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PUBLIC LAW 93-96-AUG. 16, 1973

their officers or agents, in any matter arising under the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, or this Act; and (B) in any proceeding where a labor organization would be prohibited from defraying the costs of legal services by the provisions of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959". Approved August 15, 1973.

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Public Law 93-96 AN ACT To authorize appropriations for activities of the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, for the following categories: (1) Scientific Research Project Support, $285,000,000. (2) National and Special Research Programs, $105,600,000. (3) National Research Centers, $46,000,000. (4) Computing Activities in Education and Research, $8,200,000. (5) Science Information Activities, $8,300,000. (6) InternationalCooperative Scientific Activities, $6,200,000. (7) Research Applied to National Needs, $91,000,000. (8) Intergovernmental Science Program, $1,000,000. (9) Institutional Improvement for Science, $2,000,000. (10) Graduate Student Support, $11,500,000. (11) Science Education Improvement, $35,200,000. (12) Planning and Policy Studies, $2,600,000. (13) Program Development and Management, $30,000,000. SEC. 2. (a) Any amounts which were authorized and appropriated to the National Science Foundation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, or any prior fiscal year, but which remained unobligated as of the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, shall be merged with and added to the amounts authorized by section 1 of this Act. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this or any other Act— (1) of the total amount authorized for the purpose of "National and Special Research Programs" under category (2) of section 1 and subsection (a) of this section, not less than $6,000,000 shall be available for oceanography-related programs, including ship construction/conversion; (2) of the total amount authorized for the purpose of "Research Applied to National Needs" under category (7) of section 1 and subsection (a) of this section, not less than $25,000,000 shall be available for energy research and technology programs, including but not limited to solar, geothermal, and other nonconventional energy sources, and not less than $8,000,000 shall be available for earthquake engineering programs; (3) of the total amount authorized under section 1 and subsection (a) of this section, not less than $10,000,000 shall be available for the purpose of "Institutional Improvement for Science"; (4) of the total amount authorized under section 1 and sub-

August 16, 1973 [H. R. 8510]

National Science Foundation Authorization Act, 1974.

Programs, minimum funding levels.

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