (F) Building and Fire Research, $12,300,000. (G) Computer Systems, $16,000,000. (H) Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computing, $6,500,000. (I) Technology Assistance, $11,000,000. (J) Research Support Activities, $38,000,000. (2)(A) Of the total of the amounts authorized under paragraph (1), $2,000,000 are authorized only for steel technology. (B) Of the amount authorized under paragraph (I)(I)— (i) $500,000 are authorized only for the evaluation of non-energy-related inventions and related technology extension activities; (ii) $250,000 are authorized only for Institute participation in the pilot program established under subsection (e); and (iii) $2,700,000 are authorized only for the Institute’s management of the extramural funding programs authorized under section 105. (C) Of the total amount authorized under paragraph (1)(J), $7,565,000 are authorized only for the technical competence fund. (b) Fiscal Year 1993.—(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, to carry out the intramural scientific and technical research and services activities of the Institute, $221,200,000 for fiscal year 1993, which shall be available for the following line items: (A) Electronics and Electrical Measurements, $36,000,000. (B) Manufacturing Engineering, $16,000,000. (C) Chemical Science and Technology, $22,500,000. (D) Physics, $28,700,000. 106 STAT. 10 (E) Materials Science and Engineering, $39,400,000. (F) Building and Fire Research, $12,000,000. (G) Computer Systems, $20,600,000. (H) Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computing, $6,300,000. (I) Technology Assistance, $10,800,000. (J) Research Support Activities, $25,000,000. (K) Pay Raise, $3,900,000. (2)(A) Of the total of the amounts authorized under paragraph (1), $2,000,000 are authorized only for steel technology. (B) Of the amount authorized under paragraph (1)(I)— (i) $500,000 are authorized only for the evaluation of non-energy-related inventions and related technology extension activities; (ii) $250,000 are authorized only for Institute participation in the pilot program established under subsection (e); and (iii) $5,000,000 are authorized only for the Institute’s management of the extramural funding programs authorized under section 105. (C) Of the total amount authorized under paragraph (1)(J), $7,223,000 are authorized only for the technical competence fund. (3) In addition to the amounts authorized under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 1993 $34,800,000 for the renovation and upgrading of the Institute’s facilities. (c) Transfers.—(1) Funds may be transferred among the line items listed in subsection (a)(1) and among the line items listed in subsection (b)(1), so long as the net funds transferred to or from any line item do not exceed 10 percent of the amount authorized for that line item in such subsection and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives are notified in advance of any such transfer. (2) The Secretary may propose transfers to or from any line item listed in subsection (a)(1) or subsection (b)(l) exceeding 10 percent of the amount authorized for such line item, but such proposed transfer may not be made unless— (A) a full and complete explanation of any such proposed transfer and the reason therefor are transmitted in writing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the appropriate authorizing Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and (B) 30 calendar days have passed following the transmission of such written explanation. (d) Relation to Other Authorizations.—Except for authorizations provided in the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–418; 102 Stat. 1448), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), and the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.), this Act contains the complete authorizations of appropriations for the Institute for fiscal years 1992 and 1993. This subsection shall not limit the authority of the Institute to accept funds appropriated to any other Federal agency or to perform work for others. (e) Pilot Program.—Pursuant to the authorizations contained in subsections (a)(1)(1) and (b)(1)(1), the Secretary is authorized to pay the Federal share of the cost of establishing and carrying 106 STAT. 11out a standards assistance pilot program under section 112 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1989 (15 U.S.C. 272 note). The purpose of the pilot program is to assist a country or countries that have requested assistance from the United States in the development of comprehensive industrial standards by providing the continuous presence of United States personnel on-site for a period of 2 or more years to provide such assistance and by providing, as necessary, additional technical support from within the Institute. Such funds shall be made available for such purpose only to the extent that matching funds are received by the National Institute of Standards and Technology from sources outside the Federal Government. (f) Construction of Facilities.—Section 14 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278d) is amended by striking “herein:” and all that follows, and inserting in lieu thereof “herein.”. (g) Fire and Building Programs.—The fire research and building technology programs of the Institute may be combined for administrative purposes only, and separate budget accounts for fire research and building technology shall be maintained. No later than December 31, 1992, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Institute, shall report to Congress on the results of the combination, on efforts to preserve the integrity of the fire research and building technology programs, on the long-range basic and applied research plans of the two programs, on procedures for receiving advice on fire and earthquake research priorities from constituencies concerned with public safety, and on the relation between the combined program at the Institute and the United States Fire Administration. (h) Educational Programs.—(1) Section 18 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g—1) is amended by striking the period at the end of the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof “, and to United States citizens for research and technical activities on Institute programs.”. (2) Section 17 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(d) For any scientific and engineering disciplines for which there is a shortage of suitably qualified and available United States citizens and nationals, the Secretary is authorized to recruit and employ in scientific and engineering fields at the Institute foreign nationals who have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act and who intend to become United States citizens. Employment of a person under this paragraph shall not be subject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing employment in the competitive service, or to any prohibition in any other Act against the employment of aliens, or against the payment of compensation to them.”. (i) Core Program Funding.—It is the sense of the Congress that the intramural scientific and technical research and services activities of the National Institute of Standards and Technology should share fully in any funding increases provided to the Institute.