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 104 STAT. 2094 PUBLIC LAW 101-514—NOV. 5, 1990 SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for Department of Energy activities funded in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise provided, shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 per centum by any such transfers, and any such proposed transfers shall be submitted promptly to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate. Colleges and universities. Small businesses. Women. Science and technology. Education. Reports. (TRANSFERS OF UNEXPENDED BALANCES) SEC. 303. The unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided for activities in this Act may be transferred to appropriation accounts for such activities established pursuant to this title. Balances so transferred may be merged with funds in the applicable established accounts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same time period as originally enacted. MINORITY PARTICIPATION IN THE SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER SEC. 304. (a) FEDERAL FUNDING.— The Secretary of Energy shall, to the fullest extent possible, ensure that at least 10 per centum of Federal funding for the development, construction, and operation of the Superconducting Super Collider be made available to business concerns or other organizations owned or controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (within the meaning of section 8(a)(5) and (6) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(5) and (6))), including historically black colleges and universities and colleges and universities having a student body in which more than 20 percent of the students are Hispanic Americans or Native Americans. For purposes of this section, economically and socially disadvantaged individuals shall be deemed to include women. Gs) OTHER PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary of Energy shall, to the fullest extent possible, ensure significant participation, in addition to that described in subsection (a), in the development, construction, and operation of the Superconducting Super Collider by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (within the meaning of section 8(a)(5) and (6) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(5) and (6))) and economically disadvantaged women. SEC. 305. Funds appropriated to the Department of Energy may be available to carry out programs, including the granting of equipment, to improve mathematics, science, and engineering education and skill levels in the United States in order to ensure that a continuing supply of technical and scientific workers is available to accomplish national and energy security missions. SEC. 306. The Secretary is directed, in cooperation with the University of Alaska Fairbanks, to determine the capability and type of supercomputing facility for research activity conducted by the Center for Global Change and Arctic Systems Research and the Geophysical Institute, with specific reference to the needs for auroral energy research. The Secretary is also directed, in cooperation with the National Center for Atmospheric Research, to determine the capability and type of supercomputing upgrade needed for atmospheric research conducted by the Center. The Secretary shall

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