AUTHORIZATIONS FOR PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.

SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATIONS FOR PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. (a) Authorizations.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce (hereafter in this Act referred to as the “Secretary”), for fiscal year 1989, to carry out activities performed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the sums set forth in the following line items: (1) Measurement Research and Standards, $43,220,000. (2) Materials Science and Engineering, $24,054,000. (3) Engineering Measurements and Standards, $49,098,000. (4) Computer Science and Technology, $11,000,000. (5) Research Support Activities, $20,867,000. (6) Cold Neutron Source Facility, $6,500,000 (for a total authorization of $19,500,000). (7) Technology Services, $3,300,000. (b) Limitations.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this or any other Act— (1) of the total of the amounts authorized under subsection (a), $2,000,000 is authorized only for steel technology; (2) of the total amount authorized under paragraph (3) of subsection (a)— (A) $4,000,000 is authorized only for the Center for Building Technology, and (B) $6,000,000 is authorized only for the Center for Fire Research, and the two Centers shall not be merged; (3) of the total amount authorized under paragraph (5) of subsection (a), $7,500,000 is authorized only for the technical competence fund; and (4) of the amount authorized under paragraph (7) of subsection (a)— 102 STAT. 2590 (A) $3,000,000 is authorized only for the support of Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology, and Assistance to State Technology Programs; (B) $300,000 is authorized only for the evaluation of non-energy-related inventions and related technology extension activities; and (C) funds authorized under subparagraph (A) shall be used only to award, amend, or renew research cooperative agreements entered into pursuant to the competitive process established by the National Bureau of Standards for this program (53 Fed. Reg. 27060; July 18, 1988). (c) Transfers.— (1) Funds may be transferred among the line items listed in subsection (a), 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) In addition, the Secretary may propose transfers to or from any line item exceeding 10 percent of the amount authorized for the line item in subsection (a); but such proposed transfer may not be made— (A) unless a full and complete explanation of any such proposed transfer and the reason therefore 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) Publication in Federal Register.—The requirement of section 25(c)(2) of the Act of March 3, 1901, shall be considered to have been met by the publication made by the National Bureau of Standards on July 18, 1988 (53 Fed. Reg. 27060).