National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation salaries and expenses For expenses necessary to curry out the purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), title IX of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 1876–1879), and the Act to establish a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881), including award of graduate fellowships; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 ; purchase of three aircraft; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase of flight services for research support; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses; not to exceed $41,000,000 for program development and management; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902) ; rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; and reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services; $710,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1977: Provided, That of the foregoing total amount not more than $6,000,000 shall be used for Science Information Activities ; not more than $60,000,000 shall be available for Research Applied to National Needs, of which not more than $24,000,000 shall be used for the Environmental Research Program in RANN including not more than $4,500,000 for earthquake engineering; not more than $50,000,000 shall be used for Science Education programs in addition to funds available for such programs and deferred in fiscal year 1975, and not more than $1,000,000 shall be used for a program of Ethical and Human Value Implications; not more than $15,000,000 shall be used for Graduate Student Support ; not more than $4,500.000 shall be used for Intergovernmental Science and Research Utilization, of which not more than $2,500,000 shall be for Intergovernmental Science ; and no funds shall be used for Institutional Improvement for Science; or for Instructional Improvement Implementation budgeted for in Elementary and Secondary School Programs of the Science Education Improvement activity: Provided further, That of the foregoing amounts, funds available to meet minima authorized by any other act shall be available only to the extent, such funds are not in excess of amounts provided herein: Provided further, That unless otherwise specified by this appropriation, the ratio of amounts made available under this Act for a program or minima to the amounts specified for a program or minima in any other Act, for the activity for which the limitation applies, shall not exceed the ratio that the total funds appropriated in this Act bear to the total funds authorized in such other Act, for the activity for 89 STAT. 593which the limitation applies: Provided further, That receipts for scientific support services and materials furnished by the National Research Centers may be credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That if an institution of higher education receiving funds hereunder determines after affording notice and opportunity for hearing to an individual attending, or employed by, such institution, that such individual has, after the date of enactment of this Act, willfully refused to obey a lawful regulation or order of such institution and that such refusal was of a serious nature and contributed to the disruption of the administration of such institution, then the institution shall deny any further payment to, or for the benefit of, such individual. For “Salaries and expenses” for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $167,134,000, to remain available until September 30, 1977: Provided, That the provisions of that paragraph next preceding this paragraph shall be applicable in the same manner and to the same extent as if such period were a fiscal year. scientific activities (special foreign currency program) For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States, for scientific activities, as authorized by law, $4,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1977: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available in addition to other appropriations to the National Science Foundation, for payments in the foregoing currencies. For “Scientific activities (special foreign currency program)” for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $500,000, to remain available until September 30, 1977.