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R e s e a r c h and program management.

Construction at other r e s e a r c h facilities.

Limitation; notice to congress i o n a l committees.

PUBLIC LAW 93-74-JULY 23, 1973

[87 STAT.

(10) Modification of space launch complex 2 West, Vandenberg Air Force Base, $980,000; (11) Modification of power system, Slidell Computer Complex, $1,085,000; (12) Space Shuttle facilities at various locations, as follows: (A) Modifications for auxiliary propulsion and powder systems test facilities, White Sands Test Facility, $1,290,000; (B) Modifications for shuttle avionics integration laboratory, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, $1,240,000; (C) Modifications for radiant heating verification facility, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, $1,260,000; (D) Modifications for the Orbiter propulsion system test facilities, Mississippi Test Facility, $11,300,000; (E) Modifications for external tank structural test facilities, Marshall Space Flight Center, $4,400,000; (F) Modification of manufacturing and subassembly facilities for the Orbiter, NASA Industrial Plant, Downey, California, $2,650,000; (G) Modification of and addition to final assembly and checkout facilities for the Orbiter, Air Force Plant Number 42, Palmdale, California, $7,350,000; (H) Modification of manufacturing and final assembly facilities for external tanks, Michoud Assembly Facility, $9,510,000; (I) Construction of Orbiter landing facilities, John F. Kennedy Space Center, $28,200,000; (13) Rehabilitation and modification of facilities at various locations, not in excess of $500,000 per project, $14,785,000; (14) Minor construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities at various locations, not in excess of $250,000 per project, $4,600,000; (15) Facility planning and design not otherwise provided for, $13,600,000. (c) For "Research and program management,'" $707,000,000, and such additional or supplemental amounts as may be necessary for increases in salary, pay, retirement, or other employee benefits authorized by law of which not more than $549,020,€0 and such additional or supplemental amounts as may be necessary for increases in salary, pay, retirement, or other employee benefits authorized by law, shall be available for personnel and related costs. (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1(g), appropriations for "Research and development" may be used (1) for any items of a capital nature (other than acquisition of land) which may be acquired at locations other than installations of the Administration for the performance of research and development contracts, and (2) for grants to nonprofit institutions of higher education, or to nonprofit organizations w4iose primary purpose is the conduct of scientific research, for purchase or construction of additional research facilities; and title to such facilities shall be vested in the United States unless 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 insure 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" 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 $250,000, unless the Administrator or his designee

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