National Institute of Standards and Technology

National Institute of Standards and Technology scientific and technical research and services For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, $515,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred to the “Working Capital Fund”: Provided, That not to exceed $10,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That within the amounts appropriated, $10,500,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement accompanying this Act. industrial technology services For necessary expenses of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, $124,700,000, to remain available until expended. In addition, for necessary expenses of the Technology Innovation Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, $69,900,000, to remain available until expended. construction of research facilities For construction of new research facilities, including architectural and engineering design, and for renovation and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278c–278e, $147,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $20,000,000 is for a competitive construction grant program for research science buildings: Provided, That within the amounts appropriated, $47,000,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement accompanying this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include in the budget justification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for each National Institute of Standards and Technology construction project having a total multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the budget justification materials shall include an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project for each of the five subsequent fiscal years.123 STAT. 3118