Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 101 Part 1.djvu/900

 101 STAT. 870

42 USC 2486b.

PUBLIC LAW 100-147—OCT. 30, 1987 base, responsive research and training activities, and broad and prompt dissemination of knowledge and techniques; (2) utilize the abilities and talents of the universities of the Nation to support and contribute to the exploration and development of the resources and opportunities afforded by the space environment; (3) encourage and support the existence of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary programs of space research within the university community of the Nation, to engage in integrated activities of training, research and public service, to have cooperative programs with industry, and to be coordinated with the overall program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (4) encourage and support the existence of consortia, made up of university and industry members, to advance the exploration and development of space resources in cases in which national objectives can be better fulfilled than through the programs of single universities; (5) encourage and support Federal funding for graduate fellowships in fields related to space; and (6) support activities in colleges and universities generally for the purpose of creating and operating a network of institutional programs that will enhance achievements resulting from efforts under this title. SEC. 204. As used in this title, the term— (1) "Administration" means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (2) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (3) "aeronautical and space activities" has the meaning given to such term in section 103(1) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2452(1)); (4) "field related to space" means any academic discipline or field of study (including the physical, natural, and biological sciences, and engineering, space technology, education, economics, sociology, communications, planning, law, international affairs, and public administration) which is concerned with or likely to improve the understanding, assessment, development, and utilization of space; (5) "panel" means the space grant review panel established pursuant to section 210 of this title; (6) "person" means any individual, any public or private corporation, partnership, or other association or entity (including any space grant college, space grant regional consortium, institution of higher education, institute, or laboratory), or any State, political subdivision of a State, or agency or officer of a State or political subdivision of a State; (7) "space environment" means the environment beyond the sensible atmosphere of the Earth; (8) "space grant college" means any public or private institution of higher education which is designated as such by the Administrator pursuant to section 208 of this title; (9) "space grant program" means any program which— (A) is administered by any space grant college, space grant regional consortium, institution of higher education, institute, laboratory, or State or local agency; and

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