Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 101 Part 1.djvu/892

 101 STAT. 862

42 USC 2459a.

Reports.

PUBLIC LAW 100-147—OCT. 30, 1987

this title referred to as the "Administrator") determines that the national program of aeronautical and space activities will best be served by vesting title in any such grantee institution or organization. Each such grant shall be made under such conditions as the Administrator shall determine to be required to ensure that the United States will receive therefrom benefit adequate to justify the making of that grant. None of the funds appropriated for "Research and development" and "Space flight, control and data communications" pursuant to this Act may be used in accordance with this subsection for the construction of any major facility, the estimated cost of which, including collateral equipment, exceeds $500,000, unless the Administrator or the Administrator's designee has notified the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives of the nature, location, and estimated cost of such facility. (g) When S Specified and to the extent provided in an appropriaO tion Act, (1) any amount appropriated for "Research and development", for "Space flight, control and data communications", or for "Construction of facilities" may remain available without fiscal year limitation, and (2) maintenance and operation of facilities and support services contracts may be entered into under the "Research and program management" appropriation for periods not in excess of 12 months beginning at any time during the fiscal year. (h) Appropriations made pursuant to subsection (d) may be used, but not to exceed $35,000, for scientific consultations or extraordinary expenses upon the approval or authority of the Administrator, and the Administrator's determination shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government. (i) Of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsections (a), (b), and (d), not in excess of $100,000 for each project, including collateral equipment, may be used for construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, and for repsdr, rehabilitation, or modification of facilities: Provided, That, of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) or (Jb), not in excess of $500,000 for each project, including collateral equipment, may be used for any of the foregoing for unforeseen programmatic needs: Provided further, That, of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (d), not in excess of $500,000 per project, including collateral equipment, may be used for repair, rehabilitation, or modification of facilities controlled by the General Services Administration. SEC. 102. Authorization is granted whereby any of the amounts prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (13) of section 101(c) of this title— (1) in the discretion of the Administrator or the Administrator's designee, may be varied upward 10 percent; or (2) following a report by the Administrator or the Administrator's designee to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives on the circumstances of such action, may be varied upward 25 percent; to meet unusual cost variations, but the total cost of all work authorized under such parcigraphs shall not exceed the total of the amounts specified in such paragraphs. SEC. 103. Not to exceed one-half of 1 percent of the funds appropriated pursuant to section 101(a) or (b) of this title may be

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