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PUBLIC LAW 92-68-AUG. 6, 1971

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SEC. 6. (a) If an institution of higher education determines, after ers^deniai^o^payaffording notice and opportunity for hearing to an individual attend- ment. ing, or employed by, such institution, that such individual has been convicted by any court of record of any crime which was committed ^after the date of enactment of this Act and which involved the use of (or assistance to others in the use of) force, disruption, or the seizure of property under control of any institution of higher education to prevent officials or students in such institution from engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies, and that such crime was of a serious nature and contributed to a substantial disruption of the administration of the institution with respect to which such crime was committed, then the institution which such individual attends, or is employed by, shall deny for a period of two years any further payment to, or for the direct benefit of, such individual under any of the programs authorized by the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, the 72 Stat. 4 2 6. 42 funds for which are authorized pursuant to this Act. If an institution note.u s e 2451 denies an individual assistance under the authority of the preceding sentence of this subsection, then any institution which such individual subsequently attends shall deny for the remainder of the two-year period any further payment to, or for the direct benefit of, such individual under any of the programs authorized by the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, the funds for which are authorized pursuant to this Act. (b) If an institution of higher education determines, after affording notice and opportunity for hearing to an individual attending, or employed by, such institution, that such individual has willfully refused to obey a lawful regulation or order of such institution after the date of enactment of this Act, and that such refusal was of a serious nature and contributed to a substantial disruption of the administration of such institution, then such institution shall deny, for a period of two years, any further payment to, or for the direct benefit of, such individual under any of the programs authorized by the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, the funds for which are authorized pursuant to this Act. (c)(1) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit any institution of higher education from refusing to award, continue, or extend any financial assistance under any such Act to any individual because of any misconduct which in its judgment bears adversely on his fitness for such assistance. (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or prejudicing the rights and prerogatives of any institution of higher education to institute and carry out an independent, disciplinary proceeding pursuant to existing authority, practice, and law. (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the freedom Freedom of of any student to verbal expression of individual views or opinions, ^P^^*"^SEC. 7. Section 206 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2476J, is amended as follows: (1^ subsection (a) is f2lTau432. hereby repealed, and (2) subsections (b), (c), and (d) are renumbered as subsections (a), (b), and (c), respectively. SEC. 8. This Act may be cited as the "National Aeronautics and ^^°''^ t^ti^. Space Administration Authorization Act, 1972". Approved August 6, 1971.

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